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How can we get better at solving poverty and ending destitution
in Yorkshire? Emma Stone, Joseph Rowntree Foundation Joy Pocock, Leeds Poverty Truth Commission
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September 2016
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Nick “Poverty leads to decay – the longer it lasts the harder it is to get out.”
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Understanding Destitution in the UK
Forthcoming research reports in June 2018: Destitution in the UK 2017 by Suzanne Fitzpatrick, G Bramley, F Sosenko & J Blenkinsopp et al (Heriot-Watt University) Preventing Destitution: Policy & practice in the UK by Karen Barker, Carla Ayton, Issy Petrie & Adam Tinson (New Policy Institute) Destitution and Paths to Justice by Grainne McKeever, M Simpson & C Fitzpatrick, co-funded with Legal Education Foundation (Ulster University)
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Destitution in the UK Realities Routes in
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Destitution in the UK Routes out Roles we play
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Thinking about... Local welfare assistance Advice & awareness
Co-ordination & collaboration Increasingly... Digital Inclusion Tackling causes, alleviating effects
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Our role as a grant maker & catalyst in communities where we operate as Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust
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& beyond: partnerships & funding for social change solutions
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JRF’s role in solving poverty alongside others:
JRF: What we’re learning, doing & trying next JRF’s role in solving poverty alongside others: Stronger focus on solutions Holding governments & others to account Building public & political will
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Working alongside people with lived experience of poverty
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Contact details JRF Executive Director: Claire.Ainsley@jrf.org.uk
JRHT Regional Grants team (York & Hartlepool) Joy Pocock on Emma Stone will be joining Good Things Foundation
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