, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
… really important and useful that we look at the Bevan—. I was just looking at the Bevan Foundation report on the poverty profile that's come through as a result of the investment. I think what's important … discretionary assistance fund is crucial, and that comes out very strongly in terms of lived experience and the Bevan Foundation assessment of what works and what's necessary. The single advice fund is crucially important as well …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Child poverty
… also know from various studies that rural poverty is a multidimensional and complex phenomenon. According to the Bevan Foundation, rural families face a triple squeeze, with rapidly rising living costs, low wages, and insufficient support from the state … family farms are the backbone of Wales's rural economy. A recent report on rural poverty by the Bevan Foundation showed that rates of pay for workers in rural areas are comparatively low. For example, a worker …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Bevan Foundation 'Poverty in Wales 2025' report released today found little progress in reducing poverty in Wales over the last 20 years, and warned that if no action is taken, child poverty … level of any UK nation, at 32 per cent, before the credit crunch in 2008. Last month, the Bevan Foundation launched a report on the impact of disability benefit reform in Wales, which you referred to. This found …
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
… Welsh government and the Senedd.' Do Members have any comments they wish to make? No. Briefing by the Bevan Foundation, a strategic approach to rebuilding the immigration legal sector: Members are invited to note the briefing provided … the Bevan Foundation in relation to the immigration legal sector in Wales. Are Members content to note this? Yes. Item 6.3, a written statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs …
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair. I'm going to ask about taxation. The Bevan Foundation has declared that 12 of the 19 local authorities do say that they are charging the premium and they say where the revenue is going …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
… priority last year. It's uplifted. But during the year, we did get evidence from the Bevan Foundation. We engaged with the Bevan Foundation and Citizens Advice Cymru. In fact, you'll recall they published a report, 'Reaching …
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals
… the national planning framework. Wales cannot afford another three years adrift. The backlog is already severe. The Bevan Foundation estimates that Wales is short of some 9,600 homes. That is the equivalent of building another Llandudno, another …
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Item 5, papers to note, briefing by the Bevan Foundation: immigration legal services in Wales. This briefing provided by the Bevan Foundation provides an overview of the current provision of immigration legal services in Wales. Do Members have …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice: Refugee Week: Our home
… Child again recommended that such a service be introduced for all unaccompanied children. The Children's Society, the Bevan Foundation, the Children's Legal Centre Wales, and the British Red Cross have called on the Government, urging them … established, and it has been proven to be extremely beneficial to young people. Considering the findings of the Bevan Foundation also, that has found that the situation in respect of immigration and asylum legal services has worsened drastically …
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 3
… Wendy Dearden. I lead on the housing work at the Bevan Foundation. To declare, I'm also a former empty homes officer, so I kind of come with many different hats to this, I feel, today …
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Follow-up inquiry into Empty Properties: Evidence session 2
… town-centre properties. So, there are limitations when we deal with more rural areas. I think that the Bevan Foundation recently did work on empty properties with churches, which is a very interesting read. And, yes, trying …
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
… That expert group I was referring to earlier, which I'm co-chairing with Steffan Evans from the Bevan Foundation, is meeting regularly, as I said, to help with that design, help with the implementation, so it launches …
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Cabinet Minister. A 2023 report by the Bevan Foundation found that Ceredigion ranks second in child poverty levels across Wales, with Pembrokeshire not far behind. Crisis has also highlighted that many families in my constituency face significant …
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
… Government. Ashamedly, poverty has seeped throughout our nation. Whilst Flying Start was a good starting point, the Bevan Foundation warned that relying on this framework risks unequal access and lacks the flexibility that parents need. The phrase 'postcode …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
… that very important question drawing attention to that snapshot of poverty in this winter of 2024 from the Bevan Foundation. I'm very pleased the Bevan Foundation is playing a key role in delivering our charter of benefits …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
… just say that this Welsh benefits charter is very much based on not only the work of the Bevan Foundation, which produced a very good report, 'Making the case for a Welsh Benefits System—people’s experiences', and … the charter. One of the key points about the charter, which is reflected in the work of the Bevan Foundation, is that this is the development of a coherent Welsh benefits system to be at the heart …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft budget 2024-25: Ministerial evidence session
… that Wales is now the highest in terms of uptake of vouchers. I recall vividly meeting with the Bevan Foundation and the children's commissioner when I started in this role, and I think it might have been … the Bevan Foundation who said, 'What you need to do is roll out free school meals'—which we're doing, obviously, in primary school—'and increase the uptake of Healthy Start vouchers'. But that's because health visitors …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Child poverty and educational attainment
… the impacts of poverty as their counterparts in towns and cities. For example, according to data from the Bevan Foundation and the End Child Poverty Network Wales, Ceredigion, at around 30 per cent, has the second-highest rate … crisis, which has been felt more acutely by rural households. These households have been hit by what the Bevan Foundation has called the 'triple squeeze', namely high costs, low incomes and inadequate state support. Fuel, transport and food …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Child poverty and educational attainment
… also a factor in terms of the attainment gap. In its report on Welsh benefits, published yesterday, the Bevan Foundation highlights the fact that the effectiveness of the school essentials grant is a cause for concern in this … gym kit and it feels like that help has now gone to waste.' The same report by the Bevan Foundation also highlights the fact that people on low incomes are not eligible for many of the types …
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Calling time on child poverty: how Wales can do better'
… sorry—I got my pages wrong. So, the evidence from stakeholders, including the children's commissioner, the Bevan Foundation, and many others, was that the draft strategy as published lacked ambition and shied away from establishing clear lines … must ensure that a sense of urgency and momentum is maintained, going forward. Steffan Evans from the Bevan Foundation warns that as we enter 2024, such a system has still not been established, and 2024 must be the …