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Discussion paper

Work In Life: How an anti-poverty approach to employment support could be transformational for women

24/08/2016

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to evaluate the employability support currently available to women, changes in the structure of the labour market, and the shape of current and future funding. It makes recommendations for programmatic responses to support women into decent work – and to contribute to, and develop, the wider […]

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Research report

The Uneven Impact of Welfare Reform: The financial losses to places and people

07/04/2016

1 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English

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Welfare reform has become a defining feature of contemporary UK government policy. The impact of welfare reforms varies enormously from place to place and for different types of household. This report quantifies the impact of welfare reforms since 2010. It shows that the reforms have contributed to a widening of the prosperity gap between different […]

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Briefing note

An Inequality Commissioner for London

05/04/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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London is the UK’s richest city and a driver of its economy, but also home to the country’s greatest extremes of poverty and wealth. Around 2.3m people live below the poverty line in London – 27 percent of its population, compared with 20 percent in the rest of England. The mayoralty of London is one […]

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Evaluation report

Final Evaluation: Building Livelihoods and Strengthening Communities in Wales project

01/04/2016

5 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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The Building Livelihoods and Strengthening Communities in Wales project was funded by the Big Lottery Fund, Unilever and Oxfam, and was delivered by nine local partner organisations in communities across Wales between 2012 and 2016. The project piloted the use of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in working with different groups experiencing poverty and marginalisation and […]

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Research report

What Makes For Decent Work? A study with low-paid workers in Scotland

09/03/2016

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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The experience of work and its security and rewards have changed significantly in recent decades. Increasingly, large numbers of people experience work which is insecure and which is paid at levels which do not allow families to live above the poverty line. In Scotland, around half of the working age adults experiencing poverty live in […]

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Campaign report

Even It Up: A blueprint for change

13/01/2016

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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Oxfam’s vision is of a world without poverty; Oxfam Cymru works with others to make this vision a reality here in Wales. But there is work to be done. Economic inequality and poverty blight this world and Wales is no exception, with women suffering the most. Meanwhile, climate change is playing havoc with the weather […]

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Evaluation report

Final Evaluation: Sanctuary in Wales project

27/10/2015

3 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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The Sanctuary in Wales Project delivered opportunities for women seeking sanctuary (asylum-seekers and refugees) in Wales between 2012 and 2015. Oxfam Cymru coordinated the three-year project in the four asylum dispersal areas of Wales, working in partnership with Oasis Cardiff in Cardiff, African Community Centre in Swansea, Displaced People in Action and Bethel Community Church […]

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Technical briefing

Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16: Oxfam’s written submission to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee, 21 September 2015

13/10/2015

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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The Welfare Reform and Work Bill currently proceeding through Parliament will make substantive changes to support for low-paid working people, with important consequences for poverty in the UK. The bill introduces a new overall benefit cap, freezes certain in-work benefits and repeals the current measures of child poverty. At the same time, it puts duties […]

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Campaign report

Even It Up: Scotland’s role in tackling poverty by reducing inequality at home and abroad – Oxfam’s policy priorities for the Scottish Parliament

08/10/2015

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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In this report, Oxfam Scotland urges the Scottish Parliament to use its powers to reduce inequality and poverty, both at home in Scotland and abroad. Around one in five people in Scotland live in poverty, and recently there has been a large increase in the number of people needing emergency food support. Oxfam argues that […]

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Research report

The Welsh Doughnut: A framework for environmental sustainability and social justice

09/03/2015

3 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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The world faces twin challenges: delivering a decent standard of living for everyone, while living within our environmental limits. These two interwoven concerns are captured in Oxfam’s Doughnut model, which offers a framework to create a safe and just space for humanity to exist within. At the national level, the Welsh Doughnut model suggests areas […]

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