UNCRC – Child’s Rights Overview

A summary to the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.unicef.org/crc/

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Making Good Society

The Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society was established to explore how civil society could be strengthened in the UK and Ireland. The objectives of the Inquiry are to:• explore the possible threats to and opportunities for civil society, looking out to 2025• identify how policy and practice can be enhanced to

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Equally Well 2008

A report from the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities published in June 2008. This report brings together thinking on poverty, lack of employment, children’s lives and support for families and physical and social environments as well as on health and well being. It outlines the approach of not only responding to the consequences of

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The Challenge of Co-Production

This paper provides the basis for both a better understanding and stronger evidence base for co-production. Given the current diversity of uses of the term, this paper also explains what co-production isn’t. It demonstrates why, properly understood, co-production looks set to create the most important revolution in public services since the Beveridge Report in 1942.

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Fair Society, Healthy Lives – The Marmot Review

The strategy includes policies and interventions that address the social determinants of health inequalities. The Review has three tasks:  Identifies, for the health inequalities challenge facing England, the evidence most relevant to underpinning future policy and action Shows how this evidence could be translated into practice Advises on possible objectives and measures, building on the experience

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More Than a Pretty Picture

More Than a Pretty Picture aims to promote the effective use of Small Area Estimation poverty maps in policy making. It presents the range of policies and interventions which have been informed by poverty maps, focusing on the political economy of poverty maps and the key elements to their effective use by policy makers. The

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Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland 2010 Summary

The Summary 2010 edition of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Scotland. The New Policy Institute has produced its 2010 edition of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Scotland, providing a comprehensive analysis of trends and differences between groups. It includes a broad review of relevant Scottish policy, using the framework of Achieving

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Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Scotland 2010

The New Policy Institute has produced its 2010 edition of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Scotland, providing a comprehensive analysis of trends and differences between groups. It includes a broad review of relevant Scottish policy, using a framework of Achieving Our Potential, the key Scottish policy document on poverty. http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/mopse-scotland-2010

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SCIO Single Tier Model Constitution

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Social Care Impact Assessment Guidance

Guidance for the Social Came Impact Assessment framework. Social Impact Assessments seek to provide planners and policy-makers with a usable tool to assess the likely social impacts of the strategic decisions with which they are faced. The framework is intended to support robust decision-making which appropriately takes account of economic, social and environmental impacts. Additionally,

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Social Impact Assessment

Social Impact Assessments seek to provide planners and policy-makers with a usable tool to assess the likely social impacts of the strategic decisions with which they are faced. The framework is intended to support robust decision-making which appropriately takes account of economic, social and environmental impacts. Additionally, this framework could add to the suite of

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