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Abolishing the social fund: when ‘local’ simply means ‘less’
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Abolishing the social fund: when ‘local’ simply means ‘less’

What does the abolition of the social fund mean for local areas? Damon Gibbons finds out.

On 1st April the discretionary social fund, which provides support in the form of community care grants and crisis loans for some of our most vulnerable households, will be abolished and a £178m budget transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to local areas to support the provision of new ‘local welfare schemes’.

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mariaIn the second in a series of essays on Poverty in the UK, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Prospect magazine, Maria Adebowale argues for the power of placemaking in tackling poverty

Understanding and tackling the roots of poverty is a challenge and requires unlocking material resources and allowing people to take part in social, economic and environmental decision-making.

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