Social Fund in UK Law
- Below the Breadline: The Social Fund, Poverty and Social Work
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Squeezing the Social Fund: Aggravation and Advocacy
The Social Fund has been operating since 1988, following the abolition of entitlement to Single Needs Payments. NAPO, supported by ACOP, provided guidance to members on dealing with the discretiona...
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From the social fund to local welfare assistance: Central–local government relations and ‘special expenses’
In Britain since the 1930s social assistance recipients have in certain circumstances been able to claim ‘exceptional expenses’ in addition to their weekly benefit income. From the 1940s these were...
- THE SOCIAL FUND—CASH‐LIMITING SOCIAL SECURITY
- Deadline date for Letters in the June issue is May 1 st Milking the Social Fund Dry
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The Children's Fund and the prevention of crime and anti-social behaviour
Early intervention prevention programmes form a significant element in the UK's complex and sometimes contradictory youth justice system. This article focuses on one...
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The UK Cabinet Office has opened a consultation on a new 10m [pounds sterling] risk capital investment fund for social enterprises.
...The UK Cabinet Office has opened a consultation on a new 10m [pounds sterling] risk capital investment fund for social enterprises. Proposals for operating the fund include a "pathfinder investment scheme" under which the government's 10m [pounds......
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European Support for People with Disabilities
Examines the financial provisions of the European Social Fund (ESF) for people with disabilities, in the United Kingdom. Provides some quantification of funds provided for the period 1990‐1992 and ........., UK This article examines the financial provisions of the European Social Fund (ESF) for people with disabilities, in the United Kingdom. It ......
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Routes to Employment for Administrators of Discretionary Payments within Social Assistance Schemes in Britain and the Netherlands
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the routes to employment taken by administrators of discretionary exceptional needs payments within social assistance in Britain and the Netherlands an......... British administrators ha d o e n co me f r o m a bur eau cra tic b a ck gro und a n d h ad, as they saw it, ‘ended up’ as Soci al Fund O cers, having mostly perceiv ed the Civil Service as a mean s to helping themselves get a secure career. e paper concludes that, when ......
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The incidence and impact of flexible working arrangements in smaller businesses
Purpose: The aim of this article is to investigate the incidence and impact of FWAs in smaller businesses in Scotland, as an integral part of a recent European Social Fund project. From theoretical......... in Scotland, as an integral part of a recent European Social Fund project. From theoreticalperspectives it discusses the influences ......
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