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Carol Damper

Carol Damper. Chief Exec The EC Roberts Centre. “Working together to improve the lives of Children and Families”. 16% children live in workless Households (ONS 2011). Low skilled work-force: 25% no or low Qualifications (ONS 2009). 27 % children in poverty (67% in 1 area)

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Carol Damper

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  1. Carol Damper Chief Exec The EC Roberts Centre

  2. “Working together to improve the lives of Children and Families”

  3. 16% children live in workless Households (ONS 2011) Low skilled work-force: 25% no or low Qualifications (ONS 2009) 27 % children in poverty (67% in 1 area) (IMD 2010) Significant health inequalities (people in poverty die up to 11 years earlier) Under 50% children get 5 good GCSEs (inc Eng + Maths) Crime and ASB highest in poorest ward/s (SPP 2010) Approx 1in 5 older people live in poverty (IMD 2010) Local Context: Poverty in Portsmouth 3

  4. Welfare Reform

  5. Benefits Cap When:15th July onwards. £26,000 cap pa for couple/single parent (£500pw) and £18,200 for a single person (£350pw), excl pensioners/some other exclusions. Affects: About 119 families in Portsmouth and 12 in Leigh Park. 42 Local Authority; 14 RSL; 75 in private accommodation. Tends to be large families. Average deduction: £71 a week. As of 27th August, 131 households had been capped. Impacts:

  6. Social Housing Under-Occupancy (sometimes known as the ‘bedroom tax’) (Source of info: PCC Revenues and Benefits Service)

  7. Welfare that works Employment Offer UniversalCredit Support for Pensioners Published by the Department for Work and Pensions. If you spot any errors or omissions in this document, have any feedback on its use and effectiveness, or require more information on any aspect of Welfare Reform, please contact us at: corporate.stakeholders@dwp.gsi.gov.uk Employment Offer Housing Support Pensionsand Ageing Fraud and Error Appeals Reform Benefit Cap Disability Social Fund

  8. Welfare Reform Compassion Fairness Kindness

  9. Evictions Learn or Earn Sanctions Arrears Give v Invest?

  10. Buy now, regret later? The table, based on a snapshot survey by Family Action in September 2013, compares the prices of a number of items bought outright from a rent-to-own retailer with those bought in weekly instalments over three years. The prices of comparable products from a better value retailer have also been included to highlight the difference in prices. 5 Regulating

  11. “I wondered why somebody didn't do something.  Then I realized, I am somebody.”~Author Unknown”

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