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BCT Summer 2010 Newsletter - Large Print Version
A large Print version of our Summer 2010 Newsletter is available for download here
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Summer 2010 Newsletter
We hope that you will be interested in reading the latest issue, featuring updates on our Criminal Justice, Migration and Europe and Poverty and Inclusion programmes, plus features on 'The Big Society', the new Social Impact Bond, the Better Banking Campaign, and 'speaking truth to a different power'.
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Civic Streets
A report by Demos, funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust, has found that long term funding, involvement of the private sector, genuine community involvement , and early success in solving problems such as physical decay all help make regeneration schemes succeed. Although commissioned long before the general election, Civic Streets provides action examples of the Big Society in action and we hope the government will learn from the experience and hard work of residents of these two areas of Birmingham.
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Barrow Cadbury Trust Financial Accounts - year ending 31 March 2010
The Barrow Cadbury Trust Trustees' Report and consolidated accounts of the group for the year ending 31 March 2010 have been published.
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Barrow Cadbury Trust Strategic Plan 2010/13 published
This Strategic Plan sets out how, in the next three years, the Trust intends to build on the legacy of Barrow and Geraldine in order to promote social justice and support disadvantaged communities to influence policy. The Trust has four strategic objectives for 2010/2013. These are underpinned by a number of operational objectives which are set out in the Operational Plan for 2010/2011.
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Aiming Higher and Towards a Shared Future
Revolving Doors Agency (RDA) has launched two guides which form part of their work with the Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance. Both focus on services for young adults with multiple needs; 16-24 year olds who experience a number of vulnerabilities such as mental health problems, drug and/or alcohol misuse, homelessness and contact with the criminal justice system. Aiming Higher is a good practice guide for practitioners working with young adults with multiple needs. It was compiled using the views of young adults and a range of professionals who work with them every day. Towards a Shared Future is a guide for commissioners, informed by policy analysis and interviews with those with responsibility for planning and delivering services. The guides show how getting support right for young people at this crucial age can make a big difference, with better life chances for the young people themselves, and major savings for the public purse and the tax payer. To find out more about Revolving Doors Agency's Transition to Adulthood work and download the documents, go to http://www.revolving-doors.org.uk/policy--research/policy-projects/transition-to-adulthood/
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Young, Adult and No Support: The entitlements of young adults to care in the community
Commissioned by the Barrow Cadbury Trust as part of the Transition to adulthood (T2A) Alliance this report was produced by the Howard League's young adult legal team based on the experience and evidence from their casework. It is intended to be a guide for practitioners who work with vulnerable young adults (see http://www.howardleague.org/publications-youngpeople/).
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Policy, purpose and pragmatism: dilemmas for voluntary and community organisations working with black young people affected by crime
Voluntary and community organisations working with black young people affected by crime face making `tragic bargains in their constant struggle for sustainability,' according to new research funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. The research, based on detailed interviews in four cities in England, includes extensive first-hand accounts from representatives of voluntary and community organisations.
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Comparing coercive and non-coercive interventions
The incidence of imprisonment for under-18s in England and Wales is one of the highest in the world. This is the second of three briefings the Centre is publishing as part of its contribution to the Transition to Adulthood Alliance, supported by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. The report shows resorting to incarceration and strict control has little or no benefit in reducing reconviction. The report recommends more rational and effective approaches to working with young people which are more humane and cost-effective than a reliance on the ever-increasing investment in institutions and mechanisms of control.
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Risky people or risky societies? Rethinking interventions for young adults in transition
This is the first of three briefings the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has published as part of its contribution to the Transition to Adulthood Alliance, supported by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. In this briefing Richard Garside, the Centre's director, critiques policies informed by risk factor analysis that seek to prevent crime by intervening early in the lives of troubled children. He also proposes a different way to think about risk as a social force rather than an individual pathology.
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