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Same Storm, Different Boats – The Impacts of Climate Change Falls Unevenly and Unequally on Society

It is easy to think of climate change as a problem for future generations to deal with and tackle, especially if the effects of climate change are not felt directly. But millions of people around the world do...

June 21, 2021

Articles & Opinion Looked After Children

A Család Az Család: Amit az azonos neműek örökbefogadásáról, és az azonos nemű gyámszülőkről tanultunk Angliában az elmúlt 15 évben.

On the 30th December 2020 we published this article in English. It was written to help inform an audience in Hungary as well as those interested in the topic in the UK. What follows here is the translation of...

June 1, 2021

Articles & Opinion

The world is as dreadful or as wonderful as we want it to be

In a special International edition of our #BBBYouthWelfare series, run in partnership with De Montfort University, we were delighted to welcome Rakesh Rajani a Tanzanian civil society leader who is now an...

May 28, 2021

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Together We Can: Wealth creation and community development by Kieran Breen

Leicestershire Cares is a local charity and membership organisation that seeks to connect business with the local community, so nobody is left behind. I have been working for Cares for three years and many of our “simple” truths are ever more...

January 14, 2020

Articles & Opinion Looked After Children

Birthday cakes, rockets and washing machines: How Fuzzy logic can empower young people

Imagine you gathered a group of people together and gave them the ingredients and instructions to bake a cake. If they followed the instructions eventually, they should all be able to bake a cake. At a much bigger level if you gathered your top...

August 7, 2019

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Are we turning back the clock on LGBTQ+ rights?

Recent events in Birmingham and Manchester are a stark reminder that in 2019 same-sex relationships are still highly contested among some people. I was born in 1975 and there has been a seismic shift in attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people in my lifetime...

March 25, 2019

Articles & Opinion Looked After Children

All you need is love and a village?

(This article first appeared on the website of The Howard League For Penal Reform) A few weeks ago I wrote an article that set out to explain why almost thirty years after the Children Act became operational many care experienced young people still...

March 21, 2019

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‘Challenging injustice: the importance of collective ownership of social policy’ by Danny Dorling

Beveridge’s former ‘five giant evils’ – Disease, Idleness, Ignorance, Squalor and Want – are different now (Stephens et al, 2008: 7–8). With the new five modern evils of elitism, exclusion, prejudice, greed and despair, injustice begins to propagate...

February 5, 2019

Articles & Opinion

We care so why can we not deliver?

Over the last 30 years there have been numerous laws, policy reviews, enquiries and working groups all designed to improve the care and transitional support offered to care experienced young people (throughout the rest of this article I will use the...

January 31, 2019

Articles & Opinion

Stand up to bullying… but not like this!

I’ve stood up to bullies all of my life. I did when I was at school myself and have done this throughout my career. Bullying is a terrible scourge that has a long-lasting and devastating impact upon those who find themselves to be the unwelcome...

November 28, 2018

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Charity Nation

Have you noticed the remarkable increase in charity appeals for a whole range of ‘good causes’ – medical, social and environmental? It would be hard to miss them I guess given that the BBC seems to have become the State collection box for a good...

November 15, 2018

Articles & Opinion Looked After Children

Children and young people who have experienced care are relentlessly portrayed as either sad, bad, mad or all three. It’s time for the adults to end the stigma.

As a youth worker and academic, I’ve been fighting the negative stereotypes that young people are lumped with for my entire working life. As someone who has also fostered for six years, I’ve noticed that the narrative about care...

July 13, 2018

Articles & Opinion

After the Windrush scandal: are other groups a target?

The current “Windrush” scandal — where the Home Office has accused a number of long-settled individuals of being “illegal immigrants” — has thrown into relief the many consequences of the government’s “hostile environment” (pdf) policies. Taking a...

May 10, 2018

Same Storm, Different Boats – The Impacts of Climate Change Falls Unevenly and Unequally on Society

A Család Az Család: Amit az azonos neműek örökbefogadásáról, és az azonos nemű gyámszülőkről tanultunk Angliában az elmúlt 15 évben.

The world is as dreadful or as wonderful as we want it to be

Category - Articles & Opinion

Together We Can: Wealth creation and community development by Kieran Breen

Birthday cakes, rockets and washing machines: How Fuzzy logic can empower young people

Are we turning back the clock on LGBTQ+ rights?

All you need is love and a village?

‘Challenging injustice: the importance of collective ownership of social policy’ by Danny Dorling

We care so why can we not deliver?

Stand up to bullying… but not like this!

Charity Nation

Children and young people who have experienced care are relentlessly portrayed as either sad, bad, mad or all three. It’s time for the adults to end the stigma.

After the Windrush scandal: are other groups a target?

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