Communities

publication 9 September 2020
Children looked after in Wales
Dr Helen Hodges

On 31st March 2019, there were 6,845 children looked after in Wales, a further increase of 440 compared to the previous year. As a result, the gap between...

commentary 30 April 2020
Loneliness in Lockdown
Suzanna Nesom and Dr Hannah Durrant

Prior to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 16% of the Welsh population identified as lonely, and it is known that loneliness and social isolation present significant challenges...

publication 25 October 2018
Preventing Youth Homelessness
Kaitlin Schwan, David French, Stephen Gaetz...

In June 2017, the First Minster announced that he would ask the Wales Centre for Public Policy to contribute research on youth homelessness prevention. An international...

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Publications 27 May 2022
Infrastructure and longterm wellbeing
This commentary report accompanies a rapid review of evidence about how physical infrastructure influences long-term wellbeing, commissioned by the Welsh Government to help inform its...
Commentary 14 March 2022
‘Levelling Up’: continuing the conversation
‘Levelling Up’ - used here to refer to the wider UK Government policy agenda rather than the specific Levelling Up funding stream - is predominantly...
Publications 11 March 2022
Children’s social services and care rates in Wales: A survey of the sector
Wales has seen a rise in both the number and rate of children looked after. The rate is now higher than any time since the 1980...
Publications 3 March 2022
2021 in Review
This report provides a brief overview of the work we undertook in 2021, with embedded hyperlinks to our full reports. You can download the report below. &...
Commentary 1 March 2022
‘Levelling Up’: a critical conversation for Wales
What does ‘levelling up’ mean in practice for Wales? While debate around the definition continues, the long awaited White Paper has now been published. However,...
Publications 15 November 2021
Implementing the Race Equality Action Plan
The Welsh Government’s Race Equality Action Plan sets out to tackle structural racial inequalities in Wales in order to make ‘meaningful and measurable changes...
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Children looked after
The substantial and sustained increase in the rate of children in care in Wales over the past 25 years has been a source of policy concern...
Publications 13 October 2021
Stakeholders’ ideas for tackling loneliness in Wales through the pandemic and beyond
In July 2021, the Wales Centre for Public Policy worked in partnership with Kaleidoscope Health and Care to run a multifaceted engagement programme involving stakeholders working...