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Our latest report recommends that Welsh Government should start preparing for the devolution of Attendance Allowance now, to maximize the funding settlement if it were devolved. Attendance Allowance – a non-means-tested benefit for people aged 65+ with a disability – is claimed Read more »
Our Annual Review for 2015/16 is now available in both English and in Welsh. The review sets out who we are and what we do, and provides a summary of what we did over the year from April 2015 to Read more »
The Bevan Foundation has published its strategy to increase the number of people earning the voluntary Living Wage in Merthyr Tydfil. Their research has found that approximately a quarter of the borough’s workforce are not paid the voluntary Living Wage Read more »
The Bevan Foundation has questioned whether the new Welsh Government’s Programme for Government can be delivered in light of Brexit. In evidence to the National Assembly for Wales’ External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee’s inquiry into the implications of Brexit Read more »
The Bevan Foundation is making a significant contribution to the work of the Welsh Government’s Valleys Taskforce, launched on Thursday 22nd September. The Welsh Government has established a Taskforce to develop “a new approach to investing in the future Read more »
The Bevan Foundation has highlighted how increasing the pay of the lowest paid workers via the Living Wage could benefit local businesses and Merthyr Tydfil’s economy. In a presentation to Merthyr Tydfil Business Club, the Bevan Foundation’s Policy and Research Read more »
The Bevan Foundation was delighted to give expert evidence to Swansea Council’s scrutiny of its anti-poverty strategy on Monday 19th September. Swansea Council is one of very few in Wales to have an anti-poverty strategy. Its scrutiny panel will look Read more »
The Bevan Foundation has today (2nd September) submitted to the National Assembly for Wales its views on the priorities of two key committees. Responding to the consultations by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee and the Equality, Local Government Read more »
The Bevan Foundation has today (1st September 2016) submitted its response to the consultation by the National Assembly for Wales’ Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee on its future priorities. The Committee’s remit is wide ranging, and the Bevan Foundation has Read more »
In response to the article ‘Bevan Foundation founder challenges Owen Smith over Pfizer connection’ by Martin Shipton published on 16th August 2016 by WalesOnline, Western Mail and other Media Wales publications, the Bevan Foundation wishes to make clear that Mr Paul 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 »
The Bevan Foundation is undertaking work on how Wales can respond to the challenges and opportunities arising from Brexit. As part of the ‘After Brexit’ project, it is working with partner organisations to identify new or revised public policies that Read more »
The Bevan Foundation has submitted evidence to the National Assembly for Wales Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee’s inquiry into ‘making the economy work for people on low incomes’. This is the third theme in the Committee’s work on poverty. Read more »
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