Equality

In our Transforming Wales series, ahead of the Senedd elections, Helen Cunningham outlines the case for Anchor Towns It is universally accepted that towns matter. Of course they do – Wales is a nation of towns and we have hundreds […] »

Poverty and inequality are longstanding challenges. This paper explains how Welsh public services and benefits could transform the lives of thousands of people trapped by low incomes and discrimination. This paper brings together the findings from the Bevan Foundation’s work […] »

Solo living in Wales is rising, according to the Bevan Foundation’s latest State of Wales briefing The Bevan Foundation’s latest State of Wales briefing explores how households in Wales are changing. especially the number, size and type of household.  Of particular […] »

We were pleased to input into a recent inquiry on inequality and the impact of Covid-19. We welcome the Equalities, Communities and Local Government Committee report on inequality and the impact of Covid-19 and support the overall recommendation that the […] »

Lessons from community responses to the coronavirus in Merthyr Tydfil Helen Cunningham and Lloyd Jones reflect on the Bevan Foundation’s latest report. Over the past couple of months we spoke to community groups and organisations from across the Merthyr Tydfil […] »

Ahead of the Chancellor’s widely-trailed announcement on provision for young people later today, Victoria Winckler, Director of the Bevan Foundation, highlights five things to look out for. All eyes are on the Chancellor’s statement later today and in particular the […] »

With the launch of our latest report, Productive community assets: generating the benefits, Helen Cunningham reflects on some of the report findings Last year we started work exploring practical ways to build community wealth in the south Wales valleys. One […] »

Lauren Pennycook reflects on the power of storytelling to help shape the future of towns We tend to think of stories as narratives we are told by others, or contained within books that we can pick up, or can’t put […] »

Recent events in the USA and protests around the world are highlighting the racism that infects our society and damages the lives of people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups. Our latest State of Wales briefing has been prepared […] »

Chris Johnes outlines the lessons from lockdown across thirteen Invest Local communities Our work at Building Communities Trust (BCT) involves supporting the development of community capacity and resilience. Through our Invest Local programme, we work with 13 communities across Wales. […] »