Listening to BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show yesterday left me feeling deflated. In a debate about the archaic cliché “the deserving and undeserving poor” the overwhelming message coming back from callers and interviewees seems to be that we should stop giving out state benefits to those who are not deemed to be deserving of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
They’re just unjust deserts… or are they?
Posted in Poverty, problematic behaviour, support work, tagged children, poverty on July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dissecting people with social problems
Posted in emotional support, Poverty, rough sleeping, tagged children, poverty, problematic behaviour, rough sleeping on July 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
According to a report out today: “The gap between the poorest pupils and their better-off peers in struggling schools in England is wider than in other schools, research suggests.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14082644 In schools below the national average standard a Sutton Trust study found that primary school children eligible for free school meals were half as likely [...]
Where do homeless people come from
Posted in addiction, emotional support, Health, heroin, homeless, mental health, motivation, Poverty, problematic behaviour, rough sleeping, street homelessness, tagged addiction, alcohol, children, emotional support, engagement, homeless, Homelessness, offending behaviour, rough sleeper, rough sleeping, street homelessness, support work on July 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Children’s Society yesterday reported on the numbers of pre-teen runaways increasing (link below) and the risks that these young people face once they have fled their home or care. The report noted that a child runs away from home every five minutes in the UK and one in three of these will go unreported. [...]
Fairness?
Posted in homeless, tagged children, homeless, Homelessness, poverty on July 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The recently leaked letter from the office of Eric Pickles (the full letter is available at http://www.bradfordspeakout.org/documents/LeakedletterfromEricPickles.pdf ) has certainly caused lots of questions to be asked regarding the predicted knock on effects of the ‘Benefits Cap’. Whilst being seen as a good thing for ‘fairness’ it is feared that the measure will cause an [...]
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