Impact of the "Supporting People" program on adults with learning disabilities 2007-08 · Joseph Rowntree Foundation This study explores how the UK Government’s Supporting People program is affecting housing and support for people with learning disabilities. This program began in 2003 to enable vulnerable adults to attain or maintain independent tenancies in addition to the regular payment of housing benefits. The report affirms that the impact of the program has been “mixed”. While providing a “much-needed injection of cash” into services, the program is curtailed by the fact that many important ...

Framework for Fairness: Proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain 2007-07-12 · Communities and Local Government, UK This consultation paper sets out the Government’s proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain. The proposals have been developed as a result of the Discrimination Law Review, launched in February 2005 to consider the opportunities for creating a clearer and more streamlined discrimination legislative framework which produces better outcomes for those who currently experience disadvantage.

Equalities in Great Britain, 1946-2006 2007-03 · Centre for Contemporary British History, Institute of Historical Research, University of London This report examines disadvantage in Britain relating to gender, age, race and ethnicity, disability, religion and belief, gender identity and sexual orientation. It also addresses the inequalities experienced by Gypsies and Travellers, as significantly disadvantaged ethnic minority groups. The purpose of this study is to assess what has and has not changed concerning the causes and experiences of inequality for these broad social groups over the period c.1945 to c.2006; to assess which factors have ...

Human Rights in Bulgaria 2006 - Bulgarian Helsinki Committee Annual Report 2007-03 · Bulgarian Helsinki Committee This report overviews the human rights situation in Bulgaria in 2006. It contains several sections on the different spheres researched during the respective year, e.g. right to life, rights of the child, excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, right to profess a religion and freedom of expression, conditions in places of detention, etc.

The British Social Attitudes 23rd Report - Perspectives on a changing society 2007-01-24 · National Centre for Social Research This is a brief summary of The British Social Attitudes 23rd Report. The report assesses the consequences for public attitudes of a number of recent, fundamental social changes - including the emergence of radical Islamic terrorism; an ageing society; the huge growth of the internet; globalisation and increasingly competitive labour markets; and a change of government. It covers social identities, euthanasia, work-life balance, personal care, political respect, turnout, civil liberties, trade unions, prejudice against disabled ...