Poverty

In November 2018 we began work on a project to build local economic resilience in the Heads of the Valleys. Governments have been attempting to regenerate the area for many years, with limited success.  Now, challenges such as automation and Read more »

Victoria Winckler reflects on the Bevan Foundation’s outlook for 2019, published on 1st January. The champagne is drunk, the fireworks crashed to earth and resolutions made. What does the rest of 2019 hold for Wales? The outlook for the next Read more »

This Christmas holidays many children in Wales will have gone without regular meals. The impact of their hunger will affect them long after they return to school in January. We’re determined to end the growing problem of holiday hunger in Read more »

This small-scale project aims to find new solutions to the growing problem of holiday hunger. The Problem Growing numbers of children across Wales do not have enough to eat in the school holidays. They either go without food altogether, or Read more »

Last summer, many children across Wales went hungry or filled up on starchy or fatty foods.  With Christmas holidays ahead, Victoria Winckler looks at ‘holiday hunger’ and what can be done about it.   Earlier this year, a local social Read more »

Universal Credit has hit the headlines recently because of the significant delays and hardship it can cause. It also has important implications for devolved policies and services that require the Welsh Government to step up its action. Universal Credit has Read more »

With the UK Government committed to rolling out Universal Credit, Victoria Winckler says it is time for the Welsh Government and others to step up to the challenges it raises. Universal Credit has been in the headlines recently, and for Read more »

After a busy summer at the National Assembly with three parties electing new leaders, attention has turned this autumn to the Labour Party. Three candidates are on the ballot to succeed Carwyn Jones AM as leader of the party in Read more »

Today is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a timely reminder for all of us that poverty has no place in our world. Our poverty infographic below paints a damning picture of poverty in Wales today. Hundreds of thousands Read more »

In 16 days’ time, the world will mark the 25th annual International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Today, we’re launching our No Place For Poverty campaign to raise awareness that Wales should not be a place of poverty. As Read more »