, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7
Hello, I'm Victoria Winckler and I'm director of the Bevan Foundation, which is an independent charitable think tank …
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 7
… session No. 7 on the Welsh Government draft budget, and we've got our next witness from the Bevan Foundation. I'll ask Victoria just to introduce herself. Diolch …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
… receive free school meals. Some local authorities, even though they have discretion, have refused that to children. The Bevan Foundation and the National Youth Advocacy Service have mentioned that. So, what assessment have you made of the financial …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
… are going to have their floor or their eligibility criteria increased given inflation. It was something that the Bevan Foundation called for, so that the thresholds and the cash value of these important grants keep pace with inflation …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
… get all authorities on board is phase one. I've met with them. We also have the Bevan Foundation and other organisations who are also working on the advisory group. It's chaired by Fran Targett, the advisory …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
… Practice, which is the data analytics company, which you're very aware of, which did work with the Bevan Foundation to show ways in which we can get access to the data that will enable local authorities …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - evidence session 1
Thank you. Just finally from me, the Bevan Foundation has estimated that, without the final roll-out, 40 per cent of two-year-olds won’t access childcare. Do you agree with that assessment …
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 4
Okay, thanks. I wondered if anyone else was coming in. The Bevan Foundation said in its response to the committee consultation about the draft budget for 2025-26 that many Welsh benefits, including educational maintenance allowance, have not …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
… But also I have to say that we do work with an external group of those—Citizens Advice, Bevan Foundation and others—who advise us on the delivery of the discretionary assistance fund. But, for colleagues’ information, between …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
… look at other ways in which energy providers can help their customers. It’s important that the Bevan Foundation did some work on how energy providers can support their customers, and, of course, that’s a strong message …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… daily challenge to make ends meet, with far too many feeling unheard and, often, neglected and ignored. The Bevan Foundation's snapshot of poverty this autumn found one in seven people across Wales are often or always struggling …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
… funding, the Welsh Government will miss their 20,000 target by up to 4,140 homes. As the Bevan Foundation states, the delivery of new social homes is lagging behind the Welsh Government’s aspirations, as well …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
… doing what we can in terms of our access to benefits. I remember meeting with the Bevan Foundation in the early days of my having this portfolio and they were saying, ‘If we could get families to take …
, Plenary
Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023-24
This is something that we've been raising and the Bevan Foundation have been loudly raising: the issue of no recourse to public funds as regards entitlement to free school meals. I've raised it with the Cabinet …
, Plenary
Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023-24
… Wales strategic migration partnership with our local authorities, the Children's Society, Children's Legal Centre Wales, the Bevan Foundation, British Red Cross, all working with us to help address this. We are proud to take a child …
, Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'Freedom to thrive: Free and accessible public transport for young people'
… the essentials of life, such as food shopping and medical appointments. The 'Poverty in Arfon' report by the Bevan Foundation, which was commissioned by the former MP Hywel Williams, does highlight the cost-of-living premium in Arfon …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness
… moving individuals and families into permanent suitable homes—that's common sense. But research by the Bevan Foundation revealed that only 30 per cent of households were successfully moved from temporary accommodation to permanent accommodation …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… cross-party group. I'm also meeting energy suppliers later this week. I was very thankful to the Bevan Foundation, who did some work on this and actually identified that energy suppliers can play a key role. They …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Universal primary free school meals
Thank you, Sioned, and, obviously, I've seen the Bevan Foundation research this week and, as I said, we are keeping this whole area of eligibility under review, based on the very severe financial pressures that …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Universal primary free school meals
… main factors in the education attainment gap is poverty, of course, and, according to recent research by the Bevan Foundation, Welsh Government policy restricts around 1,500 children in secondary schools from their right to an essential meal …