One of the most significant issues associated with child care in Plock is the insufficient number of kindergartens and crèches. In the case of kindergartens, as in Warsaw, this is not the problem of kindergarten places as such, but their distribution in the city. Insufficiencies are observed mostly in the dynamically developing districts further away…
The scale of foreign migrations in Plock is significantly smaller than in Warsaw. The available statistics from the National Census of 2002 only for presents the diversity of Plock inhabitants according to the declared nationality being Polish or other, which probably includes both immigrants and minority representatives8: 309 individuals out of 128,361 in total indicated…
Housing is one of the important social policy issues in Plock and a topic of numerous newspaper articles as well as city council debates. The scope of the problem is much too big for the city budget to be solved easily, and many critics say that the housing policy of the city is chaotic and…
49.1. Short description The project “Together for revitalisation” lasted for almost 15 months, encompassing more than 100 inhabitants of the Old Town of Plock. The project, funded mostly from EU funds, has been managed by the City Social Assistance Centre. As it has been underlined, it was a pilot project – one of 20 of…
The situation on the labour market has been one of the main problems encountered by the city authorities. Most activities, implemented by the labour market institution, are based on spending of EU funds for professional training and consulting for the unemployed. Unfortunately, many of the solutions introduced bring only temporary or no results. Training activities…
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…
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…
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,…
71.1. Short description In 2010 The Future Melting Pot (TFMP) set up the YEER pilot project (for 1 year) to provide business support to black and minority ethnic individuals who were not in employment, education or training (NEET) with the main aim of participants being able to set up their own enterprises. YEER was designed…
72.1. Short description The lone parent support project was delivered by Employment Needs Training Agency (ENTA) and partners, and offered a holistic approach to addressing barriers to work for lone parents. Once contacted people were assessed, agreed an action plan and then received on-going support and mentoring from the project team (this continued once they…