A social worker said racism she encounters was like “death by a thousand cuts”. Jade Forbes, who is black, said the workplace bigotry she experienced had affected her mental health. Read the full...
Concerns are mounting for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers living in accommodation provided by the Home Office as the government ramps up its Operation Maximise exercise to “cram” more people into hotel rooms. A Guardian...
The education system is blighted by “greater competition between individual schools” which is “coming at the expense of inclusion”, a new paper by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) is...
Enough young people sought help for homelessness in the UK last year to fill the Albert Hall 25 times, but tens of thousands are getting no assistance from councils, figures show. Read the full article on this link...
A majority of the British public now hold positive views about the impact of immigration on the UK, despite intense political rhetoric surrounding the issue, according to an academic survey. The European Social Survey...
Institute for Government says ‘crumbling’ services are far worse than when Tories took power in 2010. Britain’s public services are stuck in a “doom loop” of recurring crises as a result of ministers’ short-term...
It is recognised that many adults accessing drug and alcohol support have witnessed substance use and experienced trauma in their own childhood.
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Children’s charity leaders have raised concerns over reports that children treated as homeless by local authorities rather than as in need of care are not being offered adequate information about their entitlements...
John Lewis from an excellent grassroots community partner “The Ebb” have brought out a must read report on how support for the families of prisoners must be improved. All too often families of prisoners are the...
In this excerpt from his new book, academic Danny Dorling exposes a new geography of inequality and social fissures across the country. Read more.
More than 100,000 children have a parent in prison for the first time since records began, according to analysis of government figures. The figures have been released as Estonia’s justice minister confirmed that his...
Schools in England must do more to challenge unconscious bias in the classroom against children from working-class backgrounds, according to the UK’s first professor of social mobility. Lee Elliot Major, writing in a...
Barnardo’s has published a report on discrimination, racism, exclusion and isolation faced by young Black people within the care system, including residential settings, foster care placements, education, mental health...
