Economic justice in Birmingham and the Black Country – research report flags...
A new report by the New Policy Institute (NPI) and Barrow Cadbury Trust ‘The State of Economic Justice in Birmingham and the Black Country’ paints a fresh narrative and analysis of data on the...
View ArticleBarrow Cadbury Trust intern opportunity
This Barrow Cadbury Trust internship opportunity is designed to be a pathway to future employment in the social sector. Salary: London Living Wage: (£10.55 per hour, £19,201 p.a. @2018-19 level) Job...
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The Poverty Premium: how would you feel?
The blog below was initially posted on the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) on Poverty website. It’s written by Alicia Vernalls, who is an Ambassador for Fair by Design as well as a Commissioner of...
View ArticleBritons remain positive about impact of immigration
Perceptions over the impact immigration has had on Britain remains positive and stable compared with two years ago according to a new Ipsos MORI study for IMiX, the migration communications hub. The...
View ArticleEU national children risk becoming “2nd Windrush generation” under current...
Thousands of children of EU nationals risk becoming a new “Windrush generation”, says new research by Coram released today. Coram are concerned that vulnerable children could become undocumented in the...
View ArticleHome Affairs Committee exposes Home Office failures on immigration detention...
‘The Home Office has shown a shockingly cavalier attitude in its approach to immigration detention and overseen serious failings in almost every area of the immigration detention process,’ a new...
View ArticleDirect Pay: Innovation or Failure?
Gingerbread has today launched a new report: ‘Direct Pay: Innovation or Failure?’ Direct Pay – where parents manage payments directly between each other – is a central pillar of the new statutory child...
View ArticleThe first two years – Jessica Brown, Connect Fund, reflects on progress so far
The Connect Fund was created to build a better social investment market in England. A partnership between the Barrow Cadbury Trust and Access Foundation, the £3 million grant and investment fund...
View ArticleIt’s time to reset the sails on corporate practice and put good quality jobs...
68 CEOs in the FTSE 100 earn more than 100 times the average UK worker’s salary, while almost four million (1 in 8) workers in the UK are living in poverty. How many of these business leaders have...
View ArticleUniversal Credit claimants left in the dark about their entitlements
Universal Credit (UC) claimants are routinely left in the dark about how much they should receive, how their awards are calculated and if and how they can challenge Department for Work and Pensions...
View ArticleAll change at Fair by Design
After a year at the helm Lucie Russell, Fair by Design’s director, has left the campaign to take up a CEO role at youth charity Street Doctors. Barrow Cadbury Trust would like to wish her every...
View ArticleThe power and potential of philanthropy
Liz Hayes at the Connect Fund blogs about her first European Foundation Centre Annual General Assembly in Paris ‘Liberté, Egalité, Philanthropie’ was the focus of this year’s EFC (European Foundation...
View ArticleSara Llewellin wins prestigious Compass Award at 2019 European Foundation...
Sara Llewellin, the Chief Executive of the Barrow Cadbury Trust, has been awarded the EFC Compass Prize at the 30th EFC AGA and Conference in Paris last week. This is the fifth ever prize awarded since...
View ArticleNew fund launched to help charities build homes for vulnerable people and...
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has launched a new fund, the Social and Sustainable Housing LP, co-designed with charities to ensure demand for investment, and SASC is working with a number of...
View ArticleTwo years of Birmingham Poverty Truth Commission
According to the Birmingham Poverty Truth Commission the black civil rights movement in the US would not have made progress had white people dominated its leadership. Similarly, they say, the feminist...
View ArticleTax Justice report says UK inheritance tax system is iniquitous
A new report from Tax Justice UK says that politicians are giving some of the wealthiest families in the UK generous tax breaks. Tax Justice UK’s new research finds the government is handing out up to...
View ArticleLoss and bereavement in young adults in the CJS
A new guide and key messages for professionals working with young adults in the CJS who’ve experienced bereavement, have been produced by Professor Sue Read and Dr Sotirios Santatzoglou at Keele...
View ArticleSolidarity through diversity
The blog below is based on the acceptance speech of Sara Llewellin, Barrow Cadbury Trust’s CEO, for the prestigious Compass Award at the 2019 European Foundation Centre (EFC) Annual General Assembly in...
View ArticleInclusive growth in practice
Inclusive growth has gained a firm foothold within the policy lexicon over recent years. Yet, despite much valuable discussion on what it is and why it is important, there remains a lack of clarity as...
View ArticleAre we ready for LGBT+ impact?!
A blog by Paul Roberts OBE Impact, impact, impact…. It’s a bit like the “location, location, location” of the voluntary sector! We hear it time and time again, but understanding it can be a bit...
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