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?What works for children? initiative - Breakfast clubs

Author: P Lucas | Published: April 2003 | 149.67KB

City and York universities, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, have been working with Barnardo's to explore how research can be applied to childcare practice. They have written a number of evidence nuggets available as free downloads.

Breakfast clubs and school fruit schemes focuses on breakfast clubs? potential benefits to children?s nutrition.

?What works for children? initiative - Group based parenting programmes

Author: National Children's Bureau | Published: 2004 | 166.54KB

City and York universities, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, have been working with Barnardo's to explore how research can be applied to childcare practice. They have written a number of evidence nuggets available as free downloads.

Group based parenting programmes and reducing behaviour problems investigates the benefits and implications of group based parenting programmes.

?What works for children? initiative - Home visiting and childhood injury

Author: National Children's Bureau | Published: 2004 | 178.41KB

City and York universities, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, have been working with Barnardo's to explore how research can be applied to childcare practice. They have written a number of evidence nuggets available as free downloads.

Home visiting and childhood injury looks at the impact home visiting may have on reducing unintentional child injuries.

?What works for children? initiative - Traffic calming

Author: National Children's Bureau | Published: 2004 | 173KB

City and York universities, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, have been working with Barnardo's to explore how research can be applied to childcare practice. They have written a number of evidence nuggets available as free downloads.

Traffic calming and childhood injury on the road examines the costs and benefits of implementing traffic calming measures.

A 21st Century Voluntary & Community Sector for Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: Gary Craig, University of Hull | Published: January 2005 | 428.51KB

This research report surveys income and activity across voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations in Yorkshire and the Humber. Professor Gary Craig calls for the region and the VCS to take a longer term view of the web of voluntary activity and the ways in which it is supported.

The research demonstrates the increasingly important role the VCS plays in helping deliver services ranging from meals on wheels to school support.

It also clearly shows how the VCS adds additional economic value as well as social and community benefits. The VCS has achieved what it has almost invisibly and the report calls for the region to work with the VCS to engage in an open dialogue that defines its role.

A Needs Analysis of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Rotherham 2007

Author: Dr Steve Webster, Teresa Tinklin, Dr Rob Macmillan | Published: June 2008 | 630.16KB

This study carried out a needs analysis of the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Rotherham in 2007. In tackling the issue of ?needs? the approach taken by the research was to focus on the needs for external help or support. Part of the remit was to explore how
existing support services might be further developed or enhanced to meet these needs. The core of the study involved a survey of the needs of voluntary and community
organisations (VCOs), which was complemented by a series of focus groups and follow-up interviews.

A Picture of Performance

Author: Alison Crouch | Published: July 2005 | 62.18KB

This report provides an insight into the development of Community Empowerment Network (CEN) activities in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

There are clearly positive advancements being made by CENs and this report captures many of them, particularly those around representation, inclusivity, influence and how CENs are working together with LSPs.

Against the Odds

Author: Becky Rice | Published: November 2006 | 1.18MB

This report presents the findings of a major investigation into what it means to be a child living in bad housing. Carried out between April and August 2006, the investigation looked at the impact of bad housing on children, comparing the lives and life chances of children on either side of Britain?s housing divide.

Agenda for Change: VCS Provision in the region

Author: Regional Forum and David Harbourne | Published: September 2006 | 26.96KB

This paper gives detailed examples of voluntary and community sector provision of Learning and Skills in the region

Agenda for Change: Voluntary Sector Contribution, Capacity and Potential

Author: Regional Forum and David Harbourne | Published: September 2006 | 124.56KB

This paper was commissioned by the LSC and explores each theme of Agenda for Change in turn, and sets out recommendations both for the VCS and the LSC in Yorkshire and Humberside. It has been written through the active collaboration of the VCS
Regional Learning and Skills Group members ? led by the Regional Forum with valuable input from David Harbourne (formerly Executive Director of LSC North Yorkshire).

Attitudes to poverty - Findings from the British Social Attitudes survey

Author: Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Alison Park, Miranda Phillips and Chloe Robinson | Published: 2007 | 111.04KB

The British Social Attitudes survey has included a short series of questions about poverty since the mid-1980s. This summary report begins by describing these questions and presenting the fi ndings obtained when they were last asked in 2003. It then presents the results of cluster analysis, a technique used to help summarise the 2003 fi ndings. Finally, we examine the socio-demographic characteristics of those with particularly distinctive views about poverty.

Behind Closed Doors

Author: Niall Holland, CHAS Housing Aid | Published: October 2006 | 78.81KB

We were finding that Housing Benefit was not covering the full rent paid by many of our clients. This pushes many into extreme hardship, poverty and homelessness. This study of 7 rents in localities across England was used successfully to lobby and influence the Welfare Reform Bill as it passed through Parliament.

Breaking Point - How unaffordable housing is pushing us to the limit

Author: Shelter | Published: June 2008 | 1.48MB

The lack of affordable homes in Britain has hit millions of households hard. Many have been made homeless as a direct result of high housing costs; many more are trapped in damp, dilapidated, overcrowded or temporary housing, unable to afford to rent or buy a secure, comfortable home.

At the heart of Britain?s housing problems is the failure by successive Governments to build enough homes to keep pace with demand. In 2007, Gordon Brown made a welcome commitment to build three million new homes in England by 2020, to help ease the housing crisis.

In this report, we present new evidence of the damaging effects of a chronic undersupply of affordable housing.

Britain's Immigrants: An economic profile

Author: Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Laurence Cooley and Tracy Kornblatt | Published: September 2007 | 256.28KB

This report has been produced to form the empirical basis of an episode of Channel 4?s Dispatches series on the economic characteristics of Britain?s immigrant communities and the contributions they make to the country.

Building the Foundations

Author: Regional Forum | Published: June 2005 | 150.01KB

This report was commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council West Yorkshire to uncover the current barriers for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups to deliver learning and skills projects. The report recommendations are aimed at developing the ability of the BME sector to deliver more learning related activities.

Care in a New Welfare Society

Author: Sophie Moullin | Published: December 2007 | 205.68KB

Unpaid care is critical for individuals to flourish, and for society to function. Literally from cradle to grave, receiving care from others can promote rather than diminish our capacity to live independently and in dignity. Whether we consider it in terms of economics or ethics, the care provided within families and communities makes an enormous contribution to our lives.

This report provides a policy framework for unpaid care in welfare and employment policy. It sets out a way to understand the value of care, and recognise the costs that caring involves.

Change for Children - Every child matters

Author: Resh Spafford | Published: January 2006 | 124.64KB

The general aim of the brief funded by ?Change up? was to kick start what the voluntary/community sector in Yorkshire and Humber needed in order to help engage with the Change for Children agenda.

The main elements of the brief were:

Develop a Database of groups/organisations

To identify examples of effective practice

To maximize efficiency, opportunity and continuity

To identify through the network opportunities for information sharing and mutual support

Changing Funding Programmes

Author: Prof John Shutt and Felix Kumi-Ampofo | Published: October 2005 | 784.42KB

This research quantifies the potential impact of the loss of funding to the voluntary and community sector post 2006. The report demonstrates how important the voluntary sector is to improving the region's quality of life and shows that the sector faces big challenges in the future.

Civic Society Advice Sheet - An Overview

Author: Civic Society | Published: July 2006 | 25.16KB

Many civic societies were formed in the 1950s and 60s in response to concerns about what was happening to our cities, towns and villages as a result of post-war development.

Today?s civic societies are faced with many challenges: not least of these is the need to be able to demonstrate that they continue to have broad engagement with all sectors of their local community.

Civic Society Advice Sheet - BME

Author: Civic Society | Published: July 2006 | 25.98KB

Britain today is an increasingly pluralistic and diverse society.

It is important that civic societies rise to the challenge if they are to be truly representative of the wider community. Members of BME groups may often be isolated within the wider community, being subject to greater levels of poverty, social deprivation, discrimination and exclusion.

Civic Society Advice Sheet - Older people

Author: Civic Society | Published: July 2006 | 26.38KB

Civic society membership should, ideally, be representative of the community in which the society is based. While many societies may find their membership tends to be made up predominantly of older people, it is perhaps a paradox that the special needs and interests of this group can easily be overlooked simply because older members may not be active participants in the life of the society.

Civic Society Advice Sheet - Young people

Author: Civic Society | Published: July 2006 | 23.97KB

One of the problems facing many civic societies is how to involve young people, both in terms of active participation in the activities carried out by societies and also in terms of fostering an interest in the built environment and related matters. Societies need to ensure their own survival. Engaging young people is a crucial concern to ensure that the societies themselves have a future.

Collaborative Accounting 2006 - 2014

Author: Peg Alexander | Published: February 2006 | 228.48KB

This document outlines a strategy and action plan to assist community accounting and community payroll schemes in Yorkshire and the Humber to collaborate. It has been produced by an informal coalition of community accounting and community payroll schemes in the region.

The report describes how the strategy will be delivered through the following activities:

Reviewing how to share information and resources.

Marketing and market research.

Developing paid time for collaboration.

Joint work around costings and charges.

Training for Community Accounting staff/Payroll staff.

Collaboration around delivery of training to customer groups.

Contracting, procurement and social enterprise.

Communities, Perceptions and Civic Participation - a survey of public attitudes and activity

Author: Yorkshire Futures | Published: August 2008 | 1.6MB

This is the full report of the Communities, Perceptions and Civic Participation.

The study, the first using the Yorkshire and Humber Citizens Panel, investigated community participation and civic engagement. The region has opportunities to heighten both, and better understanding of citizen activity and viewpoints will help inform how to respond.

Communities, Perceptions and Civic Participation - a survey of public attitudes and activity - Summary

Author: Yorkshire Futures | Published: July 2008 | 108.42KB

The study, the first using the Yorkshire and Humber Citizens Panel, investigated community participation and civic engagement. The region has opportunities to heighten both, and better understanding of citizen activity and viewpoints will help inform how to respond.

Community Development Work and Learning research project ? Yorkshire and Humber

Author: Dr Val Harris and Nicky Gelder | Published: July 2006 | 535.8KB

This piece of work was designed and undertaken it was felt it was important to obtain a clear map about the situation for community development within the Yorkshire and Humber Region. The Regional Advisory Group on Community Development and the England Standards Board were concerned about the quality of training and qualifications being delivered under the umbrella of community development and whether it was equipping people effectively to undertake community development work.

Community engagement and community cohesion

Author: Geraldine Blake, John Diamond, Jane Foot, Ben Gidley, Marjorie Mayo, Kalbir Shukra and Martin Yarnit | Published: 2008 | 280.92KB

Governance and diversity: fluid communities, solid structures? What are the key questions and why is it so important to address them at the present time?

Devolution, democratic decentralisation and community engagement have emerged
as strategic themes across a range of policies to modernise public services,
improving public service delivery through the promotion of citizen participation and community empowerment.

This research project set out to explore these questions in order to inform policy and practice debates and, most importantly, to identify promising ways forward in the current policy context as this has developed in England.

Community participation - Who benefits?

Author: Joseph Rowntree Trust - Paul Skidmore, Kirsten Bound and Hannah Lownsbrough | Published: 2006 | 504.08KB

Politicians are interested in finding new ways to involve people in making decisions
about the way public services in their area are run. In the UK and in many other parts of the world, community participation in governance has moved from the margins towards the mainstream.

In Britain, new structures seek to promote community participation in the governance
of services like health (e.g. Foundation Hospital boards), economic regeneration (e.g. New Deal for Communities boards) and housing (e.g. tenant management organisations).

Through a review of the academic evidence and original research in two deprived neighbourhoods, the question it sought to address was ?Do policies to promote community participation in governance build social capital??

Essays on the Yorkshire and Humber Region

Author: Leeds Metropolitan University - John Shutt, Roger Henderson and Steve Johnson | Published: September 2006 | 926.02KB

This collection of essays on the regional economy provides an insight into the important applied research and consultancy work undertaken in the Yorkshire and Humber region by three centres within Leeds Metropolitan University: the Centre for Urban Development and Environmental Management (CUDEM); the European Regional Business and Economic Development Unit (ERBEDU) and the Policy Research Institute (PRI).

The collection demonstrates the wide ranging nature of activity undertaken in the units, such that the individual papers do not fit neatly into coherent themes. Nevertheless, three thematic areas are identified which reflect core areas within the work undertaken: Community and Enterprise; Labour Market and Sector Research; and Spatial Studies.

Evaluation Report for the Social Accounting and Audit Pilot Project 2003-2004

Author: Teressa Butler | Published: December 2004 | 283.81KB

In March 2003 the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Forum secured funding from Government Office for Yorkshire and Humber to run a pilot project to encourage organisations in the voluntary and community sector to undertake social auditing.

The Regional Forum's aim was to raise awareness of social auditing within the voluntary and community sector, to encourage the sector to measure and demonstrate social impact, and to support a handful of organisations through the process to act as role models to encourage others to do likewise and so build a network of experienced practitioners in the region.

Every Organisation Matters - Mapping the children and young people?s voluntary and community sector

Author: Gary Craig, Helen Gibson, Neil Perkins, Mick Wilkinson and Jane Wray | Published: July 2008 | 951.96KB

This study, the first ever mapping of the size and scope of the children and
young people?s voluntary and community sector (CYPVCS), aims to help policymakers, commissioners and those who run services to better understand the context in which they work.
The research conducted by the University of Hull was commissioned as part of the Speaking Out project, a joint initiative between the National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations and the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services.

Funding Advice National Network - final report

Author: Hollins et al | Published: January 2008 | 173.81KB

A report on the feasibility study to establish a national funding advice network

Heartland Territory

Author: Linda Joy Mitchell and Helen Bush | Published: June 2005 | 253.42KB

Heartland territory is how one voluntary and community organisation decribed the involvement of the sector in all those quality of life, anti-poverty strategies and inclusion projects that are known as public health.

The Regional Forum has been working to find out what the sector needs to boost its engagement in the public health agenda. A small grant from the Regional Public Health Group (in Government Office) and the Health Development Agency provided initial resources to commission a study.

Homes for the Future - A new analysis of housing need and demand in England

Author: Alan Holmans, Sarah Monk and Christine Whitehead | Published: November 2008 | 337.46KB

England is facing a severe shortage of affordable homes, a problem that lies at the heart of the country?s housing crisis. As the population increases, this shortage will only get worse, unless we can increase the delivery of affordable homes. Shelter?s new research shows that to meet newly arising need and demand, we must build a greater proportion of social rented and intermediate homes than currently envisaged.

Erratum: amendments made to the data in the regional map (inside front cover) and Table 5 (page 14), February 2009.

Making a Difference

Author: The Social Business Company | Published: March 2005 | 353.91KB

This report is the result of an extensive and detailed study by the Social Business Company (SBC), which highlights the process, findings and recommendations for options for effective BME engagement in Yorkshire and the Humber.

The Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber (GOYH) commissioned this study in June 2004, supported by the region's statutory partners: Yorkshire and Humber Assembly and Yorkshire Forward (the Regional Development Agency) and the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Forum for the Voluntary and Community Sector.

The Social Business Company was asked to develop a series of options that could potentially support the development needs of the black and minority ethnic voluntary and community sector in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

Mapping the Contribution of the Voluntary and Community Sector in Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: The Regional Forum, Graha,m Lewis | Published: May 2001 | 214.26KB

The Regional Forum's research providing regional level data on the sector's contribution, focusing on number of organisations, employment, volunteering, and contribution to regional economy.

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2006

Author: Joseph Rowntree Trust - Guy Palmer, Tom MacInnes and Peter Kenway | Published: December 2012 | 3.18MB

The report covers issues from work and education to health and housing. The analysis is built around a set of 50 indicators organised into six chapters, four focused on particular age groups, one looking at low income and one at community issues.

The report provides an overall picture of what has happened to poverty and social exclusion since the Labour Government came into office in 1997.

Needs, Experiences and Aspirations of Young People from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds in Yorkshire and Humberside

Author: June Wiseman and James Elliott - BMG | Published: May 2004 | 864.26KB

In July 2003, BMG was commissioned by the Learning and Skills Councils across Yorkshire and Humberside to undertake a survey to develop an improved understanding of the needs, experiences and aspirations of young people (aged 16-25) from ethnic minority communities in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region.

Parents into Learning

Author: Hashim Vali | Published: October 2001 | 195.3KB

Parents into Learning - a study commissioned by the Regional Chamber and Yorkshire Forward, and hosted by the Regional Forum, into opportunities for parents into learning in the region.

Positively Perceived

Author: Peg Alexander | Published: July 2005 | 126.78KB

So what do Local Strategic Partnerships really think of the voluntary and community sector? The Regional Forum asked them and the response was Positive! "Positively Perceived" is a report commissioned by the Regional Forum that uncovers how LSPs view the involvement of the voluntary and community sector.

Powerful Connections

Author: Linda Joy Mitchell and Helen Bush | Published: September 2004 | 206.45KB

This report presents key findings from the Powerful Connections research into how public agencies connect with the voluntary and community sector to influence policy and strategy.

Profiles of the Workforce by Ethnicity and Migrant Workers - Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: A. Green, D. Owen and R. Wilson | Published: November 2005 | 166.59KB

This is one of 9 Regional Profiles. The objective is to provide a set of national and regional profiles of employment patterns, focussing upon gender, age and ethnic group, including variations across occupation and sector dimensions (as far as the data will allow).

Project Evaluation - Mindful Exercise

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: March 2003 | 155.34KB

The Mindful Exercise Project is using an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise.

It is developing the learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of disadvantaged people through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporates movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercise.
The Project commenced in July 2002 and is ended in March 2003. Well-qualified tutors of the College of
Chinese Physical Culture (CPC) are facilitating the Project in various community-based organisations in North East Derbyshire.

The aim of the Project is to give people without basic or key skills who have not participated in learning for some time and who have no or low levels of qualifications the opportunity to improve their life styles generally and to enhance their employability.

Promoting Inclusion and Partnership (PIP) project

Author: David Reid Sheffield University | Published: July 2006 | 309.24KB

This report provides an overview of the activities and outcomes of the Promoting Inclusion and Partnership (PIP) project. The final report on the PIP project delivers a commentary on how each of the project objectives was approached and tackled.

Refugee Engagement with Regional structures

Author: the social business company | Published: May 2006 | 91.09KB

The aim of this study was to examine Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) and Refugee Community Foras? (RCF) participation in, and influence on, regional decision making structures in Yorkshire and Humberside, and how they can influence these more effectively.

Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Yorkshire and Humber, 1999-2008

Author: Hannah Lewis, Gary Craig, Sue Adamson and Mick Wilkinson | Published: December 2008 | 6.02MB

In the last decade the numbers of migrants coming to the UK has peaked and there has been
intense political and social interest in asylum and immigration issues. This literature review,
undertaken by the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion and Social Justice at the University
of Hull for Yorkshire Futures, synthesises the regional literature on refugees, asylum seekers
and migrants to highlight key themes and identify research gaps and recommendations.

Regional Learning and Skills Group: Looking to the Future

Author: David Harbourne | Published: October 2006 | 126.33KB

The Government collectively places a high value on the work of the Voluntary and Community Sector. However, individual Government Departments and agencies have to focus on delivering highly-defined targets and are often unable to give much attention to developing their work with the VCS. It is therefore essential for the sector to develop its own strategy for engaging with the public sector.

Report of the Support Needs Audit

Author: Shirley Macredie | Published: March 2007 | 482.68KB

Through the Regional Forum, a grant was secured with Capacitybuilders to audit the support needs for LGB groups and
organisations in the Yorkshire and Humber region. This was the first time that an audit specifically for LGB communities had been undertaken.

Self Assessment Toolkit for Refugee Forums

Author: Dr Archana Choksi | Published: April 2006 | 40.24KB

This Toolkit offers a range of tools and ideas to guide Refugee Forums in developing strategic aims and objectives, establishing good practices, prioritising their activities, and continually improving and developing their work.

So What? Community Engagement Research in Yorkshire and Humber - Digest 1

Author: Regional Forum | Published: January 2006 | 83.41KB

This first research digest produced by the Regional Forum, with funding from the Active Citizenship Centre draws together a range of community engagement research from across our region.

It focuses on two themes:

Clarity of Purpose of Community Engagement

A Stronger Voice for the Voluntary and Community Sector

The debate amonsgt researchers, policy makers and community engagement practitioners was to identify practical ways in which community engagement processes could be improved. This digest captures those actions and suggestions for implementation.

So What? Community Engagement Research in Yorkshire and Humber - Digest 2

Author: Regional Forum Together we Can | Published: April 2006 | 102.53KB

The second digest from the Regional Forum. This digest focuses on Evidencing the Value & Impact of Community Participation and alternatives to the way we currently do Engagement.

Stepping Forward - Evaluation

Author: The College of Chinese Physical Culture | Published: October 2002 | 182.88KB

The Stepping Forward Project used an innovative and challenging programme of holistic exercise.

It developed the learning potential, health, fitness and life skills of young people and adults through a balanced mix of fun and training, which incorporated movement, dance and gymnastic-based exercise.

This evaluation is an assessment of individual impact.

Sub-Sectoral Research - Yorkshire and the Humber

Author: Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Forum in BME VCS Regional Panel | Published: 2007 | 119.85KB

This study builds on existing knowledge within the voluntary and community sector in Yorkshire and the Humber by identifying the main VCS sub sectors that exist in the region and the extent to which their support needs are being met through existing generic and specialist infrastructure. It will also identify any links to ChangeUp/Capacitybuilders activity. The regional VCS networks in all
9 English regions are undertaking the same research.

The development needs of refugee communities in Leeds, Bradford & South Yorkshire

Author: Dr Archana Choksi with Marzieh Berenjin, Hlabera Chirwa and Dorine Nakuti | Published: July 2008 | 765.4KB

Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) are seen as an essential agency for refugee integration. They act as a vital bridge between the refugee community and host society. They adopt a wide range of roles that include acting as intermediary, interpreter, educator, campaigner, negotiator,representative and advocate for refugee individuals or whole communities (Home Office 2005; Refugee Council and Refugee Action 2007).

This research set out to generate information about the current roles played by RCOs in the region, to
understand their current capacity in relation to meeting the demands placed
upon them and investigate their understandings, expectations and roles as the sector becomes more professionalised in its approach to policy influencinghow in the Yorkshire and Humber region, (Y&H).

The economic contribution of Rural Community Businesses (RCBs) in the Yorkshire and the Humber region

Author: Tony Gore, Ryan Powell and Peter Wells | Published: September 2003 | 277.87KB

This study sets out the economic contribution of Rural Community Businesses (RCBs) in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Previous work on community businesses has focused on their role within metropolitan environments and in particular as part of the process of urban regeneration.

To help address this gap the Humber and the Wolds, and Yorkshire Rural Community Councils commissioned a Yorkshire Forward funded study in February 2003 to review the scope, extent and impact of community owned businesses operating in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

The funding language of the future

Author: Chris Hollins B.Sc(Hons)Soc | Published: June 2008 | 155.79KB

Responding to changes in funding for the 3rd sector - what was happening in 2006 to the funding of 3rd sector organizations in the wider context of sub/regional and national policies

The North in Numbers

Author: Michael Johnson, Olga Mrinska and Howard Reed | Published: November 2007 | 1.15MB

This paper provides background to ippr north's Northern Economic Agenda project. The project aims to take a detailed, penetrating look at the economic performance of the three northern regions of England - the North, the Nortth West and Yorkshire and the Humber.

The report gives a detailed account of the economic performance of the North of England on a range of economic, social and environmental indicators.

The Sustainability Route Map for South Yorkshire - The Full Report

Author: SYOF, SCEDU and The Graduate Gateway | Published: March 2008 | 558.65KB

The Sustainability Route Map is a new resource for South Yorkshire's Third Sector. It is designed for voluntary, community and faith groups and organisations who want to find out about future options for sustainable funding.

Combining knowledge gained from the results of a tender mapping excercise, research and a policy context and literature review, it enables you to learn about sustainability options for your organisation.

This is the full report from that work.

The Sustainability Route Map for South Yorkshire - The Route Map

Author: SYOF, SCEDU and the Graduate Gateway | Published: March 2008 | 1.29MB

The Sustainability Route Map for South Yorkshire - The Summary Documents

Author: SYOF, SCEDU and The Graduate Gateway | Published: March 2008 | 422.59KB

The training and learning needs of Black and minority ethnic workers employed in local infrastructure organisations (voluntary and community sectors).

Author: Federation for Community Development Learning | Published: September 2007 | 684.59KB

The Federation for Community Development Learning was commissioned by the Workforce Development Hub to carry out a survey of the training and learning needs to support the skills development of Black and minority ethnic workers, paid and unpaid, in the voluntary and community sector across England.

The report presents an England wide picture of the training needs, as well as the obstacles encountered by Black and minority ethnic workers in the sector when attempting to access appropriate learning and training programmes.

Understanding attitudes to poverty in the UK

Author: Joseph Rowntree Trust - Sarah Castell and Julian Thompson | Published: 2007 | 225.62KB

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation?s Public Interest in Poverty Issues (PIPI)
programme aims to secure and strengthen public support for alleviating poverty in the UK. This research project informed this process using two stages of qualitative research. The first involved an evaluation of existing public attitudes to UK poverty, and the second employed a more creative approach, to identify messages which
might resonate with the public on the issue and thereby generate a more favourable climate of opinion for anti-poverty policies.

Understanding the Contribution of the Third Sector in Learning and Skills

Author: IFF Research for the Learning and Skills Council | Published: September 2009 | 1.01MB

This research uses five years of LSC data to show the value and achievements of third sector providers of learning and skills, and clearly evidences the case that the third sector is contributing and adding value to learners in both their learner achievements and their ability to get employment. The research also evidences that it is the third sector that reach further into communities than most other providers, supporting those people that are least likely to find their way back to learning without this support.

Usual Suspects

Author: Regional Forum and Bradford University | Published: November 2004 | 136.86KB

An analysis of the online discussion facilitated by Bradford University's International Centre for Participation Studies and the Regional Forum's Active Partners Unit. This paper has been prepared by Heather Blakey of the International Centre for Participation Studies at University of Bradford.

62 people signed up to the week of debate largely, though not exclusively, people with a professional focus on promoting involvement and participation either through consultancy or paid work. 21 people actively participated in the discussion.

Valuing the Voluntary and Community Sectors in Rotherham 2008

Author: Tracey Coule, Rob Macmillan, Sarah Pearson | Published: July 2008 | 406.39KB

Research looking at the social and economic contribution of the VCS in Rotherham and how it has changed since 2002

Voluntary Action Rotherham's Annual Survey 2007

Author: Chris Dayson | Published: August 2008 | 496.3KB

Research evaluating the impact of Voluntary Action Rotherham's work during 2007 compared to 2006.

Women and poverty

Author: Womens Health Matters/Leeds Initiative | Published: January 2001 | 350.12KB

The aim of the research was to collate available information about the lives of women in Leeds.

Yorkshire and Humber Climate Change Adaptation study.

Author: Yorkshire and Humber Regional Assembly, Yorkshire Futures, Yorkshire Forward, Environment Agency | Published: 2009 | 384.16KB

Climate change is a reality that affects us all and its implications are profoundly important for the Yorkshire and Humber region. These implications will become more severe over time and we all need to start to adapt our vulnerable systems, assets, services and management approaches to this challenge now, both individually and collectively.

This study has unique qualities that can be applied to the Yorkshire and Humber region to help organisations understand and adapt to the implications faced by climate change.

You Can?t Put Me In A Box - Super-diversity and the end of identity politics in Britain

Author: ippr - Simon Fanshawe and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah | Published: January 2010 | 205.83KB

Britain is not only more diverse than ever before but that diversity itself is growing more diverse.

This paper attempts to map out just how diverse Britain is, both in terms of who lives in Britain and how they identify themselves.