Poverty

The Bevan Foundation warmly welcomes the recommendation of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee that the Welsh Government establish a coherent and integrated Welsh Benefits System for all the means-tested benefits for which it is responsible. The recommendation is […] »

The Bevan Foundation has submitted its response to the National Assembly’s Climate Change Environment and Rural Affairs Committee inquiry into fuel poverty The Bevan Foundation was pleased to submit written evidence to the National Assembly’s Climate Change Environment and Rural […] »

As the month of activities to mark the International Day for Eradicating Poverty draws to a close, Victoria Winckler asks what it will take to put poverty on the political agenda. The previous First Minister said many times in the […] »

As part of the Bevan Foundation’s #joinagainstpoverty campaign, Steffan Evans reflects on why the Welsh Government did not succeed in its aims of eradicating fuel poverty by 2018. As the nights draw in and temperatures drop, many of us will […] »

In all the talk about tackling, ending or solving poverty, people rarely describe what a Wales without poverty would be like. Victoria Winckler has a go. We often write that our ambition is to solve or end poverty. This is […] »

The Bevan Foundation was delighted to deliver the keynote presentation at Grŵp Cynefin’s Annual General Meeting in St Asaph on 26th September. The AGM was attended by Grŵp Cynefin staff members, tenants and stakeholders from across north Wales.  The AGM […] »

  The Bevan Foundation has contributed to solving poverty in one local authority. Today the Bevan Foundation was a keynote speaker at symposium organised by Neath Port Talbot Council. The symposium brought officers from across the council along with other […] »

The Bevan Foundation is delighted to be working with Chwarae Teg, the charity that inspires, leads and delivers gender equality.  Together, we’re developing solutions to poverty amongst women. To do this, we need to understand better women’s experiences of living […] »

The Welsh Government provides vital support to children and young people from low income families with the costs of attending school. Local authorities play a vital role in ensuring that this support is delivered at a consistently high level across […] »

September 2019 has started with a bang. With the UK Government losing its majority and talk of a general election it is easy to forget that there is a real world outside Westminster. Up and down Wales thousands of children […] »