Bevan Foundation News

The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty has, today (22 May 2019) published a damming report on poverty in the UK. The Rapporteur’s report paints a grim picture of live for millions of families across the UK and comes to […] »

On the 20th of May the Bevan Foundation and the WLGA welcomed a full room of delegates to the Future Inn Hotel in Cardiff to explore actions that could be taken locally to solve poverty. Having been welcomed to the […] »

The Bevan Foundation is pleased to announce its exciting new partnership with the Open University in Wales. The announcement comes during Learning at Work Week, with the Open University (OU) in Wales becoming the Bevan Foundation’s second confirmed organisational partner […] »

We were very pleased to contribute our views on “Life after free movement” to the Assembly’s inquiry into migration policy after Brexit on Monday 13th May. Appearing alongside expert witnesses Dr Madelaine Sumption from Oxford University and Marley Morris from […] »

‘Thought-provoking’, ‘poignant’ and ‘inspiring’ were just three ways that the audience described the film ‘A Northern Soul’, screened by the Bevan Foundation in Merthyr Tydfil on Friday 10th May 2019. The film, by BAFTA-nominated director Sean McAllister, tells the story […] »

Devolution has brought great change to Wales over the past 20 years, but it hasn’t got rid of inequality. That’s why, in the month Wales marks #Devolution20, we’re inviting more people to support our campaign for #AFairerWales. Devolved Wales and […] »

The Bevan Foundation has issued a new report in response to the growing scandal of holiday hunger in Wales. ‘Kids on the breadline’ sets out innovative recommendations to address the root causes of holiday hunger. Every school holiday, thousands of […] »

We were delighted to attend the Welsh Labour spring conference in Llandudno on Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th of April. It was the second time that the Bevan Foundation has been an exhibitor at the Welsh Labour conference […] »

On 2nd of April, we welcomed around 60 people from across the housing sector to a seminar with Shelter Cymru to discuss the growing problem of unaffordable social rent. Following an introduction by our director, Dr Victoria Winckler and John […] »

We’re delighted to announce our new organisational partnership with Community, the modern union for the changing world. Community is the first of three new partners, working with the Bevan Foundation to increase equality, prosperity and justice. “Like us, Community are […] »