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 14 December 2020
Designing technology-enabled services to tackle loneliness
Tackling loneliness was a priority for Welsh Government and public services across Wales before the Coronavirus pandemic and has become a greater concern since. The...
Projects
Connecting Communities: Building Relationships
The Wales Centre for Public Policy is partnering with Cardiff Council and Social Care Wales on a four-month National Institute for Health Research funded project...
Publications 3 December 2020
Alternative models of domiciliary care
Domiciliary care providers and markets are facing a range of challenges as a result of changing population demographics and funding pressures, which produce market fragility...
Commentary 3 December 2020
Caring for the Care Sector: How Can We Support New Models of Home Care
Social care needs help. We can only describe a service as in “crisis” for so long until that becomes the norm, and the very name “...
Projects
Poverty review
The Welsh Government has consistently held addressing poverty as a primary policy objective and has initiated a variety of related schemes since devolution. These have...
Commentary 30 November 2020
Gradually and then all at once – The UK’s new points-based migration system and small and medium enterprises
Responding to the Wales Centre for Public Policy’s (WCPP) report on the impact of a new post-Brexit migration system, in this blog Dr Llyr...
Projects
Loneliness in Wales
Loneliness has a significant impact on public health and wellbeing, and has been a priority issue for Welsh Government and public services across Wales since...
Publications 23 November 2020
Building back better? Priorities for Reconstruction after the Coronavirus Pandemic
These papers present the findings of six briefings written to inform and challenge the Welsh Government’s early thinking about recovery from the pandemic.