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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.

Benchmarks of success for contracting third sector suppliers

Author: SCEDU | Published: March 2008 | 963.48KB

What do contracting third sector organisations look like?

How can your organisation learn from this to help you become ready for contracting?

13 benchmarks of success show you the benchmark of successful contracting third sector organisations.

** This document was developed drawing on extensive research in the voluntary and community sector to produce a series of practicle benchmarks to guide organisations through the contracting process. **

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.

Commercial Evaluation Humberside Community Accountancy Project

Author: Neil King | Published: May 2006 | 171.63KB

This piece of research has been undertaken as an integral part of the delivery
of an effective and comprehensive community accountancy service across the
Humber sub-region as outlined in Humber Federation of Local Development
Agencies (FoLDA) Infrastructure Investment Plan 2005-06.

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.

Hard Times: The recession and the voluntary and community sector in the East of England

Author: Andrew Cogan, COVER | Published: April 2009 | 168.16KB

This survey and case studies sets out the position of the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in relation to the economic downturn going into financial year 2009/10.

The East of England in both the public sector and the voluntary and community sectors, is underfunded, on a per capita and needs basis. This is a difficult position to be in as the economic downturn takes hold and limits the responses that VCS support organisations can make to large increases in demand for advice, counselling and support services.

Humberside Community Accountancy Service ? Does it add up?

Author: Helen McGill, Humberside Community Accountancy Service | Published: May 2006 | 111.07KB

This research was undertaken to establish whether there was sufficient demand to develop a community accountancy service for voluntary and community organisations based in the Humber region. Also whether sufficient organisations had the funds to pay for such a service.

Humberside Community Accounting Service - Market Research Brief

Author: Helen McGill | Published: 2006 | 13.95KB

This is the brief for the Market Research carried out for HCAS, to gather and analyse information that will assist the HCAS stakeholders to define the future scope, structure and funding of a community accounting service(s).

Infrstructure Development Meta Plan Summary

Author: Regional Infrastructure Development Group | Published: March 2010 | 416.87KB

Charities and community groups are facing the brunt of the recession and public spending cuts and need help to get through it. Support organisations face a dilemma as demand on their services is on the rise but the future looks gloomy for their survival. Over the last 5 years there has been a significant investment from central and local government into developing and strengthening the infrastructure of the third sector.

We asked frontline groups and the support services themselves what they needed to help them through the turbulence and funding uncertainty.

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.

Still Surviving NOT Thriving - Responding to the Recession...but?

Author: VONNE | Published: November 2009 | 1.19MB

The aim of the "Still Surviving?; survey was to update the findings from the previous survey, "Surviving NOT Thriving (SNT), in order to provide an ongoing picture of the impact of the recession on the region's third sector. VONNE wanted to ensure that six months on from SNT we were adequately reflecting the needs of the sector in our calls for greater and more targeted support that meets the needs of the third sector in the North East.

In SNT third sector organisations were asked to predict the impact that the recession was likely to have on them as organisations and the services that they provide to their beneficiaries. It shows the sector's strength that it was able to predict the impact that the recession would have. However, the impact has been every bit as bad as we feared and the legacy is likely to be felt for months if not years to come.

Support Needs Audit of LGB Groups in Bradford & District

Author: Rachel Nauwelaerts/Equity Partnership | Published: April 2007 | 335.31KB

A report of the support needs of LGB groups in Bradford

Surviving NOT Thriving

Author: VONNE | Published: May 2009 | 292.92KB

‘Surviving NOT Thriving’ aims to assess the impact of the recession on voluntary and community organisations and their beneficiaries. Early findings from a survey of the sector tell us that over half of respondents are already seeing a downturn in their funding and are predicting further decreases this year. A third are struggling to cope with increased demand, mental health charities, advice services and hostels are turning people away as demand outstrips resources. One quarter predict they will make staff redundant this year, and two thirds believe their beneficiaries are ill equipped to cope with the impact of the recession.

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 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.

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.