Report Community Wellbeing Loneliness in the lockdown Loneliness and social isolation are key challenges to wellbeing. As improving wellbeing continues to be a priority for Welsh policy and public services, tackling loneliness and social isolation will continue to be on the agenda at both the national and local level. The Wales Centre for Public Policy is working to bring local public service providers, […] Read more Topics: Loneliness April 30, 2020
Report Uncategorized Strengthening economic resilience In the face of economic uncertainty, policy makers are interested in how the economic resilience of economies might be strengthened. This report examines the evidence available to help inform policy debates in Wales. The Minister for Economy and Transport and the Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport asked the Wales Centre for Public Policy to […] Read more Topics: Economy March 20, 2020
Report Uncategorized Increasing the impact of the What Works network across the UK This report summarises the learning from an ESRC Strategic Fund project led by the Wales Centre for Public Policy in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast, What Works Scotland, and the Alliance for Useful Evidence. Through a series of summits with policy makers and practitioners featuring evidence from the What Works network, this project aimed to: […] Read more Topics: Employment Employment, work and skills March 10, 2020
Report Community Wellbeing Environment and Net Zero Tackling Inequalities 2019 - In Review This report provides a brief overview of the work we undertook in 2019, with embedded hyperlinks to our full reports. You can download the report below. 2019 was marked by political uncertainty and polarised policy debates. This made it important that policy makers and public services could access reliable independent evidence about what works. […] Read more March 5, 2020
Report Tackling Inequalities International approaches to managing placement provision for children and young people looked after This report presents the findings of a review of the international evidence on approaches to managing placement provision for children and young peopled looked after, identifying key areas for further analysis. We identify five key areas of divergence between the countries studied which would be suitable for further exploration: The balance between reunification and permanence. […] Read more Topics: Poverty and social exclusion March 3, 2020
Report Community Wellbeing What do children and young people looked after and their families think about care? Care-experienced children and young people as well as their families have unique perspectives on the care system and incorporating their views into decision-making has a range of wider benefits for commissioners. Moreover, public services in Wales have adopted a Children’s Rights approach based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities February 17, 2020
Report Tackling Inequalities Public Engagement and 'A Healthier Wales' This report considers how commitments on public engagement set out in A Healthier Wales (AHW) might be translated into an evidence-informed programme of activity. Defining engagement is not easy; it can mean different things to different audiences and cover a wide spectrum of activities. However, at its core is the enabling of public involvement in […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities January 31, 2020
Report Tackling Inequalities Administering Social Security in Wales In Wales social security is currently reserved to the UK Government, with the exception of some benefits. Since the devolution of social security in Scotland (2018) there have been renewed calls to review the social security system in Wales. The First Minister asked us to assess the issues that would need to be taken into […] Read more Topics: Poverty and social exclusion January 14, 2020
Report Environment and Net Zero Achieving a prosperous economy: insights from other nations and regions This report summarises the evidence from approaches that have improved economic performance in a selection of areas in the UK and Europe. Identifying areas comparable with Wales can be problematic, as it is neither possible nor practical to find exact matches in terms of economic histories or trajectories. Nonetheless, we believe that looking at other […] Read more Topics: Economy October 24, 2019
Report Environment and Net Zero The Value of Trade Unions in Wales Trade unions are an integral part of the Welsh Government’s social partnership model, and more broadly an essential part of the economic and social landscape in Wales and across the world. The Wales TUC commissioned the Wales Centre for Public Policy to consider the evidence on the value of trade unions in Wales, and how […] Read more Topics: Economy Local government October 16, 2019
