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Plock
Plock – Conclusions

There are a number of factors that influence local welfare policy and social innovations in Plock: characteristic of the city and scope of its legal decisions and responsibilities; recent economic and social developments in Plock; and types of local and external “stakeholders” initiating innovations. Characteristic of the city and scope of its legal decisions and…

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Renata Siemieńska, Anna Domaradzka and Ilona Matysiak (Warsaw University)

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Birmingham
Birmingham – Conclusions

Social service research: Innovations as illustrative examples for a new generation of social services These innovation examples are time-specific and came about as a result of particular circumstances in Birmingham and more general problems caused by the current financial climate. However, there were some overall key approaches and instruments adopted by the innovations. In terms…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
70. A locality approach to unemployment

70.1. Short description Birmingham developed an approach to tackling unemployment for those living in the most deprived areas, which could be characterised in two ways. Firstly, it was locality driven in that it focused on areas with high levels of unemployment (25 per cent or more) and detailed consultation took place with local welfare partners,…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
73. Targeted discretionary housing payments (TDHP)

73.1. Short description The aim of the TDHP project was to support people from areas of high levels of unemployment and deprivation in Birmingham in the transition from welfare to work. Having managed to overcome hurdles associated with getting a job in the first place, people may be faced with a series of issues, some…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
74. Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust (BMHT)

74.1. Short description BCC devised a way of delivering affordable but high-quality new homes that limited financial risk through the formation of BMHT. Properties on BMHT sites were a mixture of council homes and those for outright sale built on council-owned land. An innovative financial model was developed in consultation with contractors that reduced upfront…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Birmingham
Birmingham – Introduction

Local background of the social innovations Birmingham is located within the West Midlands region of England and is the regional centre for business, retail and leisure. It is the largest city in the UK outside London and has a population of just over one million inhabitants. Much of Birmingham suffers from high levels of deprivation.…

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Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent)

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Plock
Plock – Introduction

Local background of the social innovations Innovation is defined in many ways by social scientists, people connected with business or technology. In short, it is a way to improve the systems that already exist, making them better, faster and cheaper (Iuri and Kuhn 1998). The meaning of “better, faster, cheaper” depends on the area of…

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Renata Siemieńska, Anna Domaradzka and Ilona Matysiak (Warsaw University)

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Warsaw
Warsaw – Introduction

Local background of the social innovations Innovation is defined in many ways by social scientists, people connected with business or technology. Shortly speaking, it is a way to improve the systems that already exist, making them better, faster and cheaper (Iuri and Kuhn 1998). What means “better, faster, cheaper” depends on the area of interest.…

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Renata Siemieńska, Anna Domaradzka and Ilona Matysiak (Warsaw University)

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