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Through the looking glass

Girls are significantly more successful than boys in making the transition to adulthood and their outcomes, especially in education and youth offending, reflect this. Girls...

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Service international

In September 2010, the Coalition Government announced plans for the creation of a new International Citizen Service (ICS). ICS forms part of a wider strategy...

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Truth, lies and the internet

The internet is the greatest source of information for people living in the UK today. But the amount of material available at the click of a...

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Tailor Made

Social care in the UK is facing a two-part revolution. First, local authority social care budgets are subject to substantial cuts, driven by cuts in...

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London’s Calling

The impact of global economic changes has been to boost the premium attached to high skills. As the UK’s most globalised city, London has been...

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Measuring Up

Business is under increasing pressure to demonstrate its social value and civic responsibility. Critics call for corporate social responsibility (CSR) to be more effective and...

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Ending Forced Marriage

Forced marriage is a hidden epidemic in the UK with an estimated 5,000 to 8,000 forced marriages every year. Around 41 per cent of victims...

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Poverty in Perspective

Poverty is not just about income. Poverty as a lived experience is a complex, multi-dimensional phenomenon spanning one’s social and economic life – but we...

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For Starters

The principle of ‘early intervention’ – that it is more effective to intervene to prevent a social problem, than to react once a problem becomes...

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Plugged In

Our new report Plugged In explores the ways in which social action is organised, influenced and encouraged on social media. We wanted to find out...