Bevan Foundation News

The Bevan Foundation appears on S4C’s Newyddion to discuss the impact of the pandemic on child poverty. Even prior to Covid 19 poverty was known to have an impact on children’s educational attainment, but there are real concerns that the […] »

The Bevan Foundation has marked another year of solving poverty and inequality in its annual review of 2019/20. Presented as a ‘year book’, it highlights the huge range, significant scale and exceptional impact of the Bevan Foundation’s work. Some highlights […] »

The Bevan Foundation has responded to the Senedd Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on the voluntary sector. The Bevan Foundation has undertaken a number of projects exploring the impact of and response to […] »

Today we were pleased to share our findings from our work on shielding to Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil. In our recent work examining the experiences of people advised to shield we found that people can face social isolation and loneliness. […] »

As part of our activities for Living Wage Week 2020, we hosted a twitter chat focusing on gender equality and the real living wage. We were joined by expert voices on the issue of gender equality and workers rights, including: […] »

Continuing our activities for Living Wage Week 2020, we asked a number of Living Wage employers what their reasons are for paying this rate – and the difference this makes to workers.   Living Wage employers including Melin Homes, the […] »

Kicking off Living Wage Week 2020, we talked to a range of organisations to get their thoughts on the new Real Living Wage rate, how to encourage more employers to sign up, and what we can learn from other countries. […] »

The latest State of Wales briefing highlights the impact of Coronavirus on people, the economy and society in Wales. The Bevan Foundation’s latest monthly briefing, State of Wales, uses the latest Welsh and UK Government statistics on the impact of […] »

The Bevan Foundation were pleased to join to Plaid Cymru Cardiff to share its latest work on housing and poverty Steffan Evans was delighted to receive an invitation from Plaid Cymru Cardiff to come and share the Bevan Foundation’s latest […] »

This week the Bevan Foundation hosted a ‘plugging the leaks’ workshop with  stakeholders across valleys communities to better understand how money circulates and explore opportunities to retain money locally. The workshop is part of a programme of work to understand […] »