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Thursday 20 November 2008

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Current projects

Below is a selection of our current projects on employment and skills, child poverty, equality and diversity, regions and local partnerships, financing and credit, and wider social inclusion issues.

Find out about our completed projects here.

Employment and skills

Policy Commentary - UK Commission for Employment and Skills

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) commissioned Inclusion and the Institute for Employment Studies to conduct a policy review and commentary on employment and skills developments in the UK.

Project outline

Find out about more current projects related to employment and skills.


Child poverty

Tackling worklessness as a means to eradicate child poverty - Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Inclusion has been commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to write an essay on the possible extent to which tackling worklessness can contribute to the eradication of child poverty by 2020.

Project outline

Find out about more current projects related to child poverty.


Equality and diversity

Diversity Monitoring - Jobcentre Plus

Inclusion will analyse service and HR data and undertake a systematic literature review of wide ranging documents to identify and examine equality and diversity issues.

Project outline

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Regions and local partnerships

Brent BOSS - Brent Council

This is an assessment of the effectiveness of the current operational functions of Brent BOSS, a construction one stop shop that assists service users with job search services and pays for tests to get into the construction industry.

Project outline

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Financing and credit

Financial Inclusion in the South East - SEEDA through Rocket Science plc

Inclusion has been subcontracted by Rocket Science plc to undertake a series of estimates of Living Wages in South East areas, and the potential impact on family finances if such living wages were paid.

Project outline

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Vulnerable and excluded groups

TSP evaluation - Off the Streets and Into Work (OSW)

Inclusion has been commissioned by OSW to undertake a contemporaneous evaluation of the Transitional Spaces Project which is managed by OSW.

Project outline

Vulnerable groups workshops - Consumer Council for Water

Inclusion is delivering a workshop for the Consumer Council for Water's policy officers to help identify ways in which the council can forge links with other provision that targets vulnerable households and raise the performance of water services in meeting the needs of these customers.

Project outline

Find out about more projects related to vulnerable and excluded groups.

For more information, please contact Jo Casebourne.