Cooking on a bootstrap
Geoff Knott
Simple recipes carefully costed for people to cook at home and incorporate more veg and plant-based foods on a budget.
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The Heckman Equation
From research by Professor James Heckman
Early nurturing, learning experiences and physical health from ages 0-5 greatly impact success or failure in society. The best time to develop skills, social abilities is in the very early years when developmental support is most effective.
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Stories of resilience
Geoff Knott
Over the past 18 months, some charities in Scotland working in partnership with churches have been running a remarkable campaign to help make Scotland the first Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Aware nation in the world.
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Behind on the basics
From a report by StepChange
For some people, just keeping up with basic household costs can be a real struggle. In 2017, 140,000 people who received debt advice from StepChange were behind on at least one of their essential household bills.
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Fair pay for fair work
From a report by St Pauls Institute
A look at executive compensation by St Pauls Institute. Companies need to balance justice and self-interest in a way that society perceives as fair and supporting the common good.
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Empathy not Sympathy
From a blog by Nuture Development
Empathy binds us together. Sympathy divides us and turns us into consumers.
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Empty-handed ministers - 2
Geoff Knott
Are You a Good Neighbour? is an online course designed to help you apply the principles of helping without hurting in everyday life—and take the first steps toward building personal relationships with people in poverty.
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Insights into poverty and inequality - 4
Geoff Knott
Since the early 1990s, inequality, as shown by the Gini coefficient, has stayed relatively level. In other words, although there is inequality there has not been a large increase in recent years.
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