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Subject: JRF Updates: Publications, blogs: w/b 9th June 2014
 | | Weekly publications and blogs: w/b 9th June 2014 | | | | What difference could community visiting make to care home residents' quality of life? A pilot Community Visitor (CV) scheme in three Essex care homes has shown potential to support community engagement in care homes and improve residents' quality of life. CVs visited care homes every week for a couple of hours, aiming to befriend older people and enhance communication between care home managers, staff, residents and their families. Chris Tanner and Bethany Morgan Brett. | | | In the past two decades, the growth of tax credits combined with only modest improvements in wages has changed the balance of working families' incomes. This research explores these trends by measuring the disposable income of typical low-earning families and comparing it to the Minimum Income Standard – the measure of an adequate income defined by members of the public. Donald Hirsch and Laura Valadez. | | | How far can trends in Scotland's labour market go in reducing poverty – and what are the challenges? This third referendum briefing looks at trends in Scotland's labour market, how far they might go in reducing poverty, and at the challenges that a more 'work-rich' society would pose for a post-referendum Scotland. Adam Tinson and Peter Kenway | | | Higher wages and targeted support are the best way to ensure the worst-off people benefit from recovery, says Chris Goulden. | | | By 2020 there will be 3.5 million children in poverty in the UK. We need a credible plan to do something about it, says Helen Barnard. | | | The York Festival of Ideas in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation brings together a range of world-class economists, business leaders, policymakers and commentators to explore how to create fair and inclusive economic growth. Friday 20 June 2014
Ron Cooke Hub, University of York
10:15 - 19:45 hrs | | | Join us for a lunchtime event to discuss the role of public policy in supporting families and reducing child poverty. The context to this is JRF's work developing an evidence based, comprehensive anti-poverty strategy for the UK, a process we are now halfway through. Part of the project involves exploring new ways to talk about poverty in order to build the strongest possible public and political consensus for its reduction.
Speakers: Rt Hon David Lammy MP; Julia Goldsworthy (PPC for Camborne and Redruth) and Kristian Niemetz (Institute of Economic Affairs).
Tuesday, July 08 2014
Vauxhall
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