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Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · Jun 27

🚨 Check out these new job roles — including 2 on the Safety Nets team! 💼✨

Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · Jun 25

🔥Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR job vacancies now live working at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on @safety-nets.bsky.social @changingrealities.bsky.social with some amazing colleagues

first: a research assistant post on Changing Realities

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNQ284/r...

🧵for links to vacancies

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Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals, government told

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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · Jun 13

If you're interested in local welfare & spatial variations, this is a useful report. (Lots of echoes & complimentary findings to our @safety-nets.bsky.social research into variations in local welfare availability and administration. Our report will be out later in 2025). 👇

Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social · Jun 13

Our new @nuffieldfoundation.org funded report on free school meals (FSM) and free early years meals (FEYM) reveals significant variation in whether nurseries across England provide free early years meals to children living in poverty.

www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Free school meals will remain a "postcode lottery" unless the government automatically enrols disadvantaged families, a report has warned.

www.bigissue.com

Safety nets — Social security for families in a devolved UK

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · Jun 11

Great 🧵from @resfoundation.bsky.social @alexclegg.bsky.social‬ on the changes to the Household Support Fund announced in today's Spending Review, the future of which we discussed in @safety-nets.bsky.social briefing last month safetynets.study/publications...

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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · May 26

We're still recruiting for people to contribute to the various workshops on aspects of social security receipt. Please follow the links below to see if you're eligible and what is involved #socialsecurity #welfare #ukwelfare #ukbenefits

Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 21

This was the second of 14 workshops covering 8 key topics

If you would like to be involved get in touch: we're looking for parents and carers of children under 18, living in devolved nations of the UK, who receive a UK benefit

safetynets.study/take-part

This project will explore the extent of the devolution of social security within the UK and the realities, risks, and opportunities this poses for families with dependent children.

Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 23

Based on HSF admin data, interviews with councils, and insight from @changingrealities.bsky.social participants.

#SafetyNets #HouseholdSupportFund
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

This briefing note, part of the Safety Nets project, assesses how the Household Support Fund could be improved in a longer-term settlement, through analysis of administrative data and interviews with ...

Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 23

A great read for the bank holiday weekend 📘 – our latest report, part of the Safety Nets collaboration with @resfoundation.bsky.social, looks at how the Household Support Fund can work better long-term.

www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

This briefing note, part of the Safety Nets project, assesses how the Household Support Fund could be improved in a longer-term settlement, through analysis of administrative data and interviews with ...

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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · May 22

Just because local welfare has dry names, like HSF, doesn't mean it's not interesting!

As part our @safety-nets.bsky.social project, our collaborators at @resfoundation.bsky.social have led this report on the Household Support Fund. The excellent @alexclegg.bsky.social outlines more below👇

Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social · May 22

Our new report on the Household Support Fund, part of the @safety-nets.bsky.social‬ project, is out today. It draws on analysis of HSF admin data and interviews with LAs and @changingrealities.bsky.social‬ participants to identify how the HSF can be improved in a long-term settlement /Thread

This briefing note, part of the Safety Nets project, assesses how the Household Support Fund could be improved in a longer-term settlement, through analysis of administrative data and interviews with ...

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Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 22

A great thread introducing our latest report, released today - check it out and also the full report 👇

📘https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/renew-and-improve/

Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 Our latest report: a blueprint to set up the Household Support Fund for the future.

The UK needs a smarter, more strategic state, this report lays out how to get there.

www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

This briefing note, part of the Safety Nets project, assesses how the Household Support Fund could be improved in a longer-term settlement, through analysis of administrative data and interviews with ...

Safety nets — Social security for families in a devolved UK

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · May 22

Our new analysis with @resfoundation.bsky.social @safety-nets.bsky.social @changingrealities.bsky.social sets out the place crisis support can and should play & why it needs reform. [spoiler: it's no replacement for wider investment in social security]

Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · May 22

The value of the Household Support Fund, the largest form of discretionary crisis support in England, has declined in real terms in each wave.

The six-monthly value of the fund has declined by 27 per cent in five years.

Find out how the scheme can be renewed and improved ⤵️ buff.ly/3YtKvZA

Chart showing Real value of the total Household Support Fund allocated to English councils: 2021-22 to 2025-26

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Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 21

This was the second of 14 workshops covering 8 key topics

If you would like to be involved get in touch: we're looking for parents and carers of children under 18, living in devolved nations of the UK, who receive a UK benefit

safetynets.study/take-part

This project will explore the extent of the devolution of social security within the UK and the realities, risks, and opportunities this poses for families with dependent children.

Safety nets — Social security for families in a devolved UK

Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 21

1/ Last night, we held our second Devolved Conversation, this time focusing on #UniversalCredit. Parents and carers from across the UK came together to share their experiences and discuss what changes are needed to make the system work better for families.

This project will explore the extent of the devolution of social security within the UK and the realities, risks, and opportunities this poses for families with dependent children.

Annual Policymaker Reports – A Safety Nets briefing

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Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 21

The first edition of @safety-nets.bsky.social’s Annual Policymaker Reports is now available.

Aimed at those shaping policy in the UK, these reports shed light on key issues surrounding child poverty and efforts to address it.

safetynets.study/publications...

This is the first in a series of Annual Policymaker Reports that summarise key findings from across the Safety Nets project for policymaker audiences. Each series has five reports containing key infor...

Annual Policymaker Reports – A Safety Nets briefing

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Becca Stacey @beccastacey.bsky.social · May 19

We've published the first round of @safety-nets.bsky.social's Annual Policymaker Reports

These provide important insights for policymakers across the UK working to tackle child poverty

safetynets.study/publications...

This is the first in a series of Annual Policymaker Reports that summarise key findings from across the Safety Nets project for policymaker audiences. Each series has five reports containing key infor...

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Ellie Harwood @ellieharwood.bsky.social · May 20

@safety-nets.bsky.social still looking to recruit more families in Wales. Would appreciate a share!

Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 14

We're still recruiting! 📢
We're looking for parents and carers of children under 18, living in devolved nations of the UK, who receive a UK benefit

Workshops are online, and participants will receive a £50 voucher as a thank you for their time and expertise.

safetynets.study/take-part

This project will explore the extent of the devolution of social security within the UK and the realities, risks, and opportunities this poses for families with dependent children.

Safety nets — Social security for families in a devolved UK

Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 14

We're still recruiting! 📢
We're looking for parents and carers of children under 18, living in devolved nations of the UK, who receive a UK benefit

Workshops are online, and participants will receive a £50 voucher as a thank you for their time and expertise.

safetynets.study/take-part

This project will explore the extent of the devolution of social security within the UK and the realities, risks, and opportunities this poses for families with dependent children.

Safety nets — Social security for families in a devolved UK

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Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 14

Yesterday we held our first Devolved Conversation workshop - bringing together parents and carers from across the UK to share experiences of Free School Meals and discuss what policy changes could improve things. 🗣️

This was the first of 14 workshops covering 8 key topics
safetynets.study/take-part

This project will explore the extent of the devolution of social security within the UK and the realities, risks, and opportunities this poses for families with dependent children.

Looking after children is important and vital work; and it’s imperative that parents and carers have access to high quality and affordable childcare, both in order to support their children’s development and also to support them in their other forms of work: be it education, training, caring, or participation in the formal labour market. Recent years have seen a growing focus on the importance of improving the UK’s childcare offer, and we have seen a range of policy changes to try and improve what is provided and on what basis. This briefing sets out the experiences of parents and carers on a low income, and makes clear the distance that still needs to be travelled if we are to move to a situation in which all parents can access affordable and decent childcare provision. We share evidence of parents’ experiences and challenges around finding childcare that fits with working hours; systemic issues with affordability; and the pressing need to improve support for childcare through Universal Credit. There is also a need to improve childcare for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and to rethink how childcare support is made available during school holidays.

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Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 14

New report from @changingrealities.bsky.social sharing childcare experiences from parents across the UK & key recommendations for change

Changing Realities @changingrealities.bsky.social · May 13

🔥📖 out today, shares firsthand accounts of how the childcare system is failing parents on a low-income and sets out co-produced recommendations for how it could be improved 🔥📖

changingrealities.org/writings/it-...

[Please read & share this short 🧵]

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Safety Nets @safety-nets.bsky.social · May 14

The Safety Nets team had a productive away day last week in beautiful Edinburgh - thanks to @haylesben.bsky.social for organising the venue!

Great to advance plans across our 4 workstreams. Updates coming soon - watch this space!

A stone building with a clock tower, photographed under a clear blue sky with the sun shining brightly in the top right corner.