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Poverty meeting | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. The Sheffield Fairness Commission, a group of representatives in Sheffield from faith, business, politics and public organisations, held it’s second meeting on Wednesday. The commission was considering the impact of poverty in the city, and how to reduce it. Evidence was given by Professor Richard Wilkinson from the Equality Trust, Dean of Sheffield Cathedral Peter Bradley, and Deven Ghelani from the centre for Social Justice. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. We also...
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The Problem | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. We live in an unequal city…. Nearly all (92%) of children in Bradway get 5 A -C GCSEs, compared to a quarter of children in Brightside. People living in Crookesmoor die fourteen years younger than those living in Crosspool;. In Flower there are around 24 teenage pregnancies per 1000 , less than 5 in Fullwood. Rates of mental health problems are three times higher in Netherthorpe than in Netheredge. Thoughts on “The Problem”. July 15, 2011 at 10:06 am. Executive ...
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Suffolk Equality Group | Related Links
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Why worry about inequality? What can be done about it? What Can You do? The “Mother Ship” (or Father Ship! Central repository of all things relating to equality: works to reduce income inequality in order to improve the quality of life in the UK. Other Web sites from Equality Groups around the UK:. Leeds Equality Group Website. London Equality Group Website. Oxfordshire Equality Group Website. Sheffield Equality Group Website. Sussex Equality Group Website. York Equality Group Facebook Group. Enter your ...
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Questions | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. The current notice of meetings is very short, making it difficult for organisations and individuals to engage. Whilst the communications plan is welcomed, will this be reviewed to ensure it is effectively engaging the public? Given that many groups in the city have submitted evidence and have an interest in the success of the Commission, will their involvement be sought in the organising and publicising of any public debate? The group has been in dialogue regard...
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The Solution | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. If we all shared more then we would all be richer. The Sheffield Equality Group aims to promote, advocate and support policies in Sheffield that will direct resources actively towards those with lowest income and least opportunities. This means narrowing the income gap between the richest and poorest because the evidence demonstrates that this will benefit everyone in Sheffield and make our city whole. Less money spent on prisons and benefits. Inequality has inc...
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Public Meeting 8th October | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. Public Meeting 8th October. Below are summary notes from the meeting, click here to go back to the main page. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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Local Works Asylum Campaign | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. Local Works Asylum Campaign. On behalf of Daniel Flanagan, Sustainable Communities Act Campaigner, Local Works. Why is this important? The Sustainable Communities Act was passed in 2007 and allows people to ask government for action and assistance to make their communities more sustainable. In 2009, government received over 300 ideas to promote sustainable communities from people around the country and will shortly decide on which of these ideas to implement...
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The Trial | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. Asymp; Leave a comment. 8220;You apply for three jobs one week and three jobs the following Sunday and Monday. Because the jobcentre week starts on a Tuesday it treats this as applying for six jobs in one week and none the following week. You are sanctioned for 13 weeks for failing to apply for three jobs each week.”. The sanctions programme goes for the award of most Kafkaesque government policy – http:/ bit.ly/1BeB33Y. Give all your money to millionaires!
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Health meeting | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. The first meeting of the Sheffield Fairness Commission. Back to Fairness Commission page. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out.
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Trickle down doesn’t work | Sheffield Equality Group
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Affiliated to the national Equality Trust. Trickle down doesn’t work. Asymp; Leave a comment. 8230;but blessed are the tax havens…. Like Luxembourg, where Amazon bases it’s sales operations. To reduce it’s UK profit margin to 0.0065%. However, lest we forget, the UK also acts as a tax haven, or as one senior OECD official puts it. 8221; the UK government has a very aggressive competition agenda in reducing corporation tax” (The Guardian). 8230;and the aspiring strivers…. Sheffield Equality Group chat abo...
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