Tackling exclusion and poverty
Barnardo’s has been working with the most marginalised children and families for over a century; our main purpose is to help vulnerable children and young people transform their lives and fulfil their potential. Tackling poverty and social exclusion is central to this.
Counting on Credit - July 2009
The Counting on credit report follows a year-long study into child poverty which found that families have been plunged into worrying levels of debt by loan companies that prey on the poor.
It comes as Britain’s biggest doorstep lender announced on 28 July 2009 a consumer credit profits rise of 3.6 per cent, up to £52 million, in the first half of the year.
The Counting on credit report asks for stricter scrutiny of the pressure put on people to take out punitively high interest loans. Barnardo’s has made the plea to the Office of Fair Trading.
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Below the breadline: A year in the life of families in poverty - July 2009
'Below the Breadline' is Barnardo's pioneering research project into the experiences and events that shape the lives of families living in poverty. The study spent a year following 16 families from across the UK who were living below the poverty line. The aim of the study was to find out what it's really like to live in poverty in the UK today and to examine some of the pressures families experience as a result of poverty.
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Challenging disadvantage: The final evaluation report of Barnardo's anti-poverty strategy
This report examines the aims and achievements of eight pilot services set up by Barnardo’s with the aim of making a significant and lasting difference to the lives of children in disadvantaged communities.
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Counting the cost of child poverty
Using balance sheets and graphs, 'Counting the cost of child poverty' calculates the human, social and economic costs of poverty. It also shows how a failure to invest in our children not only deprives them of their own childhood, but also increases the risk that they will become parents who cannot give what is needed to the next generation.
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Financial benefits and child health
Does money make a difference in reducing inequalities in child health? What is more effective – additional cash, improved services or a combination of the two? This report presents a systematic review of studies. Produced by City University with support from Barnardo’s.
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Food poverty in school holidays
A follow up to 'Wish you were here?' Looking at the issues facing parents on income support during the school holidays, this report focuses particularly on the impact of the weeks with no free school meals. Based in interviews with parents.
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Postcards from home
When most families are enjoying a holiday away from home, the families of disabled children often find there is a lack of affordable, accessible and inclusive leisure activities. The local authority and voluntary provision that exists is by no means universal and this report looks at how disabled children and their families miss out.
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Promoting social inclusion: A practice manual for community workers
Provides practical guidance on how to plan, carry out and evaluate a community development interventions to tackle disadvantage. Based on the findings of Barnardo's five-year anti-poverty strategy that was launched in 1995, 'Promoting social inclusion' provides a range of tools for thinking about, implementing and evaluating the community development approach.
