International Roma Day 2010
Friday, April 9th, 2010 by Jason Bergen Posted in Attitudes, Migrants | No Comments »Yesterday was International Roma Day and the Second European Roma Summit went ahead in Spain. What has changed since I covered Roma Day one year ago? Unfortunately, for Europe’s most deprived and vulnerable group: not a lot. More needs to be ...
Partnership working and the importance of values
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 by Aaron Barbour Posted in UK poverty, UKPP news | No Comments »Last week I was up in Manchester for Oxfam’s annual Country Leaning Review for their UK Poverty work. The day’s objectives were to: Meet other Oxfam partners and hear about their work Feed in to wider Oxfam’s thinking on developing strong ...
Unemployment in the 21st Century: is the welfare system fit for purpose?
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 by Jim Boyle Posted in Citizen's income, Livelihoods, Welfare reform | 1 Comment »Employment is important: for health, for relationships, and for the economy. When people previously unemployed find jobs, their mental health and well-being improves. In contrast, being unemployed for over six months causes health damage equivalent to smoking 200 cigarettes a ...
