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Launch of the Social Fund: Current Role and Future Direction
The Launch of the Social Fund was held at the Royal Society in London on Thursday 1st June 2006.
A hard copy of the report is available from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, priced £17.95. Alternatively please download a free  version.
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A little extra help - The Guardian, June 1 2006
Poverty warning over Social Fund - Financial Times, June 1 2006
A report warned yesterday, poverty levels are increasing for some people, due to a government scheme to help those who are most in need. According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Social Fund was failing to help those on low incomes who needed the money the most in an emergency. This caused some people to turn more commercial and expensive lenders instead, which in effect make them even worse off than to begin with. The group believe that there are problems with the rate at which people had to repay Social Fund loans from their benefits, which further reduced the incomes of some of the most poorest members in society. There is a need for more flexible repayments rates, which the foundation has acted upon to introduce immediate reforms to the scheme, including a faster appeals process and better advertisement for the fund.
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