Newsletter New Barrow Cadbury Trust Website The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent, charitable foundation, committed to suppoing vulnerable and marginalised people in society. The Trust provides grants to grassroots voluntary and community groups working in deprived communities in the UK, with a focus on the West Midlands. It also works with researchers, think tanks and government, oen in panership with other grant-makers, seeking to overcome the structural barriers to a more just and equal society. T2A National Conference Transatlantic Trends Immigration Survey and the Migration Observatory at Oxford Features Message from the Chief Executive Programmes Criminal Justice Migration and Europe Povey and Inclusion Since the publication of our last newsletter in January of this year, we have completed our annual strategic review and put our strategy for 2011/12 in place. Together with all our Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance partners, we have identified two key areas on which our Criminal Justice work will concentrate. Firstly, strengthening the evidence base that demonstrates the variable maturation rates of young adults and, secondly, engaging with the localism agenda to spread and embed cross-sector partnership working to approve approaches to young adult offenders at the local level. Our Migration and Europe workstream will continue to focus on promoting best practice in integration, while at the same time working with a range of other partners to tackle the toxic nature of our public discourse and media coverage of migration issues here in the UK. We will continue to support campaigning and local practice responses, balancing the needs of migrants and those of receiving communities. Our work on the Poverty and Inclusion programme will focus on financial inclusion, encouraging and understanding community resilience and mutuality and, at the macro level, promoting new thinking about economic systems and sustainability. On all of our programmes we will continue to support local community initiatives, while at the same time engaging in the relevant policy arenas to promote socially just change. In the current climate this is challenging for everyone. Many of our funded partners are struggling with reduced budgets and others face closure. The speed and severity of public sector cuts is adversely impacting the voluntary and community sector as statutory budgets dry up, but equally damaging will be the loss of public sector jobs and services, particularly in communities and economies which most rely on public sector employment. Birmingham and Northern Ireland, both areas with which we have longstanding historic links, will be particularly badly affected, and our trustess consider how the Trust should best respond at each of their meetings. These concerns prompted us to invite Michael Mendelson, ex-Treasury Minister from Ontario, Canada, to visit the UK. Mr Mendelson will share with us his comparative analysis of the Canadian experience of successfully cutting public spending in the 1990s with what is planned here in the UK over the next several years. We are pleased that this visit has generated interest from across the political spectrum, including from No. 10. I very much hope it will contribute to creative thinking about how to balance the needs of the present and the future in a way that safeguards the vulnerable now, without jeopardising economic recovery for the next generation. We will publish the material from this visit on our website to ensure all our stakeholders have access to the debate it generates. Sara Llewellin May 2011 Summer 2011
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Newsletter
New BarrowCadbury TrustWebsite
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
is an independent,
charitable foundation,
committed to suppoing
vulnerable and
marginalised people in
society.
The Trust provides grants to
grassroots voluntary and
community groups working
in deprived communities in
the UK, with a focus on the
West Midlands. It also
works with researchers,
think tanks and
government, oen in
panership with other
grant-makers, seeking to
overcome the structural
barriers to a more just and
equal society.
T2A NationalConference
Transatlantic TrendsImmigration Surveyand the MigrationObservatory atOxford
Features
Message from the Chief Executive
Programmes Criminal Justice Migration and Europe Povey and Inclusion
Since the publication of our last newsletter in January of this year, wehave completed our annual strategic review and put our strategy for2011/12 in place.
Together with all our Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance partners, wehave identified two key areas on which our Criminal Justice work willconcentrate. Firstly, strengthening the evidence base that demonstratesthe variable maturation rates of young adults and, secondly, engagingwith the localism agenda to spread and embed cross-sector partnership
working to approve approaches to young adult offenders at the local level.
Our Migration and Europe workstream will continue to focus on promoting bestpractice in integration, while at the same time working with a range of other partners totackle the toxic nature of our public discourse and media coverage of migration issueshere in the UK. We will continue to support campaigning and local practice responses,balancing the needs of migrants and those of receiving communities.
Our work on the Poverty and Inclusion programme will focus on financial inclusion,encouraging and understanding community resilience and mutuality and, at the macrolevel, promoting new thinking about economic systems and sustainability.
On all of our programmes we will continue to support local community initiatives, while atthe same time engaging in the relevant policy arenas to promote socially just change. Inthe current climate this is challenging for everyone. Many of our funded partners arestruggling with reduced budgets and others face closure. The speed and severity of publicsector cuts is adversely impacting the voluntary and community sector as statutorybudgets dry up, but equally damaging will be the loss of public sector jobs and services,particularly in communities and economies which most rely on public sector employment.Birmingham and Northern Ireland, both areas with which we have longstanding historiclinks, will be particularly badly affected, and our trustess consider how the Trust shouldbest respond at each of their meetings.
These concerns prompted us to invite Michael Mendelson, ex-Treasury Minister fromOntario, Canada, to visit the UK. Mr Mendelson will share with us his comparative analysisof the Canadian experience of successfully cutting public spending in the 1990s withwhat is planned here in the UK over the next several years. We are pleased that this visithas generated interest from across the political spectrum, including from No. 10. I verymuch hope it will contribute to creative thinking about how to balance the needs of thepresent and the future in a way that safeguards the vulnerable now, without jeopardisingeconomic recovery for the next generation.
We will publish the material from this visit on our website to ensure all our stakeholdershave access to the debate it generates.
Sara Llewellin May 2011
Summer 2011
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In April 2011, the Barrow Cadbury Trust launched a new website. The siteincludes information about each of our programmes: Criminal Justice,Migration and Europe, and Poverty and Inclusion. All reports andpublications supported by the Trust are available for download, includingresearch from academics, think tanks and universities, good practiceguides, and campaigning materials.
The site gives details of how to apply for funding for grassroots projects,as well as policy and research work. There are also details on the historyof the Trust, information about trustees and staff, links to usefulresources, and a frequently updated news and events section.
New Barrow CadburyTrust website
The About Us page
The new Barrow Cadbury Trust Homepage
Barrow Cadbury Trust”s submission
(‘Transition to Adulthood’, a photo of
the London T2A pilot run by St Giles
Trust, see www.t2a.org.uk/pilots) has
been sholisted for the final of the
European Foundation Centre’s 2011
photography competition.
The photo (taken by Nick Aldridge) is
one of a sholist of ten photos from
97 entries. It will be exhibited at the
22nd Annual General Assembly &
Conference “Resources and
Sustainability – The Oceans”, 26-28th
May 2011 in Cascais, Pougal. During
the conference, delegates will be
given the chance to vote for their
favourite photo. As in previous years,
the winning photo will be announced
at the closing plenary of the
Conference. You can view the 10
finalists on the ECF website.
Features
BCT reaches final ofECF 2011 photographycompetition
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In March, a wide range of expertspeakers addressed more than 200delegates at Church House,Westminster, each stating the case foran effective approach for young adultsin the criminal justice system, andadvocating a system that accounts forvarying levels of maturity among thosein the ‘transition to adulthood’.
The conference affirmed the case forthe importance of taking the maturityof a young adult into account in thecriminal justice system, and on the needfor better transitions between child andadult criminal justice services. Keypoints included that:
• There is irrefutable evidence of theneed for a distinct approach foryoung adults in the criminal justice,which can both save costs andreduce reoffending;
• There are challenges andopportunities provided by thecurrent financial climate andcriminal justice reform;
• The UK is almost totally alone inEurope in having no specificcriminal justice statutoryinterventions for young adults;
• Both the public and politiciansbelieve that the emotional andpsychological maturity of a youngadult accused of breaking the lawshould be considered in thesentencing process.
Speakers included Danny Dorling,Professor of Human Geography; SusanMcVie. Professor of QuantitativeCriminology; Dr Ineke Pruin, Universityof Greifswald in Germany; and TimLoughton MP, Minister for theDepartment for Education. The event was chaired by thebroadcaster, Jon Snow (pictured, onstage with one of the expert panels).
The conference saw the launch of aComRes poll for T2A, which found thatmore people think that sentencingshould be based on the emotional andpsychological maturity of the offenderthan on their age. There was also crossparty support – 81% of MPs – formaturity being taken into account bythe courts (see below for more detailson this poll).
The broadcaster, Jon Snow, chairing an expe panel at the T2A national conference in March.
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T2A National ConferenceIn addition, the former Chief Inspectorof Prisons, Dame Anne Owers becomethe new Chair of the T2A Alliance,taking over from Rob Allen, who stepsdown as chair, a role held since itsinception in 2008 (more on thisannouncement is in the criminal justiceprogramme see page 5).
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Features
Migration and Europe
Transatlantic Trends Immigration Surveyand the Migration Observatory at Oxford
The survey provides comparative dataon attitudes to immigration andintegration in six European countriesand the US and Canada. It found thatimmigration still ranks very highly as aconcern of the British public. The Britishremain the most likely to viewimmigration as a problem and the mostlikely to rate it as the most importantissue facing the country. This may belinked to the fact that it is a muchdebated, frequently sensationalised,issue in the media and wider publicdebate. To exacerbate matters,coverage of migration-related issues isoften framed in a polarised manner andbased on highly disputed evidence andstatistics.
Supporting a balanced public debate onimmigration and integration remains apriority for the Barrow Cadbury Trustand, earlier this year, the Trust organisedthe UK launch of the third annualTransatlantic Trends: Immigrationsurvey, a project led by its partnerorganisation the German Marshall Fundof the United States.
For this reason the Trust is pleased to besupporting the Migration Observatoryat Oxford University, a major newinitiative aimed at informing media andpolicy debates about migration andintegration in the UK. ImmigrationMinister Damian Green, MP andBaroness Oona King of Bow officiallylaunched the Observatory in March2011. The Observatory providesindependent, authoritative, evidence-based analysis of data on migration inthe UK. It is co-funded by the DianaPrincess of Wales Memorial Fund andUnbound Philanthropy.
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Dame Anne Owers becomes thenew Chair of the T2A Alliance
The former Chief Inspector of Prisons,Dame Anne Owers, has become thenew Chair of the T2A Alliance. DameAnne is currently the chair of ChristianAid and Clinks and, prior to her role asChief Inspector (which she began in2001), she was director of the lawreform group Justice.
Rob Allen, was Chair of the T2AAlliance for three years, since itsinception in 2008, and has providedpassion and wisdom during thedevelopment of T2A and the Alliance’spolicies and campaign. He will bemissed, and we thank him for hisinvaluable contribution.
Maturity of young adults amitigating factor in sentencing forthe first time
T2A's recent work on the issue ofyoung adults and maturity, has resultedin the inclusion of ‘Age and/or lack ofmaturity where it affects theresponsibility of the offender’ as one ofthe ‘factors reducing seriousness orreflecting personal mitigation’ in theSentencing Council's final Guidelineson Assault, to be implemented in allCrown and Magistrates Courts fromJune 2011.
This is the first time in Englishsentencing history that ‘maturity’ hasfeatured in guidelines for sentencingadults. This marks a significantmilestone for T2A and the policies itscampaign has advocated. A key extractfrom the Sentencing Council’sannouncement is:
‘[The guideline] refers to “youthand lack of maturity” as it wasintended to recognise the factthat an offender who is just over18 has moved into the adultsentencing regime, which ismore punitive than the youthregime. Additionally, it wasintended as recognition thatoffenders who are young adultsmay still lack sufficient maturityto fully understand theconsequences of their offendingbehaviour’.
Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance
Criminal JusticeAims to suppo people who are within or at risk of entering the criminal justicesystem, to improve their life chances with a focus on young adults.
The Sentencing Council cited the T2Aresponse to their consultation asevidence for their decision to include‘lack of maturity’ in the guideline:
‘The T2A Alliance advocates therecognition of young adults as adistinct group within the criminaljustice system, including insentencing, due to their levels ofmaturity and the economic, socialand structural factors thatspecifically impact upon them.’
Following this development, there wasgood coverage for T2A in The Guardiannewspaper (Comment, Friday 18 March,page 34, ‘An ugly totem for the abjectfailure of our criminal justice system’).
Dame Anne Owers, le,speaking at the T2Anational conference aerthe announcement thatshe is the new Chair of theT2A Alliance, with BarrowCadbury Trust trustee,Anna Southall, right.
Programmes
Criminal Justice
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Barrow Cadbury Trust Head of Programmes Debbie Pippard, le, and criminologistProfessor Shadd Maruna, right, listen to Lord Keith Bradley, centre, at the T2A expeevent on maturity and criminal justice at the House of Lords in February.
House of Lords expe event andliterature review on maturity andcriminal justice
The Sentencing Council’s includion ofmaturity followed a Barrow CadburyTrust expert roundtable discussion onmaturity and criminal justice, hosted by Lord Keith Bradley in the House of Lords.
In April, a systematic literature reviewby Birmingham University on criminaljustice and maturity, commissioned byBarrow Cadbury on behalf of T2A, hasnow been published and is available onthe T2A website atwww.t2a.org.uk/publications.
ComRes T2A poll on maturity andcriminal justice
A ComRes poll, launched on 1 March2011 and conducted on behalf of theTransition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance,has found that a majority of the public(69%) and parliamentarians (81%)believe ‘emotional and psychologicalmaturity’ should be taken into accountwhen sentencing young adults.
The poll also supports the T2A Alliance’sargument that, as people mature atdifferent rates and many young adultsin trouble with the law exhibitdevelopmental levels characteristic offar younger people, courts should treat18-24 year olds on a case by case basisaccording to their maturity, rather thanas strictly under 18 or over 18. Thiscurrently happens in Germany, whereyoung adult offenders can be dealt witheither in the adult or juvenile systemdepending on psychological andemotional assessments of their maturity.
The poll should embolden governmentto adopt T2A Alliance recommends aspart of their criminal justice reforms. Alarge majority of Coalition MPs (74%)think that maturity should be taken intoaccount when sentencing a youngperson. Coalition MPs are also morelikely to think that young adults shouldbe sentenced either on a case by casebasis or as a distinct group, rather thanbe treated the same as older adults.
Key findings from the poll:
• More of the public and MPsthink that sentencing shouldbe based on the emotionaland psychological maturity of the offender than on their age;
• The majority of the publicthink young adults maturelater than 18 years old;
• There is cross party support –81% of MPs – for maturitybeing taken into account bythe courts; and
• There is more supportamongst coalition MPs forsentencing young adults on a case by case basis or as adistinct group than there isfor treating them as olderadults.
For the full results visithttp://www.comres.co.uk/page16578229.aspx
was a winner of the Post Office’sChildren Champion 2011 after beingnominated by his manager for hisdedicated work with young peoplewhilst employed in a full time PostOffice job. Qudues was invited toLondon to receive his award and tomeet the Prime Minister (pictured),which was followed by a red carpetevent at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
New grantsBarrow Cadbury Trust has awarded newgrants to the Police Foundation and thePrisoners Advice Service, and the PrisonReform Trust.
The Police Foundation areundertaking a catalyst project toexplore evidence for effective policingof young adults (aged 18-24), whichwill complete in late summer 2011, andis intended to inform the T2Aprogramme’s focus on localism.
The Prisoners’ AdviceService grant will part-fundPAS’ telephone advice service,which provides free andindependent legal advice forprisoners across all prisons in
England and Wales. In addition, thisgrant will enable PAS to monitor and
evaluate how many of those using itsadvice line are 18-24 years of age, andwhat issues are most often highlightedby this age group. This data will beused to inform the ongoing work of the T2A programme.
A grant wasawarded to thePrison ReformTrust to supporttheir secretariat
function for the All Party ParliamentaryGroup on Penal Affairs, which will allowa full programme of meetings for 2011-2013 to take place. The APPG on PenalAffairs was founded in 1980 to increaseits members' knowledge of penal affairsand to work through parliamentarychannels for reform of the penalsystem. Membership currently stands at96 MPs and 94 members of the Houseof Lords. Recent speakers have includedSecretaries of State and the Archbishopof Canterbury.
The Trust is supporting a HowardLeague for Penal Reform conferenceon 6 July 2011, which will discuss thefuture of the criminal justice system inresponse to government plans. It willalso hear about the Howard League forPenal Reform’s Community SentencesCut Crime campaign which encouragespublic and government support forsuccessful community sentences.
The conference will also include theCommunity Programmes Awards 2011recognising the country’s mostsuccessful programmes. Ian Hislop,Editor, Private Eye will present theAdult; Women; Children & YoungPeople; Unpaid Work; and Education,Training & Employment Awards.
Grassroots projects
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Asylum Aid repo
At national level, the Trust’s workadvocates for fairer policies towardsvulnerable asylum seekers, refugees andmigrants. For example, it supports thework of Asylum Aid, an organisationworking to secure protection for thoseseeking asylum in the UK. In January2011, Asylum Aid launched‘Unsustainable’, a research reporthighlighting its concerns about thetreatment of women under the currentasylum system. One of the report’sconclusions was that a “poorunderstanding” of the nature ofgender-related persecution often leadsto negative decisions, which are oftenoverturned on appeal.
APPG on Migration
In line with its commitment tosupporting an evidence-based debateon migration (see the feature above onthe Migration Observatory at Oxford),the Trust is currently contributingtowards funding of the secretariat forthe All-Party Parliamentary Group onMigration. In March, this groupconvened a meeting at the House ofCommons. It brought together MPs andstakeholders from across the politicalspectrum to discuss the economicimplications of the proposed changes to the student immigration route.
Cities of Migration
The Trust is a partner of the Cities ofMigration project, led by Maytree inCanada. Cities of Migration showcasessuccessful integration practices fromcities around the world. Over a hundredcity profiles illustrating practical,innovative strategies and models ofintegration practice are now online ontopics ranging from financial inclusion,housing and employment to healthpromotion, youth engagement andcommunity. Positive stories ofintegration success demonstrate howlocal communities are making the livedreality of immigration work whateverthe mood of current national debate.
Earlier this year Cities of Migrationexplored the role of the media in theimmigration debate. The impact of newmedia on social change today may be afresh chapter in an old story, but gettingyour message out with ‘volume andvelocity’ to move your agenda forwardis as critical as ever. Frank Sharry, USimmigration reform leader and mediaspecialist started the conversation byspeaking about his work at America'sVoice and giving an insider’s view onusing smart media to tell your story.
This was followed by an in-depth lookat media diversity and the strategiesbehind the success of local radiobroadcasters in Barcelona and Toronto.An online learning session (webinar)explored how these two broadcastersresponded to changing demographicsthrough new strategies and positivemessages about the local immigrantexperience. In Barcelona, COMRadioexplained how it has created 'villagesquares' through the airwaves for morethan 140 local stations, usingsyndication to bring its dedicated radiostations to immigrant and hostcommunities, in both Spanish andCatalan. The webinar also heard aboutthe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(CBC) Radio's Business Case forDiversity, which went beyondprogramming to hiring and recruitmentpractices and eventually produced thetop rated morning show in Toronto.
This was one of a series of onlinewebinars designed to connect a widerange of stakeholders around a positive,proactive integration agenda. Webinarsare an opportunity for integrationpractitioners, experts and local cityleaders from around the world to sharetheir experience in promoting resilient,inclusive communities. All webinars areopen events and there is no cost toparticipate. They are also available post-event as video- or audio-recordings onthe Cities of Migration website.
Migration and EuropeAims to help ensure that migration is managed in a way that is equitable andsocially just and that the voices of both migrants and receiving communitiesare heard in the public debate.
Throughout Europe, political debates in recent months have focused on the alleged ‘failure of multiculturalism’,and the debate on British citizenship is set to reopen later this year against a backdrop of public sector cuts andcontinuing economic trouble. Therefore, the Trust’s work to promote an approach to migration that is fair to bothmigrants and established residents continues to operate in a challenging environment.
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Programmes
Migration and Europe
In April 2011, the Trust supportedMigrant Voice’s inaugural nationalconference, entitled: “Unheard voices;mobilising migrants to speak up.” Theconference brought together over ahundred migrant organisations,journalists and experts to examinepublic attitudes and the mediarepresentation of migrants. Its aim wasto explore strategies for migrants'engagement inthe publicconversation onissues that affecttheir daily lives.
At European level, the Trust continuesto support the European Programmeon Integration and Migration(EPIM). A three day workshop was heldin London in April, focusing oncommunications and messaging. It involved practical sessions designed to strengthen the communicationscapacity of the various organisations in the EPIM network.
The Trust also continues to consider theissues of migration and integration in aEuropean and international context. In March 2011, the Trust and theMigration Policy Institute’s TransatlanticCouncil on Migration organised a
Ayesha Saran, Barrow Cadbury Trust’sMigration and Europe Programme Manager(le), speaking on one of the Migrant Voicenational conference panels, with JasonBergen (Migrant Voice) and Ruth Smeeth(Searchlight), right. Photo by Beth Crosland.
EPIM workshop on communications and messaging in April.
The Ileys Community Association advice service.
high-level panel discussion in Londonto launch a research paper on theimpact of cuts to integration funding inthe UK and Europe. Policy Network’sresearch programme on immigrationand political trust also continued with a seminar on immigration, economicinsecurity and fairness.
Finally, the Trust continues to chair theDiversity, Migration and IntegrationInterest Group (DMIIG) of the EuropeanFoundation Centre (EFC). In April, aDMIIG meeting took place in Essen,Germany on the role foundations canplay in linking policy and practice onmigration and integration.
Grassroots In the West Midlands the Trustcontinues to support groups workingwith migrants, refugees and asylumseekers. For example, Trustees werepleased to approve a grant to IleysCommunity Association in March.Based in Smethwick, this organisationworks predominantly with the Somalicommunity, providing support andadvice in a number of areas. Fundingfrom the Trust will enable IleysCommunity Association to expand theirdrop-in advice service for local women.The group are currently recruiting for aproject worker who will providepractical advice in areas such ashousing, welfare, health, employmentand education.
In addition to supporting womenpractically, the group will focus onbuilding the confidence of those usingtheir services and equipping them withthe skills to engage with other localprojects, training and volunteeropportunities. This group is wellnetworked in Birmingham and Sandwelland has run joint projects with the localPrimary Care Trust.
Events and networks
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Povey and Inclusion
ProgrammesPovey and InclusionAims to reduce financial exclusion through changes in policy, and to helpcommunities respond to the new ways in which public services will beprovided and managed. We want our funding to try to ensure that the voiceof local people, paicularly those in disadvantaged areas, is heard and thatcommunities are strengthened in this time of change.
Habits of Solidarity Network
The Habits of Solidarity (HoS) networkconsists of nine grantees of the Trust,who are working in diverse areas andwith different communities to buildunderstanding and address issues ofpoverty. For 2011-12, groups supportedunder HoS are:
• Centre for Equality andDiversity in Dudley (pictured, below)
• Community ResourceInformation Service (CRIS) inSouth Birmingham
• Community Voice FM inMiddlesbrough
• JUST West Yorkshire inBradford
• Langley Parochial ChurchCouncil in West Birmingham
• Leicester North WestCommunity Forum in Leicester
• Novas Scarman East MidlandsGroup, based in Nottingham
• Smethwick Youth andCommunity Centre inSmethwick
• St Margaret’s CommunityTrust in East Birmingham(pictured, right).
The network comes together threetimes a year to share learning with eachother and with the Trust. The nexthabits of solidarity meeting will be heldin Birmingham in May, and will behosted by St Margaret’s CommunityTrust, a group based in Ward End in
Birmingham. This charity deliversprojects and activities to residents of allages to improve their lives and increaseunderstanding between diversecommunities. As part of this, the groupis fundraising to redevelop St Margaret’sChurch into a multi-purpose communitycentre. At the habits of solidaritymeeting, St Margaret’s CommunityTrust will discuss developments in theirwork including a new partnership witha local credit union. The Trust will alsodiscuss with groups how to develop theway in which it evaluates the networkto ensure all learning is captured.
The HoS programme is closed to newapplications but, for further informationon the network, please contact ClarePayne [email protected]
Povey and Inclusion Event
The Centre for Responsible Credit isrunning a conference in Birmingham onthe 20th July, supported by the BarrowCadbury Trust, to discuss the future offinancial inclusion. Entitled ‘The Futureof Financial and Debt Advice’, theevent will examine a future beyond theFinancial Inclusion Taskforce and howbest to support households in financialdifficulties. With a focus on policy andpractice, the conference will bringtogether representatives from localauthorities, debt advice agencies, creditunions and the communitydevelopment finance sector, housingassociations, local community projectsand the wider credit industry.
To book a place, please go to the eventssection of the Centre for ResponsibleCredit’s website.
Centre for Equality and Diversity, Dudley. ‘Community clean-up day’ involving members of the Tenants andResidents Associations (TRAs) and local residents.
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Policy development
The Trust has recently funded anumber of research projects. TheNew Economics Foundation (nef) willbe working with two communities inBirmingham to record the impact theeconomic situation and thegovernment’s Big Society approach onlocal people. It will also look at, withthe communities concerned, how thenew localism approach can be used tobenefit local people. The project willrun over three years and nef hopes tobe able to compare the experience ofpeople in Birmingham with those in atleast one other big city in the UK. Theproject should both help local peopleto make the most of any opportunitiesavailable and identify broader policypoints for national decision-makers.
The Smith Institute has been awardedfunding for a monograph on“Financial Inclusion and Debt: Whatcan be done in an age of austerity?”.The publication will be written by arange of commentators with differentperspectives, including those involvedin debt and credit counselling. Theaim of the project is to raise
awareness of the extent of the debtproblem faced by people at themoment and to provide ideas aboutwhat can be done to limit the extentof individual personal debt. A third policy project is funding for asecond phase of the Institute forPublic Policy Research’s New EraEconomics programme. Thisprogramme is a major piece of workthat aims to identify and presentideas for an economy that learns thelessons from the financial crash and is“fit for a new era”. Ideas includelooking at how the shifting of globaleconomic power eastwards and thenew patterns of innovation,production and consumption willhave on the UK economy. It alsolooks at whether there arealternatives to “going for growth” –that the measure of economic successshould be continuous increases inincome for all, when this has beenshown to have no impact on ouroverall levels of wellbeing. The Trust’sfunding will contribute to thedevelopment of new ideas, anddebate with leading economic andsocial policy-makers.
Grassroots grantsEquality and Diversity Forum
Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) hasbeen successful in securing a furthergrant from the Trust for their consistentand effective involvement with equalityissues, bringing together the views andvoices of a very diverse group of peopleto tackle inequalities. The grant willenable EDF to broaden its reach andincrease its impact in:
• Influencing equality andhuman rights law and policy
• Influencing mainstream policyand opening up new agendas
• Be a common voice for equalityand human rights NGOs
• Organisational development –EDF’s new equalities strategywas launched December 2010.
Sarah Cooper, from St Margaret’s Community Trust, works with a community member at the group’s creditunion collection point.
The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent charitable foundation,committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalised people in society.The Trust promotes social justice through grant making, research,influencing public opinion and policy and supporting local communities.The Trust was founded in 1920 by Barrow Cadbury and his wife GeraldineSouthall Cadbury.
Barrow was the grandson of John Cadbury, the founder of the family-runchocolate business in Birmingham, where Barrow worked for almost 50years, succeeding his uncle George as Chairman in 1918. He andGeraldine were committed Quakers who chose to live modestlythemselves and establish the Trust. In time, their children became Trusteesand their son, Paul Cadbury, took over as Chair in 1959. Paul, his sistersand many of their descendants have all given time to being Trustees andadded generously to the Trust’s endowment. The concerns of the foundersand five generations of their family are still reflected in the work of theTrust today.
