The Family Fund And How It Helps

Author : Jonathan Bradshaw
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317587944
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Family Fund (Routledge Revivals) written by Jonathan Bradshaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Family Fund, first published in 1980, Bradshaw discusses the introduction of The Family Fund- a grant given to families in response of the discovery of the damages caused by the Thalidomide drug. He examines all aspects of the Fund including its origins, aims, publicity and its future. This text is ideal for students of sociology.

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ISBN 13 : 9781872470337
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Family Fund and how it Helps written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Caroline Glendinning
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317360583
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Single Door written by Caroline Glendinning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1986, this study explores the increased public concern with policies of ‘community care’ and their effects on informal carers, at that time. It looks at the widespread evidence that one particular group of informal carers- parents looking after their severely disabled child- lack information, advice and a co-ordinated pattern of supporting services. The author, who carried out research on disabled children and their families for a number of years, describes in detail a low-cost experimental project in which specialist social workers set out to remedy these shortcomings. Drawing on the results of this particular study, the author argues strongly for widespread assignment of ‘key’ social workers to this and other groups of informal carers. Despite being written in the mid-1980s, this book discusses topic that will still be of interest and use today.

Author : Scott McCabe
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 1845412354
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Tourism in Europe written by Scott McCabe and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first on social tourism in English, provides a comprehensive analysis of the various systems and practices in support of disadvantaged people's enjoyment of tourism. Combining theory and practice and a truly European perspective, this book provides an interdisciplinary approach to examine the concepts and contexts underpinning social tourism that will be a key reference point for students, practitioners and researchers. Theoretical perspectives on social tourism are assessed in the context of social inequality, sustainability, family diversity, mobility and the welfare society. The case studies cover public initiatives, charities and voluntary organisations, from a range of different countries including the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark and Poland, covering the diversity of systems and practices in Europe.

Author : Ronald R. Jordan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470480823
Total Pages : 851 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planned Giving written by Ronald R. Jordan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-22 with total page 851 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated, the Fourth Edition of this popular resource recognizes the emerging importance of planned giving and the changes that have taken place over the last few years. The new edition now includes a convenient, easy-to-use CD-ROM filled with exhibits, documents, and forms. With a new focus on user-friendly content and helpful insights, tips, warnings, and perspectives, the new edition empowers fundraising professionals with the ability to speak the same language as donors and their advisors, while still keeping their own organization's goals in mind. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215514080
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The best start in life? written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-03-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government has set itself the challenging target of halving the number of children living in poverty by 2010-11 and eradicating child poverty by 2020. With 2010 fast approaching, Ministers are still committed to the targets, and the Committee wanted to ascertain whether DWP has the right measures in place to meet its objectives. Significant progress has been made, but the target remains challenging: there are still 2.8 million children living in poverty and the most recent data shows a slight increase in this number. The Committee is convinced of the damaging effect of poverty on a child's self-esteem and expectations, and also its effects in contributing to social exclusion. Children growing up in poverty are also more likely to have poorer health and poorer educational outcomes. There are groups of children who have a much higher risk of growing up in poverty, for example if they or a parent are disabled, and there are higher poverty rates amongst Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black children. Getting parents into sustainable work should be the focus of the strategy to lift them and their children out of poverty, but there are concerns that the Jobseekers' Allowance regime is not sufficiently flexible to reflect the complexity of lone parents' lives. To eradicate child poverty by 2020, the Government needs a long-term strategy on benefit income for those who are unable to work. If benefits are uprated in line with inflation, the gap between the incomes of those in work and those on benefits will only get wider, as benefits will not keep pace with earnings. As poverty is measured as a percentage of median earnings, the implications for the 2020 target, in particular, are serious.

Author : Sally Baldwin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317361008
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Costs of Caring written by Sally Baldwin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985, this book considers the financial consequences of parents and other relatives caring for severely disabled children at home. At the time of publication little reliable information was available on the costs incurred by ‘informal carers’, which this book set to rectify. The volume interweaves hard statistical material about money with the detailed personal responses of parents. It examines the claim that disablement in a child reduces parents’ earnings while simultaneously creating an extra expense. The author compares the incomes and expenditure patterns of more than 500 families with disabled children and 700 control families of the time showing that the financial effects of disablement in a child can be far-reaching and pervasive. This book discusses contemporary policy implications of these findings in a chapter dealing with the rational for compensating families with disabled children, and in the final chapter. Although the book was original published in 1985, it references issues that are still important today and, whilst its main concern is families with disabled children, it will also be useful to anyone caring for other kinds of dependent people, such as the elderly.

Author : Anthony Barker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349056138
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quangos in Britain written by Anthony Barker and published by Springer. This book was released on 1982-03-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Abigail Knight
Publisher : Straightforward co Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781847160218
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caring for a Disabled Child written by Abigail Knight and published by Straightforward co Ltd. This book was released on 2007-04-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest Revised Edition, builds on the previous editions by updating essential information relating to the law and practice surrounding caring for a disabled child. The book is used extensively by advice workers and also parents of disabled children and has proved an invaluable and indispensable guide.

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780102965445
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Community Care Grant written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the £141 million Community Care Grant scheme, vulnerable people can claim for money to pay for essential household items. Whilst Jobcentre Plus employees prioritise each request received, they cannot be sure that those who apply were in most need. Inequities in the budgets set for district offices mean that some high priority claims have been refused because of the limited funds available locally. In addition, the large volume of claims that are never likely to receive funding have to be assessed under the same process, thereby adding considerably to the administrative burden. Decisions are essentially based on what has been stated on the application form, which makes it difficult to identify if claims are overstated and there are no checks on how the money is spent. Introducing a centralised contract to supply items directly could improve the control over the scheme and achieve economies of scale of at least £14 million a year. Also, greater standardisation of the amount awarded for items could save up to £7.5 million a year. The Department does not wholly agree with these conclusions. In the Department's view it is in the nature of a discretionary scheme that there will be variations in the way in which judgments will be exercised and to operate more rigidly would fail to meet the needs of those it is designed to assist. The Department notes that it is required to operate the scheme within a legal framework and under tight constraints of turnaround time and resource availability