How much do we care?

With 5 producers visiting Wales during Fairtrade Fortnight ( 27th Feb to 11th March ), in the year of Fairtrade, the people of Wales will be provided with the opportunity to learn first-hand the difference that Fairtrade…

Cuts Crisis ahead

The changes to social security benefits in Wales are some of the most radical changes to affect the well-being of the people of Wales in a generation.  These changes, many of them virtually unacknowledged by the…

Action on transport

One response to these tough times is to go without. Many families are cutting back and are making do with less. Some are even taking the extreme steps of skipping meals and switching off the heating…

Special Feature: A Co-operative future for housing in Wales?

With the average age of first-time buyers being 37 and expected to rise to 40, it’s perfectly clear that the current housing system needs to be changed. Hefty deposits, the difficulty in securing affordable mortgages from…

Cardiff bay to Egypt and back again

The coastal strip between Sharm El Sheikh airport and the town of Naqb offers a glimpse of the changing nature and volatility of the middle east. The post Arab Spring climate of tension, optimism, fear, and uncertainty…

The Politics of Ageing

Paul Goodman’s tongue-in-cheek piece aiming to show how Labour could win every UK election from now until 2024 made me think. One of its arguments was that big demographic changes – immigration, votes in Scotland…

Time for Charity Reform?

Is the regulation of charities effective? The activities of one charity, AWEMA, have drawn more attention to the charity sector in Wales in a few weeks than it normally gets in a year. Unfortunately that attention is…

Why Nye?

Victoria Winckler writes in today’s Western Mail to argue that Aneurin Bevan should be voted the St. David’s Day icon for health.

Without doubt Wales’ national hero should be Aneurin Bevan. …

Let’s not forget rural communities…

The current piece of research I am leading at the Bevan Foundation is looking into the impact of changes and reductions to the benefits system on people in Wales. Central to this is ensuring that the research…

Questions for AMs about mental health care

Another private care company has gone into administration.

Unlike the problems at Southern Cross, the problems at St Luke’s are much less well known attracting, as far as I can tell, no coverage in the Western Mail and…