Introduction to understanding poverty

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Events TrainingEvent Date: Mar 20th, 2025Time: 9.30 - 11.00Location: Zoom

A short course to increase your understanding of poverty in Wales and how to find out more.

What’s it about?

One in five people in Wales lives in poverty. This introductory session will provide you with an essential overview, so that you can understand what is meant by ‘poverty,’ be aware of how it is measured, and have the tools to find out more. The course covers the key sources of information about poverty and the pros and cons of using them.

The course can be joined as a stand-alone session or as a bundle with our follow-on course on Building a local profile of poverty on Thursday 27 March.

The course comprises 90 minutes of presentations by two experienced trainers, Victoria Winckler and Steffan Evans, with a 10 minute break.

What you’ll learn

The course will provide you with:

Understanding of key concepts
Main sources of data on relative income poverty and deprivation for Wales
Tips on uses of data.

To get the most out of this course, participants need to be able to use basic statistics (such as medians and percentages) and be familiar with using spreadsheets.

All participants will receive the slides and a recording of the session. The training will be delivered in English via Zoom.

Who should attend?

This session will be of interest to everyone concerned about poverty and deprivation in their communities, including people working in social landlords, local authorities, health boards, charities and the private sector.

You’ll be able to apply your learning to:

target your services on people and places in greatest need
support funding bids
develop your organisation’s strategy.

Cost

The course can be joined as a stand-alone session or book a bundle with the follow-on course.

Subscriber special – single session: £60 (plus booking fee)
Standard – single session: £85 (plus booking fee)
Subscriber special – bundle (Introduction to Understanding Poverty plus Building a local profile of poverty): £100 (plus booking fee)
Standard – bundle (Introduction to Understanding Poverty plus Building a local profile of poverty): £150 (plus booking fee)

By booking, you agree to the Bevan Foundation’s training terms and conditions.

Please note that the Subscriber Special rate is a benefit for organisations which have a paid-for subscription. Please note that if you book at the subscriber rate but are not a current subscriber we reserve the right to charge the full price.

Two free places are available for small, unfunded groups – please contact us if you are interested in this offer.