Social Inclusion
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Social Exclusion is not just about poverty. The main
causes of Social Exclusion are:
- Poverty and low income
- Being out of work and economic exclusion
- Poor educational attendance and negative
school experience
- Poor mental or physical health
- Family breakdown and poverty
- Crime
- Living in a disadvantaged area
The UK National Action Plan on Social Inclusion 2006-2008
identifies the key issues as the economy; child
poverty; access to employment and quality services
and discrimination. The report is available on
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/2006/nap
The Social Exclusion Unit identified the 'cycle of disadvantage'
which passes down from one generation to another. The Unit
produced policies on 'Breaking the Cycle'.
How do we identify and measure social exclusion?
Many of Bassetlaw's communities (including those in rural areas) are
working with partners to overcome the challenges of deprivation
such as poor health, high benefits dependency, low educational
attainment and poor housing.
Opportunity For All Framework
- The Government's Opportunity For All
Framework was first published in September 1999 and measures
progress on tackling poverty and social exclusion. It
established indicators of progress which are available on
www.dwp.gov.uk/ofa.
- It recognises that poverty and social
exclusion are deep-seated problems and take time and effort to
tackle.
- The 9th Annual Report was published in Autumn
2007 and is available on www.dwp.gov.uk/resourcecentre.
Indices of Deprivation 2004
The Government has divided England into 32,482 small areas so
that it can measure and compare deprivation.
- There are seven indicators of
deprivation: Income, Employment, Health Deprivation and
Disability, Education, Skills and Training, Barriers to Housing and
Services, Living Environment and Crime.
- The district ranks 82nd nationally (of 354 local
authorities). Problems in educational performance,
crime and health are the main reasons for the overall deprivation
score in the district.
- Inequality in Bassetlaw - measured by the
number of ranking places between the most and least deprived areas
within the district - is below average.
More information is available on these
indicators.
Other Key Measures
Social Need in Nottinghamshire 2004
Nottinghamshire County Council produced the
4th study of
Social Need to compliment the indices of Deprivation
2004. It used 22 indicators including low income,
unemployment, poor housing, disability, family difficulties and
crime, educational difficulties and lack of skills.
Condition of Nottinghamshire 2005
Condition of Nottinghamshire 2005 provides information on
48 indicators for each of the seven districts in
Nottinghamshire.
What is happening in Bassetlaw?
Bassetlaw District Council's Social Inclusion
Policy Statement aims to:
- Develop community and partnership links in
order to tackle poverty and social exclusion and promote social
inclusion
- Target people and communities who are at risk
of the factors that contribute to social inclusion i.e. low income,
family conflicts, being in care, school problems, ex-offender,
belonging to an ethnic minority, being in a deprived neighbourhood,
mental health problems, age and disability.
Unity
The UNITY framework sets out the way that we
will tackle all forms of exclusion in Bassetlaw to build local a
community where people get on well together, have pride and respect
in their area and can achieve a good quality of life with a
sustainable future.
We aim to create safe, inclusive communities
which offer equality of opportunity for everyone.
The Framework includes four strands:
More information is available on the
Draft Unity
Framework.