Findings

"Housing and Area regeneration" Findings

How local planning authorities are delivering policies for affordable housing (December 2007)
This study gives an update on how local planning authorities have been implementing affordable housing policies (Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990).
The housing pathways of new immigrants (November 2007)
This research explores the arrival experiences and settlement stories of new immigrants
Attachment to place, social networks, mobility and prospects of young people (October 2007)
This study explores how young people’s attitudes to education, training and work opportunities are shaped by their social networks and attachment to place.
Providing Gypsy and Traveller sites: contentious spaces (October 2007)
This study provides up-to-date advice and examples of how Gypsy and Traveller sites in England are being developed as an integral part of overall housing provision.
Comparing models of housing with care for later life (October 2007)
This comparative study examines different models of housing with care for older people in England.
The use and impact of dispersal orders (October 2007)
This study explores the implementation and impact of dispersal orders, and highlights implications for policy.
Rewarding young people for pro-social behaviour (October 2007)
This study looks at two schemes set up to reward young people for positive behaviour and taking part in community-based activities.
Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968-2005(July 2007)
This study provides a new spatial analysis of Britain’s changing picture of poverty and affluence over the last 40 years.
Are mixed communities the answer to segregation and poverty? (July 2007)
In this thinkpiece, the author argues that creating mixed neighbourhoods treats a symptom of inequality, not its cause. This is the first in a new series of ’Viewpoints’ published by the JRF.
The impact of enforcement on street users in England (July 2007)
This study evaluates the impact on street users of the shift towards enforcement measures aimed at those involved in begging, street drinking and other problematic street culture.

"Social care and disability" Findings

Using ‘Talking Mats’ to help people with dementia to communicate (November 2007)
This study assesses whether Talking Mats, a low-tech communication tool, help people with dementia to communicate, and how effective they are for people at different stages of dementia.
Promoting social well-being in extra care housing (August 2007)
This study looks at ways of promoting and facilitating the social well-being of ‘frail’ people living in extra care housing.
Our lives, our communities: Promoting independence and inclusion for people with learning difficulties (August 2007)
This research, by people with learning difficulties, examines the issue of independence and inclusion.
The impact of the Supporting People programme on adults with learning disabilities (August 2007)
This research explores how the Government’s Supporting People programme is affecting housing and support for people with learning disabilities.
Free personal care in Scotland: recent developments (July 2007)
This study examines the operation of the free personal care policy in Scotland, and considers its impact, problems and limitations.
How can funding of long-term care adapt for an ageing population? (June 2007)
This study suggests improvements to the current methods of funding long-term care, and demonstrates how some of these solutions can work in practice.
Service users’ views of specialist palliative care social work (November 2006)
This study focuses on service users’ experience of specialist palliative care social work. The participatory project explored service users’ views as a basis for improving it, by their involvement in its organisation, training, evaluation and review.
Making user involvement work: supporting service user networking and knowledge (November 2006)
This study examines major barriers to service user networking and knowledge and ways service users see of overcoming these.
Characteristics of care providers and care receivers over time (October 2006)
This study draws on census data to examine who provides unpaid care and how this may have changed over time.
Changes in communal provision for adult social care: 1991-2001 (July 2006)
Drawing on Census data, this study highlights changes in the provision of care homes within Great Britain between 1991 and 2001.

"Other social policy" Findings

Local Links - developing active networks in local communities (January 2008)
A review of Common Purpose’s piloted ‘Local Links’ programme that aimed to improve neighbourhood networking, support, skills development and information sharing for local decision-makers and active citizens in four Yorkshire areas.
Is poverty in the UK a denial of people’s human rights? (January 2008)
Failure to incorporate the principles of the UN Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights into UK law has compounded social attitudes that denigrate people who experience poverty and undermine popular support for eradicating poverty, argues Damian Killeen.
Drinking places: where people drink and why (December 2007)
This study looks at alcohol consumption across various social groupings and in two contrasting areas.
Cannabis supply and young people (December 2007)
This gives a snapshot of how young people obtain cannabis in a large city and a rural village.
Combating child poverty in Wales: are effective education strategies in place? (December 2007)
Innovative education policies in Wales aim to combat the effects of child poverty on educational achievement but need to do more to overcome this relationship, argues David Egan.
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2007 (December 2007)
This annual report on the state of poverty and social exclusion in the United Kingdom covers low income, work, education, health, housing, disadvantaged children and exclusion from services.
The impact of poverty on young children’s experience of school (November 2007)
This study examines the extent to which poverty impacts on younger children’s experience of school, focusing on life in primary schools in Northern Ireland.
Street policing of problem drug users (November 2007)
This study considers the nature and outcomes of problem drug users’ routine interactions with police.
The impact of heavy cannabis use on young people’s lives (October 2007)
Looking at 100 heavy cannabis users aged 16-25, this study explores what how they define ’heavy’ cannabis use and how their usage affects their lives.
Youth poverty in Europe (October 2007)
This study compares poverty rates among young people aged 16 to 29 across 13 countries of the pre-enlargement European Union and examines the factors associated with being poor.

Press releases

Youth Summit to be held in Bradford
January 2008
Cannabis supply to young people mostly through social networks
January 2008
People of West Wales asked to share their rural housing concerns with independent Commission
January 2008
Nationwide consultation suggests that individuals will help pay for a fairer, clearer long-term care system
January 2008
People of South Wales asked to share their rural housing concerns with independent Commission
January 2008

Responses to Government

Response to CLG’s ‘An Action Plan for Community Empowerment’ (PDF, 51KB)
January 2008
Housing Green Paper - Homes for the future: more affordable, more sustainable (PDF, 46KB)
October 2007
Response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry: Simplifying the UK Benefits System (PDF, 66KB)
April 2007
The Callcutt Review of Housebuilding Delivery
April 2007
JRF response to Cave Review of Regulation of Social Housing
February 2007
Sustainable Communities Commission
February 2007
The Supply of Rented Housing Inquiry
November 2006
Response to the Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry into Poverty in Scotland (PDF, 94KB)
November 2006
Response to the discussion paper, From decent homes to sustainable communities (PDF, 60KB)
October 2006
Response to the Green Paper, A new deal for welfare: Empowering people to work (PDF, 229KB)
July 2006