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Victoria Winckler outlines the Bevan Foundation’s recommendations on how to achieve a step-change in the economy and labour market of the south Wales Valleys. The Valleys Taskforce caused quite a stir when it was announced nearly a year ago. Read more »
Victoria Winckler reflects on the implications of the general election result for people and communities in Wales. It’s nearly two weeks after the general election and the dust from one of the most surprising results ever has yet to settle. Read more »
Victoria Winckler outlines the key questions to ask about winding up Communities First. Last week, I was privileged to give oral evidence to the Assembly’s Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee‘s inquiry into Communities First. It was, as always, Read more »
Bevan Foundation Director Victoria Winckler gave evidence to the National Assembly for Wales inquiry into Communities First on 7th June 2017. The Bevan Foundation was delighted to give evidence to the National Assembly for Wales Equality, Local Government and Communities Read more »
The Bevan Foundation’s director, Victoria Winckler, gave evidence to the National Assembly for Wales Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee on 7th June. The National Assembly for Wales’ Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee invited Bevan Foundation Director, Victoria Winckler, to given Read more »
Article 50 was triggered on 29th March 2017, heralding an unprecedented process of economic and social change for businesses, public services and the community adjust to life after Brexit. It is crucial that businesses, workers, the Welsh Government, other public Read more »
The Bevan Foundation is working with the Big Lottery Fund Wales to encourage discussion about the future of ‘doing good’ in Wales. The Big Lottery Fund is encouraging people across the UK to share ideas about the future of all Read more »
Young people from low-income families in Wales are only half as likely to get good qualifications at the age of 16 as young people from better-off homes, limiting their opportunities in the future. We want to end this unfairness and Read more »
Victoria Winckler outlines how the opportunities created by the new geography of the south Wales valleys should be grasped in a Valleys Deal. The last nine months has probably seen more airtime devoted to the south Wales valleys than in Read more »
In ‘After PISA: A way forward for education in Wales?’, Professor David Egan identifies poverty – and the impact that this has on achievement – as the major challenge facing Wales’ education system. In the report, he calls on education policymakers to Read more »
This report explores the future of Attendance Allowance in Wales after it was identified by the UK Government as a possible candidate for devolution. Attendance Allowance is claimed by people aged 65+ who need help caring for themselves because of a Read more »
Looking to the Local The latest edition of our exclusive subscribers’ magazine considers the role of ‘the local’ in Welsh public policy. An eclectic mix of contributors look at how place-based initiatives have worked in Wales, as well as what should be Read more »
‘Resilient communities’ is a phrase that’s been hard to avoid in recent months and is central to the discussions about the future of Communities First. Great though it sounds, it is much less clear what resilience means or how it Read more »
Taking the Valleys Forward: how the Valleys Taskforce can build prosperity and security This short paper brings together some of the Bevan Foundation’s recent work on the economy and labour market into a set of proposals for that would help Read more »
The Bevan Foundation has responded to the National Assembly for Wales’ Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee’s inquiry into the lessons to be learned from Communities First. The Bevan Foundation has responded to the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee Read more »
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Making City Deals Inclusive Wednesday 5th July 2017 Media Briefing Room, Senedd, Cardiff, CF99 1NA Kindly sponsored by Jeremy Miles AM With City Deals now approved for Cardiff and Swansea – and similar deals on the agenda for the rest of Read more »