Sanctions, support and behaviour change: understanding the role and impact of welfare conditionality
Lead Research Organisation:
University of York
Department Name: Social Policy Social Work
Abstract
In the UK the use of conditional welfare arrangements that combine elements of sanction and support which aim to 'correct' the 'problematic' behaviour of certain welfare recipients are now an established part of welfare, housing, criminal justice and immigration systems. A strong mainstream political consensus exists in favour of conditionality, whereby many welfare entitlements are increasingly dependent on citizens first agreeing to meet particular compulsory duties or patterns of approved behaviour. Conditionality is currently embedded in a broad range of policy arenas (including unemployment benefit systems, family intervention projects, street homelessness interventions, social housing, and asylum legislation) and its use is being extended to cover previously exempt groups e.g. lone parents and disability benefit recipients. However, assumptions about the benefits and usefulness of conditionality in changing the behaviour of social welfare recipients remain largely untested.
This project has two key aims. First, to advance understanding about the role of conditionality in promoting and sustaining behaviour change among a diversity of welfare recipients over time. Second, to consider the circumstances in which the use of conditionality may, or may not, be ethically justified. We aim to address gaps in existing knowledge by establishing an original and comprehensive evidence base on the efficacy and ethicality of conditionality across a range of social policy fields and diverse groups of welfare service users.
We will use a range of methods to achieve these aims. Initially, we will review relevant literature, statistical data sources and policy documents. To help inform and critically interrogate our approach, we have secured the involvement of leading international scholars who will participate in a series of expert panel seminars convened in the early stages of the study. We will also conduct 'consultation workshops' with welfare recipients and practitioners to feed into research design (these workshops will be held again towards the end of the study to reflect on emerging findings). Following on from this we will undertake fieldwork with three sets of respondents:
1. semi-structured interviews with 40 'elite' policymakers;
2. 24 focus groups (with 6-10 respondents) with frontline welfare practitioners who implement policy; and
3. repeat qualitative longitudinal interviews with a diverse sample of 400 welfare recipients who are subject to conditionality. Each person will be interviewed three times giving a total of 1200 interviews.
The elite interviews will explore the reasons why policymakers introduce conditional welfare policies and their understandings of how they might promote behavioural change. The focus groups will consider both what frontline practitioners think should happen (ethically) and what they think would/does happen (in practice) when conditionality is implemented. The three rounds of repeat qualitative longitudinal interviews with welfare recipients will provide a meaningful way to examine the transitions, adaptations and coping strategies of individuals subject to conditionality, how these may change over time, and why there may be diverse outcomes for different people.
Fieldwork will take place in a variety of locations in England and Scotland, including the cities of London, Manchester, Salford, Sheffield, Glasgow and Edinburgh. This will allow for a comparative analysis of the interplay between shared social security law and the different policy and legal frameworks on housing, homelessness and criminal justice that exist in England and Scotland. All interviews will be audio recorded and transcribed (with permission). The new data generated will then be analysed to explore commonalities and differences between the perspectives of policymakers, frontline workers and welfare recipients. Findings will be disseminated to policymaker, practitioner, academic and welfare service user audiences.
This project has two key aims. First, to advance understanding about the role of conditionality in promoting and sustaining behaviour change among a diversity of welfare recipients over time. Second, to consider the circumstances in which the use of conditionality may, or may not, be ethically justified. We aim to address gaps in existing knowledge by establishing an original and comprehensive evidence base on the efficacy and ethicality of conditionality across a range of social policy fields and diverse groups of welfare service users.
We will use a range of methods to achieve these aims. Initially, we will review relevant literature, statistical data sources and policy documents. To help inform and critically interrogate our approach, we have secured the involvement of leading international scholars who will participate in a series of expert panel seminars convened in the early stages of the study. We will also conduct 'consultation workshops' with welfare recipients and practitioners to feed into research design (these workshops will be held again towards the end of the study to reflect on emerging findings). Following on from this we will undertake fieldwork with three sets of respondents:
1. semi-structured interviews with 40 'elite' policymakers;
2. 24 focus groups (with 6-10 respondents) with frontline welfare practitioners who implement policy; and
3. repeat qualitative longitudinal interviews with a diverse sample of 400 welfare recipients who are subject to conditionality. Each person will be interviewed three times giving a total of 1200 interviews.
The elite interviews will explore the reasons why policymakers introduce conditional welfare policies and their understandings of how they might promote behavioural change. The focus groups will consider both what frontline practitioners think should happen (ethically) and what they think would/does happen (in practice) when conditionality is implemented. The three rounds of repeat qualitative longitudinal interviews with welfare recipients will provide a meaningful way to examine the transitions, adaptations and coping strategies of individuals subject to conditionality, how these may change over time, and why there may be diverse outcomes for different people.
Fieldwork will take place in a variety of locations in England and Scotland, including the cities of London, Manchester, Salford, Sheffield, Glasgow and Edinburgh. This will allow for a comparative analysis of the interplay between shared social security law and the different policy and legal frameworks on housing, homelessness and criminal justice that exist in England and Scotland. All interviews will be audio recorded and transcribed (with permission). The new data generated will then be analysed to explore commonalities and differences between the perspectives of policymakers, frontline workers and welfare recipients. Findings will be disseminated to policymaker, practitioner, academic and welfare service user audiences.
Planned Impact
The issue of conditionality, and how it can be combined most appropriately with support, is central to current welfare debates, but existing evidence on the effectiveness and ethicality of conditional interventions is very weak. This study will generate the first comprehensive and independent evidence base on the long-term impacts of welfare conditionality (and allied forms of support) on the behaviour and well-being of a range of recipients. Outputs will become primary reference points for an array of stakeholders, informing the development of public services, policy and practice, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of policy interventions and the quality of life of some of society's most marginalised people.
Who will benefit?
The study will have clear benefits for policy makers working across a spectrum of fields (including social welfare, housing, criminal justice, health, migration, and social services) at national and local levels in the UK. It is also likely to be of great interest to policy-makers internationally (especially elsewhere in the English-speaking world) given the resonance of concerns about (intensifying) welfare conditionality in other developed economies.
The findings will be invaluable to public and third sector service providers, as well as to campaigning bodies at local, national and international scales. They will, for example, provide an evidence base of great value to local authorities, non-governmental organisations, charities and community groups supporting a broad spectrum of vulnerable groups. Perhaps most importantly, the research will benefit people in receipt of welfare benefits and services, most notably homeless people, social housing tenants, individuals/families subject to ASBOs/family intervention projects, migrants, lone parents, unemployed people, disabled people and offenders. Many will have had traumatic backgrounds and face multiple forms of disadvantage, which may be compounded by inappropriate or unethical applications of sanctions or other forms of conditionality. Conversely, they may benefit from well-designed and evidenced interventions which combine supportive and conditional elements.
How will they benefit?
Policy makers, service providers and advocacy groups will benefit via the development of a robust evidence base on the actual impacts (positive and negative, intended and unintended) of conditional welfare interventions on different groups. The research will enhance understanding of the likely outcomes of particular combinations of sanctions and support, and modes of delivery, as well as the ethicality of these in given circumstances. It will highlight the continuities and discontinuities in how conditionality is conceived and applied, and its impacts, across different welfare fields. Policy makers, practitioners and advocacy groups will thus be in a much better position to devise and promote effective, and ethically sound, policy and service interventions. The research is particularly timely in the current era of austerity when the need to ensure that publicly-resourced interventions are effective and represent good value for money is of crucial importance.
Welfare recipients will benefit in the long term from the development of policies and services that are proven to be effective at promoting and sustaining positive behaviour change. The research will enable better design and implementation of interventions targeted at specific groups so as to maximise positive outcomes and mitigate potential harm or unintended consequences. The array of potential outcomes for recipients is extensive, but might include, for example: increased engagement with supportive interventions where individuals had previously been 'service resistant'; improved skills, confidence and motivation to (re)engage in work; reduction or cessation in involvement with activities that are harmful to themselves or others (e.g. substance misuse, anti-social behaviour and/or criminal recidivism).
Who will benefit?
The study will have clear benefits for policy makers working across a spectrum of fields (including social welfare, housing, criminal justice, health, migration, and social services) at national and local levels in the UK. It is also likely to be of great interest to policy-makers internationally (especially elsewhere in the English-speaking world) given the resonance of concerns about (intensifying) welfare conditionality in other developed economies.
The findings will be invaluable to public and third sector service providers, as well as to campaigning bodies at local, national and international scales. They will, for example, provide an evidence base of great value to local authorities, non-governmental organisations, charities and community groups supporting a broad spectrum of vulnerable groups. Perhaps most importantly, the research will benefit people in receipt of welfare benefits and services, most notably homeless people, social housing tenants, individuals/families subject to ASBOs/family intervention projects, migrants, lone parents, unemployed people, disabled people and offenders. Many will have had traumatic backgrounds and face multiple forms of disadvantage, which may be compounded by inappropriate or unethical applications of sanctions or other forms of conditionality. Conversely, they may benefit from well-designed and evidenced interventions which combine supportive and conditional elements.
How will they benefit?
Policy makers, service providers and advocacy groups will benefit via the development of a robust evidence base on the actual impacts (positive and negative, intended and unintended) of conditional welfare interventions on different groups. The research will enhance understanding of the likely outcomes of particular combinations of sanctions and support, and modes of delivery, as well as the ethicality of these in given circumstances. It will highlight the continuities and discontinuities in how conditionality is conceived and applied, and its impacts, across different welfare fields. Policy makers, practitioners and advocacy groups will thus be in a much better position to devise and promote effective, and ethically sound, policy and service interventions. The research is particularly timely in the current era of austerity when the need to ensure that publicly-resourced interventions are effective and represent good value for money is of crucial importance.
Welfare recipients will benefit in the long term from the development of policies and services that are proven to be effective at promoting and sustaining positive behaviour change. The research will enable better design and implementation of interventions targeted at specific groups so as to maximise positive outcomes and mitigate potential harm or unintended consequences. The array of potential outcomes for recipients is extensive, but might include, for example: increased engagement with supportive interventions where individuals had previously been 'service resistant'; improved skills, confidence and motivation to (re)engage in work; reduction or cessation in involvement with activities that are harmful to themselves or others (e.g. substance misuse, anti-social behaviour and/or criminal recidivism).
Publications
Fletcher, D. R.
(2014)
Conditionality Briefing: Offenders
Fletcher, D. R.
(2016)
Welfare conditionality and offenders: Promoting engagement with or rationing state support?
Fletcher, D. R.
(2016)
Updated context paper: offenders
Fletcher, D. R.
Conditionality review: Offenders
Flint J
(2014)
Housing and the Realignment of Urban Socio-Spatial Contracts
in Housing, Theory and Society
| Title | Anti-social behaviour and family interventions |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286343316 |
| Title | Benefit sanctions are far too harsh. Here's why supporting people works better |
| Description | Five minute video with animated segments disseminating key project findings in accessible format |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/313767939 |
| Title | Gender and welfare conditionality |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | https://vimeo.com/285839775 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/285839775 |
| Title | Lone parents |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/285975479 |
| Title | Migrants and welfare conditionality |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286324425 |
| Title | Our disability findings |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286326905 |
| Title | Our final findings overview |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286368686 |
| Title | Podcast: Defining Welfare Conditionality |
| Description | A brief introduction to Welfare Conditionality, with definitions provided by speakers at the project event 'Conceptualising and Justifying Conditionality' |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | Increased traffic to the project website |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/about-our-research/what-is-welfare-conditionality/ |
| Title | Podcast: Discussing Welfare Conditionality |
| Description | Video where participants discuss their own personal views of conditionality. Recorded with speakers from the project event 'Conceptualising and Justifying Conditionality?' |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | Increased traffic to the project website |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/about-our-research/what-is-welfare-conditionality/ |
| Title | Project website video: PhD Student Emily Ball |
| Description | A short video introducing the PhD research of Emily Ball |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | Increased activity on the project website |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/129532606 |
| Title | Project website video: PhD Student Fiona Jackson |
| Description | A short video introducing the PhD research of Fiona Jackson |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | Increased activity on the project website |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/130867579 |
| Title | Project website video: PhD Student Larissa Povey |
| Description | A short video introducing the PhD research of Larissa Povey |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | Increased activity on the project website |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/129532608 |
| Title | Project website video: PhD Student Regina Serpa |
| Description | A short video introducing the PhD research of Regina Serpa |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | Increased activity on the project website |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/129532609 |
| Title | Social housing: fixed term tenancies |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/285249402 |
| Title | Social security in Scotland |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/285988402 |
| Title | Support not sanctions helps disabled people into work |
| Description | Five minute video with animated segments disseminating key project findings in accessible format |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/313767866 |
| Title | Universal Credit |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286330654 |
| Title | Universal Credit - mending the fatal conditionality fault |
| Description | Five minute video with animated segments disseminating key project findings in accessible format |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/313767808 |
| Title | Video: Video: 'Welfare conditionality: families and children', 20 October 2017 |
| Description | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer made a video to discuss this aspect of our project research findings, for transmission at the Good Shepherd event in Melbourne, Australia, and subsequently freely available via our project website. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | The video was well received at the event and the Good Shepherd organisation has suggested further collaborations over time. |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/246809343 |
| Title | Video: Welfare: what's all the fuss about? |
| Description | Original video by University of Salford media student Peter Begg concerning social security benefits and his personal experiences as a disabled person in receipt of ESA. Video copyright granted to WelCond. Shown at event and made available via website |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | Video warmly received by disability organisations and individuals. Shown at event where policy actors present (Salford WelCond event) |
| Title | Welfare conditionality and offenders |
| Description | Short twitter video explaining key findings to a general audience |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Requests for further information/retweets to wider audience |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286318672 |
| Title | Work with art and design dept, L Scullion, University of Salford 1 Feb 17 |
| Description | WelCond researcher Dr L Scullion commissioned someone to produce a graphic novel for linked project FiMF (see separate entry). Also talked to students about WelCond, gave them links to the website and first wave findings. Some are now using WelCond reports and publicly available information as the basis of some of their project work. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | Work is ongoing. |
| Description | WelCond investigated the effectiveness of conditional welfare benefits (that mix elements of sanction and support) in helping people enter or progress within the paid labour market over time (ibid, 2018). The research also considered ethicality in the system. Three elements of fieldwork inform the project; including interviews with policymakers and focus groups with practitioners. Additionally, at the heart of the project, is a qualitative, longitudinal repeat panel study conducted with a diversity of welfare service users to enable data grounded in the perceptions, experiences and expectations of those subject to welfare conditionality to inform future policy and practice. A total of 1,082 repeat panel study interviews were undertaken (2014 to 2017) with people from cities and towns in England and Scotland. In 2018 the project published its Final Findings and policy recommendations, which received wide national and international attention and were delivered in advance, by agreement, direct to DWP senior policy staff. The Westminster launch was supported with public events in England and Scotland, attended by a range of high-level policy influencers, campaigners, representative organisations and practitioners, and supported by a successful media campaign. Key findings include: ? Welfare conditionality within the social security system is largely ineffective in facilitating people's entry into or progression within the paid labour market over time. ? Recurrent short-term movements between various insecure jobs, interspersed with periods of unemployment, are routine. ? For a substantial minority, welfare conditionality regularly initiates and sustains a range of negative behaviour changes and outcomes ? Provision of appropriate and meaningful support, rather than sanction, is pivotal in triggering and sustaining both paid employment and positive change such as the reduction of anti-social or problematic behaviours. In addition, the findings drew attention to extreme personal hardship, worsened mental and physical health, and sometimes destitution caused by sanctions. The project had previously raised detailed concerns from its findings including the high cost of the benefits service telephone line, long waits under Universal Credit for initial payment, delays in payment and lack of a sanctions warning system and recommended more training for work coaches, and bringing forward publication of sanctions and research trial data. The project recommended: ? An immediate end to sanctioning of disabled and vulnerable people ? A rebalancing of the social security system towards support and away from sanctions ? A fundamental review of the wider conditionality system. Please refer to Dwyer, P. (2018) Final Findings Overview breifing paper for fuller insights |
| Exploitation Route | The WelCond project has established important findings on what works and does not work in the welfare system. Policymakers and senior practitioners from several countries have shown strong interest in the project and its findings, and have shown every intention of carrying the findings through into practice, by whatever powers they have available. WelCond has also helped to shape the public discourse on the efficacy and ethics of welfare conditionality in recent years; its non-academic outputs and publications have been warmly received and we expect will continue to be taken up by members of the public, third sector organisations and others who are campaigning for change in the welfare system. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/publications/final-findings-report/ |
| Description | Findings have informed local, national and international policy processes and debates as detailed in the wider outputs set out in the various outcomes in reseachfish. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | Benefit sanctions ineffective but support pivotal - written evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 20 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | WelCond team members PI Professor P Dwyer, Co-Is Dr Sharon Wright and Dr Lisa Scullion gave written evidence on the WelCond project final findings to the W&P committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions'. WelCond's findings were cited by 19 other organisations giving evidence to the inquiry. |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/06/benefit-sanctions-ineffective-but-support-pivotal-our... |
| Description | Briefing on Mhairi Black private members bill - Commons Library 30 Nov 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Our first wave findings were cited as evidence in this briefing on a private member's bill designed to improve the application of benefit sanctions in the welfare system. The citation resulted from a recent National Audit Office report that cited our evidence, and from our lodging copies of our findings with the Commons Library. |
| URL | http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7813 |
| Description | Briefing to Labour Party on in-work conditionality, 9 October 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The Labour Party's shadow communities secretary Debbie Abrahams MP requested a short briefing on in-work conditionality issues with Universal Credit. This was supplied by Dr Sharon Wright and Professor Peter Dwyer. The information was used by Ms Abrahams in questions in parliament the following day. |
| Description | British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies 25 May 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | In direct response to the WelCond project final findings, and citing them, the BABCT reaffirmed its policy against welfare benefit sanctions (which was initially drawn up in 2016 citing our first wave findings). BABCT represents the five leading UK and Ireland therapy organisations. |
| URL | http://www.babcp.com/About/Press/Response-to-Welfare-Conditionality-Report-on-Welfare-Sanctions.aspx |
| Description | British Psychological Society evidence submission to Dept of Health consultation 21 Feb 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The BPS evidence, headlined 'BPS calls for the Government to suspend its benefits sanctions system', cited our WelCond Universal Credit first wave findings regarding the negative effects of Universal Credit on people in work. The citation followed a series of general discussions with project PI Professor Peter Dwyer. |
| URL | http://beta.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/bps-calls-government-suspend-its-benefits-sanctions-system |
| Description | CPAG New Zealand policy statement based on our WelCond findings, 15 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | As a result of our WelCond final findings publication, Child Poverty Action Group New Zealand issued a statement endorsing our findings and recommendations on benefit sanctions. This led to a public debate in that country on the issue of sanctions. |
| URL | http://www.cpag.org.nz/news/ |
| Description | CPAG New Zealand press release, 24 January 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | CPAG New Zealand cited our project findings as part of a campaign against welfare benefit sanctions. The campaigning contributes to a current affairs debate in that country in which some are calling for stronger sanctions, while others defend recent NZ government easing of sanctions. |
| URL | http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1901/S00111/fewer-sanctions-will-support-the-wellbeing-of-children.... |
| Description | Citation in 2018 Annual Report on Welfare Reform, Scottish Government, 15 October 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Impact | This was the latest citation by the Scottish Government of WelCond research findings; the Scottish Government has engaged with our project team extensively over recent years in formulating welfare policy and programmes. |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/Resource/0054/00541015.pdf |
| Description | Citation in British Psychological Society evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Child Poverty Action Group evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Citizens Advice evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Depaul UK evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Development Pathways evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/resources/conditions-sanctions-dont-work-hinder-rights-vulnerab... |
| Description | Citation in Disability Rights UK evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Employment Related Services Association evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Equalities & Human Rights Commission evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Joseph Rowntree Foundation evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Law Society Scotland evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Mind evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in National Assembly for Wales report 1 May 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The report cites (point 292-293) WelCond evidence given in writing by Professor Peter Dwyer and in person by Drs Sharon Wright and Lisa Scullion, which led the committee to write immediately to DWP secretary of state David Gauke, raising eight points from our evidence. The report adds: 'The witnesses told us that a simple, but very helpful, action would be for the number to be made a free number to call. We strongly supported this suggestion, and are pleased that this change has been made.' |
| URL | http://www.assembly.wales/laid%20documents/cr-ld11562/cr-ld11562-e.pdf |
| Description | Citation in Opposition Day Debate in Commons on Universal Credit, by D Abrahams 17 October 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Opposition MP Debbie Abrahams (Labour) cited our WelCond research findings, supported by Neil Gray MP (SNP) in an Opposition Day debate in the Commons on Universal Credit. Her intervention resulted from our WelCond email briefing to selected MPs. This was the only academic research cited in the debate. |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-10-17/debates/CD3131AC-C7F0-4DB6-A4EF-05191F92642F/Univer... |
| Description | Citation in Public Law Project evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Salford Conditionality and Sanctions Taskforce evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers research project evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Scottish Association for Mental Health evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Scottish Government (Employability Minister Jamie Hepburn) evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in Scottish Government response to Consultation on the Universal Credit Claims and Payment Regulations (Scotland) 2017, 6 August 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The WelCond project has given evidence to a series of consultations on aspects of Universal Credit, seeking more frequent payment to ameliorate the negative effects on recipients of delays in or infrequent payment, and arguing for recipients to have the housing element sent straight to their landlord. The Scottish Government has decided to implement some of these changes. An email from Policy Officer Martyn Lindsay said: 'Based on your feedback we have made some changes to the regulations.' |
| Description | Citation in Shaw Trust evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in St Mungos evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in UK Labour Party national consultation on welfare, February 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The Labour Party launched a national consultation on welfare and benefits policy. Q2 in the consultation directly referenced the Welfare Conditionality Project and its findings on sanctions and conditionality. It asked respondents for their views on this issue. |
| URL | https://www.policyforum.labour.org.uk/commissions/work/rebuilding-a-just-social-security-system |
| Description | Citation in UK Labour Party policy document September 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The Labour Party's announcement of its new welfare policy ahead of the UK general election included the replacement of Universal Credit and end to the 'punitive sanctions regime'. This was a significant break from previous policy and helped to develop the public debate around welfare benefits and sanctions. The Welfare Conditionality Project was cited in this statement. |
| URL | https://labour.org.uk/press/corbyn-labour-will-scrap-universal-credit-immediately-lift-300000-childr... |
| Description | Citation in W&P Committee report 'Benefit Sanctions', 6 November 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Impact | The WelCond project written evidence to this inquiry (submitted by Dr Sharon Wright, Dr Lisa Scullion and Professor Peter Dwyer) was extensively cited and recommendations to government were in line with our recommendations, including ending sanctions on disabled people and in-work UC recipients. The report is significant as it marks the first time a Commons official body has recommended ending sanctions for any group. |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/11/welcond-evidence-cited-in-comprehensive-parliamentary... |
| Description | Citation in academic Ben Baumberg Geiger evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in academic Michael Adler evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation in five churches' evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
| Description | Citation of 2014 academic paper in Commons debate on UC by Neil Gray MP (SNP), 26 October 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | MP Neil Gray cited the academic paper by WelCond senior team members Dwyer & Wright (2014) in a debate on the problems of Universal Credit. This debate was televised and also reported in Hansard. |
| URL | http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/89195cfd-ed1b-4db3-912b-4b244d521f00 |
| Description | Citation of Conditionality Briefing: Social Housing (2014) in Social Value Report, 27 July 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The report will help to influence policy and practice in social housing, in line with the briefing's concerns over the role of fixed term tenancies. At the time of writing the report has yet to be published. |
| Description | Citation of Dwyer mental health paper to our international conference & of lone parents final findings (Johnsen & Blenkinsopp) in Council of Single Mothers & their Children Submission 13 July 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The Council made several references to our WelCond publications in its evidence submission and recommendations to this inquiry. |
| URL | https://www.csmc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CSMC-NCSMC-SubmissionExpansionCashlessDebitCardJu... |
| Description | Citation of disability findings in 'Where your mental health just disappears overnight' research report, 6 November 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Mehta, J, Taggart, D, Clifford, E, and Speed, E wrote this report while reflecting on the WelCond findings on disability. As they report, the findings 'mirror' and support the larger WelCond study. |
| URL | https://www.inclusionlondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ESA-WRAG-Report.pdf |
| Description | Citation of our project in Uni of Essex research on disability 10 October 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.inclusionlondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ESA-WRAG-Report.pdf |
| Description | Comment from Crisis endorsing WelCond findings 22 May 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://twitter.com/crisis_uk/status/998855804546637824 |
| Description | Commons Public Accounts Committee report: benefit sanctions |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-accounts-committee... |
| Description | Consultation on Universal Credit (Claims and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, I February 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Submission by WelCond Impact Officer Dr J Bright, Co-I Dr S Wright, researcher Dr A B R Stewart, PI Prof P Dwyer in support of planned changes by Scottish Government. Changes will alleviate problems in Universal Credit system, in line with our (and other) research evidence. |
| Description | DWP UCAD workshop, Dr S Wright, 8 November 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright from the University of Glasgow was invited to attend this DWP advisory workshop on behalf of the WelCond project. She was able to press for improvements to Universal Credit to alleviate problems in design and implementation that affect many recipients. |
| Description | Debate on motion to Scottish Parliament, 2 Nov 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | First wave findings from our project were the subject of a one-hour debate involving numerous MSPs. Extensive evidence cited from the findings. Debate extended by 30 mins to 1 hour because of number of MSPs wishing to speak. Debate closed by Minister for Employability Jamie Hepburn who cited our earlier briefing to MSPs as having 'helped shape our thinking'. He offered further meeting with his senior civil servants in email exchange afterward. Immediately after, Scottish Govt obtained assurances |
| URL | http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10595&i=97498 |
| Description | Email briefing to MPs toward Universal Credit debate in Commons, 16 November 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The WelCond project sent an email briefing on our research findings to date concerning Universal Credit to various MPs and Lords of all parties taking part in three debates on UC, and researchers for two of the parties (Labour and SNP). Although the project was not directly cited in the debates, points made in the briefing were used by several MPs. Ahead of the debates, the government granted four concessions on UC policy to ease financial pressures on claimants, all of which were among WelCond's recommended actions. |
| URL | http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/ff37bec3-e1dd-43b6-8719-e12be21a277e |
| Description | Evidence cited in UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston interim report 16 November 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Impact | WelCond findings were cited in the UN Rapporteur's report and two of our key policy recommendations adopted - that the DWP should conduct a review of conditionality and rebalance sanctions and support, plus ending the five week initial wait and offering fortnightly payments. |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/11/project-evidence-cited-in-critical-un-rapporteur-repo... |
| Description | Evidence given to Fawcett Society for enquiry report: Wheres the Benefit? |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The report received attention from national media, and was discussed on Radio 4's Woman's Hour |
| URL | http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Wheres-the-Benefit-An-Independent-Inquir... |
| Description | Evidence in person to UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston, Dwyer Wright & Scullion, 14 November 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Senior WelCond members were invited to meet the UN Special Rapporteur to give oral evidence and support his understanding of the UK benefits system. He later said this meeting had been' very valuable in terms of helping me to hone my understanding of the system further and confirming the views that I had been able to form over the preceding few months'. |
| Description | Evidence meeting with National Audit Office, 13 May 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Meeting with Max Tse, National Audit Office: WelCond PI Professor P Dwyer in-person evidence to enquiry into DWP, benefits and sanctionS. Led to citation in critical NAO report December 2016. |
| URL | https://www.nao.org.uk/work-in-progress/benefit-sanctions/ |
| Description | Evidence submission to Commons Work and Pensions Committee inquiry 'Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment' April 2020 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/135/universal-credit-the-wait-for-a-first-payment/publications... |
| Description | Evidence submission to Social Market Foundation inquiry Benefit Sanctions, Dwyer, Wright, Scullion, 13 September 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Evidence to Commons Communities and Local Government Committee: homelessness inquiry, 6 June 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | WelCond Co-Is Professor S Fitzpatrick and Professor S Johnsen gave oral evidence to committee's inquiry into homelessness |
| Description | Evidence to Commons Public Accounts Committee inquiry into Universal Credit, 3 July 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | WelCond team members Co-I Dr Sharon Wright, PI Professor Peter Dwyer and Co-I Dr Lisa Scullion gave written evidence based on the project's final findings to the Commons Public Accounts Committee. The committee's report is awaited. |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/public-accounts-com... |
| Description | Evidence to Scottish Parliament Social Security Committee oral hearing 17 Nov 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Participation by S Wright in roundtable debate with Scottish Parliament's Social Security Committee with view to formulating future policy on social security under devolved government. Part of wider project discussion with Scottish Govt on ameliorating negative effects of sanctions and enforced support. Report can be found here https://bb.parliament.scot/#20161117 |
| URL | http://www.scottishparliament.tv/Archive?Area=&categoryId=b337ff90-ec59-40bf-9b62-d3c10b3ab388&paren... |
| Description | Evidence to Work & Pensions select committee Universal Credit rollout inquiry, 13 October 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The research evidence, submitted by WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and Co-I Dr Sharon Wright, was cited in a subsequent early report by the W&P Committee calling for action to alleviate problems with Universal Credit. The government responded with four measures to ease the financial hardship of claimants, all of which were recommended by WelCond (and others). |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/publications/evidence-to-universal-credit-inquiry/ |
| Description | Evidence to benefit sanctions inquiry - House of Commons Public Accounts Committee 12 December 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Our project followed up citation in the National Audit Office report that is the subject of this inquiry, with further written evidence. Submission by WelCond PI Professor P Dwyer, Co-I Dr S Wright, Researcher ABR Stewart, and Impact Officer J Bright. The report on this inquiry is due out in 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/12/benefit-sanctions-the-nao-report/ |
| Description | Good practice in research ethics - cited by University of York ethics committee Sep 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Impact visit to Isle of Man, P Dwyer, meetings with government, officials, management |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | WelCond Director Professor Peter Dwyer travelled to the Isle of Man at that governmen'ts request, to advise on welfare policy in the wake of our research findings. He held a comprehensive series of meetings with Social Security Leadership Team, The Job Centre Team, Social Security income related benefits teams, Department of Infrastructure, Housing Policy Team, Minister for Policy and Reform, The Poverty Committee, Mr Speaker and staff, Treasury Board Social Policy and Children's Committee (approx. 50 actors). Productive discussions were held in particular on Universal Credit and fixed term tenancies. |
| Description | In-work progression: potentially greatest welfare reform in decades - report by Work and Pensions Committee 11 May 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | 9 mentions of our WelCond research in report, our submission cited in The Guardian, tweets. Government response to cttee 21/07/16 includes more training for work coaches, bringing forward publication of sanctions and research trial data to 2017 (in line with our evidence). |
| URL | http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmworpen/549/549.pdf |
| Description | Influence on govt response to Work and Pensions Committee report on In-work progression in Universal Credit July 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Offers changes in response to committee report to which we contributed our WelCond research findings evidence. Includes: better training and skills for work coaches, interim update on progress on in-work conditionality trial in early 2017, including headline data on sanctions - in line with our recommendations |
| URL | http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmworpen/585/58502.htm |
| Description | Initial findings: social housing. Project report by Fitzpatrick and Watts 1 March 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Several citations of WelCond initial findings research report on social housing by project Co-I Professor S Fitzpatrick and researcher Dr B Watts in Lords Hansard (debate on Housing and Planning Bill 2016): 12 March Baroness Lister. 18 April col 501, 508, 514. 'I commend this research to every Member of this House because it gives a very clear understanding of the practical impact of this policy, which creates uncertainty and not value in the way that was originally envisaged.' Lord Kerslake. Email to SJ from Roberta Blackman-Woods, shadow housing and planning minister, thanking for v useful info. SJ met her and researcher 25 April for briefing meeting. Subsequent email to SF, citing important role of Shelter in drawing Lord Kerslake attention to our findings. Endorsement from Baroness R Lister 'Your research was really helpful generally. As you may have seen I referred to it in committee and was pleased to see others did on report.' Concessions from government on length of fixed term tenancies and exemptions. (Inside Housing magazine story). Research cited in Commons research briefing 27 May. |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/SocialtenantsWelCond.pdf |
| Description | Joined expert commission at invitation of Labour Party to formulate welfare & benefits policy - P Dwyer 20 July 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer, University of York, was invited by Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Debbie Abrahams to join an expert commission to review Labour Party policy on welfare and benefits. As a result he co-authored a policy paper on benefit sanctions. |
| Description | Letter from John Griffiths AM, chair, Senedd ELGC to David Gauke, DWP, 11 October 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Letter raises issues concerning Universal Credit based on our project's evidence of design & implementation problems. Says: 'In light of this, and other concerns that were raised during the [evidence] session, we would like to add our voices to the growing list of those who have called for you to pause roll-out while some of these operational issues are dealt with.' The letter was made public on the National Assembly website. |
| URL | http://www.senedd.assembly.wales/documents/s67739/ELGC5-30-17%20Paper%203.pdf |
| Description | Madeleine Moon MP intervention on armed forces veterans citing our evidence and calling for debate 7 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Following a briefing to All Party Parliamentary Group on Armed Forces members by WelCond Co-I Dr Lisa Scullion on the SSSL project interim findings, Madeleine Moon MP cited the findings in parliament and called for a debate on the issues. She is continuing to press on the issues raised. |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-06-07/debates/F8839B82-AC11-41C6-9A38-19AA92B31B9C/Busine... |
| Description | Meeting with Isle of Man Director of Social Services 25 September 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Director of Social Services for the Isle of Man Government, Ross Stephens, and his deputy Vicki McLaughlin, held a Skype meeting with Professor Peter Dwyer, about the WelCond project's findings on welfare reform. They are leading a review of IoM government policy and wanted advice on our evidence. As a result they said they had learnt about a number of pitfalls to avoid in any new policy. Subsequently they suggested Vicki should take an MA/MRes at York to further their policy research. This was warmly received at York, with Prof Dwyer volunteering to supervise. The application is being pursued. |
| Description | Meeting with Labour Party officials, 14 July 2017, P Dwyer & J Bright |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and Impact Officer Janis Bright met Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions Debbie Abrahams and researcher Tom Peters. The meeting was at the latter's request to discuss ending of benefit sanctions and alternatives, with a view to incorporating in Labour policy. Ms Abrahams later invited Professor Dwyer to join an expert commission on policy. |
| Description | Mental Health Nurses, Unison, campaigning work 10 October 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://talkradio.co.uk/news/mental-health-nurses-join-gordon-brown-calling-end-universal-credit-181... |
| Description | Motion to Scottish Parliament based on our findings 9 September 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Sandra White's motion is based on our first wave findings, and results directly from our briefing event to MSPs in September 2016. The motion raised concern over our findings and received cross-party support. This enabled the Scottish Parliament to debate it in November (see separate entry). The motion helped influence the Scottish Government in attempting to ameliorate the negative effects of benefit sanctions. |
| URL | http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx?SearchType=Advance&ReferenceNumbers=S5M-... |
| Description | Oral evidence in person to National Assembly for Wales 21 September 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The National Assembly for Wales Equalities Local Government & Communities Committee invited the WelCond project to give evidence in person to its inquiry on making the economy work for people on low incomes. Dr Lisa Scullion and Dr Sharon Wright gave evidence in a session focused on social security and Unversal Credit, which was televised. It is hoped that their evidence will be incorporated into the committee's eventual recommendations to the Welsh Government. |
| URL | http://www.senedd.tv/Meeting/Archive/9d14c5a4-5ef2-4fd2-a465-10f3b75b53fa?autostart=True |
| Description | P Dwyer participation in Social Market Foundation advisory group - meeting with J Thunder 25 July 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Professor Dwyer was invited to join the advisory group and had a meeting with Jamie Thunder to further this. |
| Description | P Dwyer phone briefing meeting with senior staff to UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, 8 August 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Peter Dwyer Evidence given to Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry: Benefit sanctions policy beyond the Oakley Review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | THe Guardian Society column ran a piece about the enquiry, mentioning Peter Dwyer's evidence. In October 2015, Ian Duncan-Smith announced the 'yellow card' policy, which was recommended by the team in their written evidence submission. |
| URL | http://www.parliamentlive.tv/main/Player.aspx?meetingId=16863 |
| Description | Presentation to Social Security Advisory Committee P Dwyer 25 July 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | WelCond PI Professor Dwyer was invited to present the WelCond project final findings on social security to this committee, which investigates and advises government on policy and implementation issues. |
| Description | Prof P Dwyer oral evidence by invitation to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/acba1031-a10b-4303-b796-d00ba07587db |
| Description | Professor Dwyer invited to join advisory panel for WPI Economics thinktank, 10 May 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Reality check: the Scottish Tory plan to increase poverty (SNP press release) 28 October 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | This SNP press release cites our WelCond findings (though it does not name the project) in campaigning. It cites the debate on our first wave findings in the Scottish Parliament 2 Nov 2016 and the minister's comments in response. It is the latest example of the SNP in both Westminster and in its governing role in the Scottish Government adopting our findings and recommendations. |
| URL | https://www.snp.org/reality-check-the-scottish-tory-plan-to-increase-poverty/ |
| Description | Report for Labour Party, 'Benefit Sanctions', 30 October 2017, P Dwyer |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | WelCond Director Professor Peter Dwyer, University of York, and University of Glasgow Dr David Webster were invited by Shadow Work & Pensions Secretary Debbie Abrahams to write a report designed to inform future Labour Party policy. The report, titled Benefit Sanctions, included a series of policy recommendations. This was conducted as part of a Labour Party commission on the future of social security. |
| Description | SSSL project briefing on findings to APPG members, resulting in M Moon MP parliamentary request for debate 11 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-06-07/debates/F8839B82-AC11-41C6-9A38-19AA92B31B9C/Busine... |
| Description | Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers research project evidence to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 14 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/06/service-leavers-project-gives-evidence-to-parliament/ |
| Description | Scottish Social Security Committee External Experts Panel meeting, 13 June 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Dr Sharon Wright is participating in this expert advisory panel to inform the development of social security policy in Scotland. |
| Description | Sharon Wright Evidence submitted to Scottish Parliament Social Security New Powers review, 30th September 2015 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Sharon Wright Evidence submitted to Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee, 28th August 2015 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Social Housing Green Paper, 14 August 2018, MHCLG |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The green paper announces that the UK government will not proceed at this time with mandatory fixed term tenancies for new local authority tenants under the 2016 Housing and Planning Act. This was a key recommendation of the WelCond findings on social housing. |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-new-deal-for-social-housing |
| Description | Social housing - fixed and flexible term tenancies. Commons briefing paper 7173, 12 September 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | This Commons Library research briefin extensively cites our WelCond findings on fixed term tenancies in social housing. It coincides with publication of the Social Housing Green Paper which confirms mandatory FTTs are not to be implemented. This was a key recommendation of WelCond |
| URL | https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7173#fullreport |
| Description | Social housing: the end of lifetime tenancies in England? Commons Library briefing paper 27 May 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Briefing paper on fixed term tenancies relates to the Housing and Planning Bill 2016 then going through parliament. Extensively cites our project research findings, which helped bring about government concessions on FTTs. |
| URL | http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7173#fullreport |
| Description | Submission to Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry: Universal Credit 'in-work progression' 18 Jan 2016 Wright and Dwyer |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Submission with recommendations based on WelCond first wave findings, by PI Professor P Dwyer and Co-I Dr S Wright. The committee's subsequent report made a range of recommendations to government, and cited our evidence on various points of policy and practice |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Commons-Work-Pensions-Cttee-UC-Inq... |
| Description | Suzanne Fitzpatrick: Evidence given to House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmworpen/720/720.pdf |
| Description | Visit to National Asssembly for Wales, P Dwyer 13 December 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | PD met Linda Davis, snr civil servant in Dept of Housing and Regeneration (also responsible for welfare reform), Welsh Government, and then John Griffiths AM, chair of the Equalities, Local Government and Communities committee and committee clerk Naomi Stocks. This second meeting followed WelCond written and personal evidence to the committee's inquiry into poverty in 2017 (see separate entry). Ms Stocks later wrote of the meeting: 'It was really useful, especially as the Committee will be turning its attention to the issue of devolution of administrative powers over welfare reform in the new year. The evidence that we took from Lisa [Scullion] and Sharon [Wright] last year, did act as a catalyst for the Committee to think about undertaking more detailed work in this area.' |
| Description | WHO Technical meeting on disability assessment, participant P Dwyer, Geneva 10 April 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | WelCond Director Professor Peter Dwyer was invited to take part in this World Health Organisation technical meeting organised in cooperation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, International Disability Alliance (IDA), International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to gain feedback on a draft document that provides principles to take into consideration when conducting disability assessment in the context of disability determination; and agree on the next steps for implementing the document, including the input and collaboration of stakeholders. About 40 present, inc World Bank, OECD, ILO. There were several requests for further information on our research. |
| Description | WelCond Director Professor P Dwyer invited to give evidence in person to Commons Work & Pensions Committee inquiry 'Benefit Sanctions' 20 June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Following the WelCond final findings launch, attended by two people from the Work & Pensions Committee, and the WelCond written evidence to the inquiry, the Committee invited Professor Dwyer to give oral evidence, answering questions on benefit sanctions directly. |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/06/benefit-sanctions-ineffective-but-support-pivotal-our... |
| Description | WelCond findings used in teaching by Dr E Duda-Mikulin, University of Leeds, 24 January 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | WelCond research cited in Westminster by P Grady, 17 January 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | During a Westminster debate on DWP policies and low income households, SNP MP Patrick Grady cited our research iand encouraged others to read our first wave findings (Hansard session 629, 7.29pm) |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-01-17/debates/B8EEB96C-261A-4773-9F97-77AE7911065C/DWPPol... |
| Description | Written evidence submission to National Assembly for Wales inquiry into making the economy work for people on low incomes 8 September 2017 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | WelCond team members Professor Peter Dwyer, Dr Lisa Scullion and Dr Sharon Wright submitted written evidence to the National Assembly for Wales Equality, Local Government & Communities inquiry into making the economy work for people on low incomes. The submission was by request from the committee, which also took evidence in person from the team - see separate entry. It is hoped that this evidence will be incorporated into the committee's eventual recommendations on social security policy in Wales. |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/publications/evidence-to-national-assembly-for-wales-committe... |
| Description | Written evidence submission to UN Special Rapporteur on human rights, Dwyer Wright & Scullion, 13 September 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Written evidence to SSAC consultation on benefit appeals March 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Our evidence included experiences of welfare service users' difficulties with the current system. The SSAC subsequent report made recommendations to government to improve the system. Our evidence was listed. |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/publications/decision-making-and-mandatory-reconsideration-so... |
| Description | Written evidence to Social Security in Scotland: consultation 28 Nov 2016 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | This evidence submission by WelCond PI Professor P Dwyer, Co-I Dr S Wright, researcher Dr ABR Stewart and impact officer Dr J Bright forms part of an ongoing dialogue with the Scottish Government and its Social Security Committee as new devolved powers and policies are developed. Specific outcomes awaited |
| Description | Collaborative grant with JRF |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | ESRC Brexit funding: Brexit and migration, 17 Feb 2017 |
| Amount | £22,306 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Department | ESRC CDRC |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Description | ESRC IAA |
| Amount | £23,364 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | ESRC International Networking Fund |
| Amount | £34,969 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Evaluation of crisis support project, L Scullion for Salford CAB 1 Feb 17 |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Big Lottery Fund |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | Evaluation of the DWP & Oxfam Livelihoods Training Project L Scullion 1 Feb 17 |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Oxfam GB |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Glasgow studentship |
| Amount | £51,618 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2013 |
| End | 10/2016 |
| Description | Heriot-Watt Studentship |
| Amount | £51,618 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2013 |
| End | 10/2016 |
| Description | Salford City Council: poverty in the private rented sector, L Scullion Feb 2017 |
| Amount | £27,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Sanctions, support and Service leavers: welfare conditionality and transitions from military to civilian life Salford & York Universities 6 Feb 17 |
| Amount | £172,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Forces in Mind Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Sheffield Hallam Studentship |
| Amount | £51,618 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | University of Salford Pathways to Excellence Scholarship |
| Amount | £54,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Salford |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 10/2018 |
| Description | Welfare sanctions and conditionality in the UK: round-up paper, September 2014 |
| Amount | £7,674 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | White Rose Social Science DTC ESRC Collaborative Studentship |
| Amount | £51,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | White Rose University Consortium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Title | Anonymisation protocol Feb 2017 |
| Description | A protocol for anonymisers working on social science research interviews, developed by the WelCond project and adoped as good practice by UKDA. This protocol has been written to aid the consistent anonymisation of focus group and Welfare Service User (WSU) interview transcripts for the Welfare Conditionality project. Our grateful thanks to the Timescapes team at University of Leeds for generously sharing their experience and knowledge in this area. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The protocol assures consistency of approach to anonymisation within the WelCond project and effectively supports protection of research participants' anonymity. |
| Title | Contact and attribute data handling |
| Description | The WelCond project created a contact spreadsheet to store details of each participant and record current stage/history with interviews, transcription, autocoding, and adding attribute data within NVivo project file. Additionally, a spreadsheet containing export of the attribute data with logical checks on the attributes for each participant to ensure data integrity has been created. Security systems are in place covering all of the data. Dr A B R Stewart was closely involved in creating and monitoring the implementation of these dababases and analytical techniques. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The contact spreadsheet ensures researchers can quickly find all data required for repeat interviews. The attribute data is used to create graphics of the sample make-up and attributes for publications. |
| Title | Framework coding |
| Description | Qualitative data analysis, compared to quantitative analysis, normally works with small samples. This project faced unique challenges from there being three waves of interviews with a large sample drawn across nine policy areas. In order to facilitate analysis across the whole sample and sub-samples there was use of shared coding and summarisation in a framework matrix of the interviews with each participant. WelCond researcher Dr A B R Stewart was closely involved in creation of this analysis technique. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This technique served not to be the final analysis but an initial analysis and structuring of the data to facilitate further analysis through the creation of additional framework matrices, search folders, and queries to enable multiple avenues for exploration of the data. |
| Title | Large longitudinal qualitative database |
| Description | The WelCond research database is thought to be the largest qualitative database on the lived experience of welfare conditionality existing. Currently includes 480 participants, across 9 policy areas, plus focus groups and policy stakeholders. WelCond team researcher Dr A B R Stewart was closely involved in the creation of this database. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The database will faciliate coding and analysis across a very large sample of participant data. |
| Title | NVivo faster attribute input, ABR Stewart, 11 December 2017 |
| Description | AutoHotKey script enabling use of keyboard number pad for entering attribute values within NVivo. Increases speed at which attribute information can be added to NVivo compared to using mouse input. Includes option to specify number of attributes to skip when opening node properties for projects involving multiple waves of interviews. Devised and implemented by WelCond researcher ABR Stewart |
| Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Input for the WelCond team is significantly speeded up, saving researcher time. |
| URL | https://github.com/abers |
| Title | NVivo keyboard coding, ABR Stewart, 11 November 2017 |
| Description | AutoHotKey script to enable use of keyboard when coding transcripts within NVivo. Takes the node schema as a list variable that is used to populate user-interface and screen input. Devised and implemented by WelCond researcher ABR Stewart. |
| Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Coding for the WelCond team is significantly speeded up, reducing input time. |
| URL | https://github.com/abers |
| Title | Welfare Conditionality Dataset |
| Description | Welfare conditionality is about linking welfare rights to responsible behaviour. A principle of conditionality holds that that access to certain basic, publicly provided, welfare benefits and services should be dependent on an individual first agreeing to meet particular obligations or patterns of behaviour. This research studies conditional welfare in the UK via two main situations. One is where people's access to welfare is restricted or stopped - for example, by benefit sanctions or rules. The second, equally important, is welfare support - for example, through family intervention projects or help to find work. Generally with these kinds of sanctions and support, governments aim to get people to change their behaviour. All the effects of sanctions and support on people's lives will be looked into by asking two key questions: First, how effective is conditionality in changing the behaviour of those receiving welfare benefits and services? Second, are there any particular circumstances in which the use of conditionality may, or may not be, justifiable? |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Description | First wave findings event 12 May 2016 |
| Organisation | Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Joint working on a successful launch event for the WelCond project's first wave findings. Organised the event including speakers. Team speakers: PI Professor Peter Dwyer (University of York), Co-I Dr Sharon Wright (University of Glasgow), researcher Dr Lisa Scullion (University of Salford). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Assistance and advice with planning the event, use of database and distribution of invitations, provision of central London venue for approx 50 delegates with refreshments, provision of director level event chair (Chris Goulden). The JRF involvement was important in securing a wide range of delegates at senior levels, including CEOs, civil servants and two MPs. |
| Impact | Discussions have continued since the event. A further similar event partnership may be possible. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | JRF round-up paper |
| Organisation | Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | WelCond researcher Dr Beth Watts and Co-I Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Heriot-Watt University, authored a 'policy round-up' document, which summarised the state of play for conditionality in the UK, based on the scoping papers and other working papers produced by the whole team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joseph Rowntree Foundation commissioned this piece of work and published the report. It continues to be available free, online. |
| Impact | The output is the paper 'Welfare sanctions and conditionality in the UK', published on 25 September 2014. The collaboration has led to further joint working between the WelCond team and JRF. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Salford Anti-Poverty Task Force, L Scullion Feb 2017 |
| Organisation | Salford City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | WelCond researcher Dr Lisa Scullion invited by Salford City Mayor's Office to establish an anti-poverty task force. The appointment resulted from her other WelCond-related work in the city. LS has established a partnership between the University of Salford and the Council to support their anti-poverty agenda and will be doing collaborative projects, plus providing student dissertation opportunities, etc, drawing on Welcond research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The City Mayor's Office will take part in the collaborative projects noted above, and steer the taskforce. |
| Impact | Inception only at date of recording |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | 'Brexit: what welfare, what rights for EU migrants in Britain?', event 29 March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | A one day event funded by additional ESRC impact money to WelCond project co-hosted with the Welfare Rights project in York Law School. 40 plus stakeholders attended, drawn from voluntary support and advice organisations, local government, private sector and postgraduate students. The event was intended to draw together research on EU migrants and Brexit, and to facilitate knowledge exchange with the audience toward development of an interactive legal rights toolkit for advisers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/03/free-event-brexit-what-welfare-what-rights-for-europe... |
| Description | 'EU migrants and UK welfare: a constellation of conditionality' video 22 June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The WelCond project commissioned filmmakers to make a video about the latest findings on this aspect of the research. The video features project PI Professor Peter Dwyer and researcher Dr Lisa Scullion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/222167729 |
| Description | 'Is Newstart slowly killing people?' - article in Asia and the Pacific Policy Society forum, November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This feature by Elise Klein in the Australia-based organisation's online forum debates welfare conditionality and includes a link to the Welfare Conditionality Project's final findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.policyforum.net/is-newstart-slowly-killing-people/ |
| Description | 'Spare any change?': the practices and politics of begging, talk by Sarah Johnsen, 15 May 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sarah gave a talk at the Pint of Science Festival in Glasgow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/dear-green-place |
| Description | 'The Tories are the masters of vice-signalling', Nick Cohen in The Spectator 25 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Writer Nick Cohen wrote an opinion piece favourably citing the WelCond project final findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/the-tories-are-the-masters-of-vice-signalling/ |
| Description | 'York professor leads calls for major changes to Universal Credit', York Press 11 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The York Press newspaper wrote a story based on WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer's involvement in the Daily Telegraph letter of 9 November, on the basis that Prof Dwyer is based at the University of York. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15654914.York_professor_leads_calls_for_major_changes_to_Universal_C... |
| Description | About Manchester news story 23 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The About Manchester website ran a story about our findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://aboutmanchester.co.uk/benefit-sanctions-are-largely-ineffective-and-can-push-people-into-pove... |
| Description | Academics call for a major re-balance of the welfare system, Ekklesia 31 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Ekklesia website ran a feature about our WelCond final findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/25985 |
| Description | Advice to National Audit Office on homelessness, 23 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick was invited by the National Audit Office to give advice on homelessness law and procedures for local authorities, as part of an NAO investigation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Article in Nouse magazine, 12 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Nouse, the magazine of University of York students, ran a feature on our findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.nouse.co.uk/2018/06/12/york-research-finds-welfare-conditionality-ineffective/ |
| Description | Article in Socialist Party online news, 1 July 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Socialist Party's online newsletter ran a story titled 'Benefits system being used to force return to unsafe workplaces,' which cited the Welfare Conditionality Project findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/30995/01-07-2020/benefits-system-being-used-to-force-retu... |
| Description | Article in The Herald announcing the award of funds for the project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article titled 'Varsity Study on welfare' published in regional newspaper Increased interest in the project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/varsity-study-on-welfare.20478136 |
| Description | Article in Time magazine, February 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Time magazine ran a feature titled: 'I Think People Will Starve.' Experts Are Worried About the Hundreds of Thousands Who Could Lose Food Stamps Come April, by Abby Vesoulis. The feature included a quote from Welfare Conditionality Project Co-I Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick (Heriot-Watt University) about the project findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://time.com/5771169/food-stamp-rule-work-requirements/ |
| Description | Article in the Dundee Courier and Advertiser announcing the award of funds to the project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article titled 'University in welfare system study' was published in the Courier and Advertiser Co-Investigator Sharon Wright was asked to give a local radio interview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Article in the Edinburgh Evening News announcing the award of funds to the project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article titled 'Heriot-Watt to study state of welfare' was published in the Edinburgh evening news Increased interest in the project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Article in the Manchester Evening News announcing award of funds to Salford University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article entitled 1,200 to be quizzed in biggest-ever probe into benefits culture was published in the Manchester Evening News Increased interest in the project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/salford-university-lead-25m-study-1716703 |
| Description | Ask a Welfare Caseworker - Welfare Conditionality: First Wave Findings Overview - 13 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Item on US chatboard |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://askawelfarecaseworker.tumblr.com/archive |
| Description | Association of Benefit Claimants publicity for our conference, 30 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Association of Benefit Claimants publicised our forthcoming international conference via its website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.abcorg.net/item/2249-welfare-conditionality-principles-practices-and-perspectives-int-con... |
| Description | BBC Sunday Politics broadcast on our findings 27 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The BBC Sunday Politics television programme ran a feature on the project findings, followed by a discussion with two MPs and a city mayor. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b3gds3/sunday-politics-yorkshire-and-lincolnshire-27052018# |
| Description | Bank account conditionality leaving some without funds for several days - WelCond project website guest blog 7 July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog by Laura Welti, manager of Bristol Disability Equality Forum and campaigner, discussing problems faced by some social security recipients |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/07/bank-account-conditionality-leaving-some-without-fund... |
| Description | Being Homeless Twice: The Migrant Experience of Homelessness: R Serpa blog 26 June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PhD student Regina Serpa wrote this blog for the Housing Studies Association website, after winning the Valerie Karn prize for best early career paper at the HSA conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://housing-studies-association.org/2017/06/blog-homeless-twice-migrant-experience-homelessness/ |
| Description | Benefit sanctions are now hitting 'hardworking' families - Guardian feature 11 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Feature by Frances Ryan in Society Guardian about our first wave findings, especially on Universal Credit. 2254 electronic 'shares', 653 comments, widely tweeted + paper version. FR tweeted to 5,000 followers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/11/benefit-sanctions-hurting-low-paid-vulnerable-people |
| Description | Benefit sanctions are pushing some people towards "survival crime" - report in Independent, 11 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Report by D Kirby on our first wave findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/benefit-sanctions-pushing-people-towards-survival-crime/ |
| Description | Benefit sanctions: are they really working? - blog, University of York, 11 August 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Blog on our first wave findings by Dwyer, P and Bright, J for University of York research webpages. Led to invitation from ESRC to write blog for them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.york.ac.uk/research/themes/benefits-sanctions/ |
| Description | Beth Watts, Suzanne Fitzpatrick presentation to York Law School, Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The presentation sparked discussion among the audience. The project received additional requests to join the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Blog by A Barrantes following WelCond contact |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alexandra Barrantes from Development Pathways, and part of the Interdisciplinary Global Development Network, wrote a blog citing the WelCond findings and their relevance internationally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/blog/conditions-and-sanctions-dont-work-and-hinder-the-rights-o... |
| Description | Blog for The Conversation, L Povey 30 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PhD student Larissa Povey wrote a blog post titled 'What happens to mothers whose children are repeatedly taken into care' for The Conversation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/what-happens-to-mothers-whose-children-are-repeatedly-taken-into-care-71... |
| Description | Blog: Benefit sanctions: the NAO report, Dwyer and Bright, 2 Dec 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog for WelCond website written by WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and Impact Officer Dr Janis Bright, concerning a new report by the National Audit Office on benefit sanctions, which drew on evidence from the project (see separate entry). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/12/benefit-sanctions-the-nao-report/ |
| Description | Blog: Demonising disabled people, M Stewart 12 July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog written by disability campaigner Mo Stewart, concerning the way government uses the media to portray negative images of disabled welfare recipients. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/07/demonising-disabled-people-public-behaviour-and-attit... |
| Description | Blog: Gamers or victims: how can you 'play the game' on benefits if you don't know the rules? J McNeill, Jan 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond project researcher Dr Jenny McNeill's blog Gamers or victims: how can you 'play the game' on benefits if you don't know the rules? was published by the prestigious LSE Politics and Policy blog. As a result, a DWP official invited her participation in a consultation, and a researcher from a different university offered to write a related guest blog for the WelCond site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/how-can-you-play-the-game-on-benefits-if-you-dont-know-the-... |
| Description | Blog: Is the new impact agenda the excuse you've been waiting for to use your research to make a difference? 6 Novewmber 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and Co-I Dr Sharon Wright wrote a blog for Policy Press blogging site recounting the way they had achieved research impact by submitting evidence to a Commons select committee inquiry which led to government policy changes, briefing parliamentarians ahead of a debate and having the project's work cited by an MP, Neil Gray. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://policypress.wordpress.com/2017/11/06/is-the-new-impact-agenda-the-excuse-youve-been-waiting-... |
| Description | Blog: S. Wright Sanctions in Scotland, 5 Mar 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post by project team member Dr Sharon Wright. Increased activity on the project website and retweets on Twitter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/03/sanctions-in-scotland/ |
| Description | Blog: the Relative Poverty Project, L Monaghan 6 July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog by photographer Les Monaghan about his project to show the reality of poverty in a local community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/07/the-relative-poverty-project/ |
| Description | Bob Blackman MP/UK Parliament Homelessness Reduction Bill 22 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Involvement by Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick and Professor Sarah Johnssen, Welcond Co-Is. Prompted by the Crisis independent panel work, chaired by SF, and drawing on WelCond work. Should achieve significant impacts in helping reduce homelessness. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/homelessnessreduction.html |
| Description | Brexit event video, 22 June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The project commissioned filmmakers to record its Brexit and EU migrants event on 29 March and produce a video suitable for general public viewing. The video was launched on 22 June and promoted via the project website and Twitter. The video features project PI Professor Peter Dwyer, researcher Dr Lisa Scullion and PhD student Regina Serpa, among others. Regina Serpa made a presentation on her work shortly before going on to win the Valerie Karn prize for best early career paper based on the same research at the HSA conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/221280919 |
| Description | Briefing meeting to Australian Government, S Wright 27 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond team member Dr Sharon Wright met Australian government members and researchers for a private briefing on our findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Briefing meeting with Mark Swindells, DWP, 13 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I John Flint (University of Sheffield) held a private briefing with Mark Swindells, Deputy Principal Private Secretary DWP and member, Senior Policy Fellowship Programme of CSaP (run by Cambridge University). Briefed him on our research and first wave findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Briefing meeting with Mhairi Black MP 14 Sept 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sharon Wright, WelCond Co-I, held face to face briefing with Mhairi Black MP and researcher re her upcoming private members' bill tabled to ensure benefit claimants receive forewarning before being sanctioned. Discussed evidence from our first wave findings. Bill debated 2 Dec 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Briefing meeting with Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, 25 Apr 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor S Fitzpatrick, WelCond Co-I from Heriot Watt University, held a briefing meeting with Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, UK shadow housing and planning minister. The meeting concerned our findings on housing relevant to the Housing and Planning Bill then making its way through the Westminster Parliament. RB-W told SF of the importance of our findings in helping to inform the Opposition's work in achieving concessions on fixed-term tenancies, within this legislation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Briefing meeting with SNP researcher 5 December 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Impact Officer Janis Bright met the SNP's Westminster based researcher Emily Cunningham for a briefing meeting on the WelCond research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Briefing meeting with head of Unite and policy officer, TUC, S Wright 19 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright from the University of Glasgow held a briefing meeting with national union officials to promote the WelCond final findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Briefing paper: social security benefits, welfare conditionality and Armed Forces Service leavers, 26 June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | This first briefing paper from the Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers linked project was written by WelCond project researcher and SSSL project director Dr Lisa Scullion, WelCond PI Prof Peter Dwyer and WelCond/SSSL researcher Katy Jones. A dedicated page for SSSL was established on the WelCond website and the briefing published there. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/06/briefing-paper-social-security-benefits-welfare-condi... |
| Description | Briefing to Labour Party on Universal Credit issues, 9 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Shadow Work & Pensions Secretary Debbie Abrahams requested a briefing to prepare questions in Westminster parliament 10/10/2017. WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright and PI Professor Peter Dwyer offered information based on our research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Briefing to SNP MPs, House of Commons, 15 Nov 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Peter Dwyer, WelCond project director and Dr Sharon Wright, Co-I, held a briefing session at Westminster at the direct request of SNP MPs. Discussed our findings. Sent follow up information as they requested further details of research on welfare. Three suggested they might ask Parliamentary Questions on the issue. One, Patrick Grady MP, said he found the information highly useful and intended to use it in a subsequent debate on the Mhairi Black MP private member's bill. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Briefing to homelessness policy lead, NHF, 10 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sarah-Jane Gay, homeless policy lead at the National Housing Federation representative body for housing associations in England, requested a briefing on homelessness and more generally the work of WelCond, to support her policy development work. WelCond PI offered information and she was sent supporting papers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Briefing to senior DWP officials 22 March 2018, Dwyer & Jones |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and researcher Katy Jones, with PhD student James Kaufman as an observer, presented our findings to a large group of senior DWP officials in policymaking and implementation roles. There was extensive dialogue and plans were made for Professor Dwyer to return for further discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Briefing to senior Scottish Government officials, Glasgow 6 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-Is Professor Peter Dwyer and Dr Sharon Wright, and researcher Dr A B R Stewart met senior civil servants from the Scottish Government and briefed them on the project's final findings. They offered copies of a specially produced Scotland findings paper. The information was well received and the group agreed to meet again. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Britains Welfare State Pushes People Into Survival Crime - Newsweek, 11 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Report in Newsweek magazine on WelCond project first wave research findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://europe.newsweek.com/britains-welfare-state-what-survival-crime-458509?rm=eu |
| Description | British Psychological Society story on our findings, 23 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The British Psychological Society reported on our findings and added its own commentary as it has been campaigning on this issue |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/new-research-says-benefit-sanctions-are-ineffective-and-damagi... |
| Description | CPAG national conference findings presentation, L Scullion, 13 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond team member Dr Lisa Scullion delivered an invited presentation at the national welfare rights conference organised by CPAG in Manchester |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Centre for Welfare Reform story on our findings 23 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Centre for Welfare Reform publicised our project findings and wrote a commentary |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/news/welfare-condrm-than-good/00375.html |
| Description | Chris Goulden blog on our findings 24 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chris Goulden, director of programmes for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and a member of the WelCond project advisory group, wrote a blog based on our findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/sanctions-going-too-far-causing-destitution |
| Description | Citation in Basic Income Earth Network news blog, 17 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond project findings were cited by Andrew Coelho in a feature titled 'UK: The current welfare state is reaching its limits, as evidence on inequality and poverty in the UK is surfaced'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://basicincome.org/news/2019/01/uk-the-current-welfare-state-is-reaching-its-limits-as-evidence... |
| Description | Citation in Guardian article P Butler 9 May |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Social affairs editor Patrick Butler cited our WelCond final findings (with link) in a piece on government changes to benefit sanctions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/09/tories-ditch-ineffective-three-year-benefit-sanction... |
| Description | Citation in New York Times 15 May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Writer Courtney E Martin in her opinion piece The Racial Wealth Gap in Readers' Eyes cited our WelCond evidence and quoted our Director Professor Peter Dwyer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/opinion/the-racial-wealth-gap-in-readers-eyes.html |
| Description | Citizenship, conditionality, and welfare chauvinism: EEA migrants in the UK - findings from the Welfare Conditionality project, Scullion and Dwyer, 29 March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Director Professor Peter Dwyer and researcher Lisa Scullion (University of Salford) presented findings from the project's migration sample at the 'Brexit: what welfare, what rights for EU migrants in the UK?' roundtable event in York. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/03/free-event-brexit-what-welfare-what-rights-for-europe... |
| Description | Co-convenor of stream at ESPAnet conference L Povey, 14 September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PhD student Larissa Povery from Sheffield Hallam University co-convened Stream 4: Welfare Reform and Austerity: international perspectives on increasing demand and diminishing resources at the ESPAnet conference in Lisbon, New Horizons of European Social Policy: Risks, Opportunities and Challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://espanetlisbon2017.eu/ |
| Description | Co-facilitation of a drama workshop, 'Benefits, Sanctions, and Support?', October 2015, James Kaufman |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Glasgow Citizens Theatre Community Collective group Co-facilitation of a drama workshop, 'Benefits, Sanctions, and Support?' (with Elly Goodman, community theatre practitioner at Glasgow Citizens Theatre), for their Community Collective group. As a form of 'public engagement' James Kaufman co-facilitated a drama workshop and discussion on the theme of welfare conditionality and sanctions with a community drama group at Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. He was invited by the workshop leader because many of the group's members are affected by these policies and associated issues. Impact: audience engaged with the issues, sparked debate and Citizens Theatre floated the idea of doing more engagement workshops along these lines in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Complex Needs to Disordered Personalities: Political Discourses and Practice Responses event, S Johnson 17 January 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Prof S Johnsen presentation titled 'Extending hospitality' or 'killing with kindness'?: Normative stances regarding interventionist responses to street homelessness at interdisciplinary event, London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://aspd-incontext.org/complex-needs/ |
| Description | Conference presentation, Prof P Dwyerm Dublin, 12 December 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Director Professor Peter Dwyer made a presentation titled 'From welfare to work? Welfare conditionality and its impacts in the UK', at the Welfare + Work in the 4th Industrial Revolution Conference held in Dublin. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference presentation: John Flint to Resolve ASB Conference, 11th Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The talk sparked discussion and questions afterwards Increased activity on the project website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/JF-Resolve-ASB-Presentation.pdf |
| Description | Consultation workshop, Jobseeking & Universal Credit service users, 9 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright and researcher Dr Alasdair BR Stewart held a consultation workshop with service users on the WelCond research findings in Glasgow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation workshop, Jobseeking & Universal Credit, 9 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright and researcher Dr Alasdair BR Stewart held a consultation workshop with advisers to service users on the WelCond research findings in Glasgow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation workshop, Universal Credit advisers, 24 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Katy Jones held a consultation workshop with advisers to service users on the WelCond research findings in Manchester. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation workshop, disability, 29 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and researcher Dr Jenny McNeill held a consultation workshop with service users, campaigners and practitioners on the WelCond research findings in Bristol. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation workshop, homelessness, 9 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Professor Sarah Johnsenheld a consultation workshop with service users and advisers on the WelCond research findings in London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation workshop, migrant advisers, 14 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Katy Jones held a consultation workshop with advisers to service users on the WelCond research findings in Peterborough. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation workshop, offenders' advisers, 5 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-Is Professor Del Roy Fletcher and John Flint, and researchers Elaine Batty and Dr Jenny McNeill held a consultation workshop with advisers to service users on the WelCond research findings in Sheffield. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation workshop, offenders, 5 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-Is Professor Del Roy Fletcher and John Flint, and researchers Elaine Batty and Dr Jenny McNeill held a consultation workshop with service users on the WelCond research findings in Sheffield. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Disabled welfare practitioners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Welfare practitioners dealing with people with disabilities took part in a consultation workshop to test out research instruments. Researchers refined and developed the research instruments based on input from the participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Disabled welfare service users |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | A consultation workshop was held with some disabled welfare service users to test out the research instruments for the project The research instruments were adapted and developed following input from the workshop participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Ex-offender welfare practitioners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Welfare practitioners working with ex-offenders took part in a consultation workshop to test out the research instruments. Researchers refined and developed the research instruments based on input from the participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Ex-offender welfare service users |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Ex-offenders who are welfare service users took part in a consultation workshop to test out research instruments Researchers refined and developed research instruments based on the input of the participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Homelessness welfare service users |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Homeless welfare service users took part in a consultation workshop to test out research instruments. Researchers refined and developed research instruments based on the input of the participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Migrant welfare service users |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Welfare practitioners working with ex-offenders took part in a consultation workshop to test out the research instruments. Researchers refined and developed the research instruments based on input from the participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Migration welfare practitioners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Welfare practitioners working with migrants took part in a consultation workshop to test out the research instruments. Researchers refined and developed the research instruments based on input from the participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Unemployed welfare service users |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Unemployed welfare service users took part in a consultation workshop to test out research instruments. Researchers refined and developed the research instruments based on input from the participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Consultation workshop: Unemployment welfare practitioners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Welfare practitioners working with unemployed people took part in a consultation workshop to test out research instruments. Researchers refined and developed the research instruments based on input from the participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Contribution to BBC2 Victoria Derbyshire TV programme, 30 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Peter Dwyer and Dr Sharon Wright from the WelCond project appeared in the Victoria Derbyshire programme in a package exploring problems with the Universal Credit benefit system, and contributed to background research by the programme makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP2zKyvdTYM |
| Description | Conversation blog L Scullion 24 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Lisa Scullion, University of Salford, co-authored a blog with D Kamerade. Titled 'Welcome to Britain: a land where jobs may be plentiful but are more and more precarious', it was published by The Conversation and attracted considerable interest on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/welcome-to-britain-a-land-where-jobs-may-be-plentiful-but-are-more-and-m... |
| Description | Copies of WelCond final findings sent to UN Geneva disability working group members, 10 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer sent copies of the WelCond research final findings to fellow members of the UN disability working party that he has engaged with over the last 18 months. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Cymorth Cymru conference S Johnsen, 11 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Professor Sarah Johnsen gave a plenary presentation at the Cymorth Cymru conference in Cardiff, on the WelCond homelessness findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Daily Blog NZ - discussion of WelCond findings and CPAG NZ policy statement 16 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As a result of our WelCond findings, Child Poverty Action Group New Zealand issued a statement endorsing the findings and policy recommendations on benefit sanctions. Daily Blog hosted a public debate with CPAG NZ's CEO and politicians. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2018/06/16/cpag-urges-immediate-action-on-sanctions-where-there-are-child... |
| Description | Daily Herald readers opinion piece 10 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Readers' Opinion: We need to break with the rich boys of Westminster to rid our land of deprivation, written by D Blackwood after attending our Social Security in Scotland first wave findings launch event in Glasgow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14552492.Readers__39__Opinion__We_need_to_break_with_the_rich_... |
| Description | Dangerous drive for work at all costs continues, despite evidence, Ekklesia, 5 August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | S Hensman cited our research in this feature |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/26503 |
| Description | Del Roy Fletcher, John Flint and Jenny McNeill, briefint to senior Sheffield City Council staff, March 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The briefing sparked discussion of the project The briefing increased awareness of the research with senior council staff and has led to the possibility of running part of the research with the same group in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Del Roy Fletcher, John Flint paper to HSA conference, 8-10 April 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The paper sparked discussion and questions There were increased requests to join the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Diminished citizenship: welfare conditionality and EEA migrants, presentation to ESRC Festival of Social Science, Manchester 6 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Dr Lisa Scullion made a presentation of project research as part of the festival. The event was titled 'Disability and migration - living on the periphery of society?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability-and-migration-living-on-the-periphery-of-society-tickets-3... |
| Description | Discussion with Ross Stephens, Director of Social Security, Isle of Man Government - P Dwyer 25 September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer held a meeting with Isle of Man Director of Social Security Ross Stephens and his Deputy Vicki McLaughlin at their request, to discuss welfare conditionality. The IoM is planning social security changes and wanted to ensure it avoids pitfalls in design and implementation. They agreed to keep in touch and continue discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Drive programme with Josh Szeps - interview with P Dwyer 29 October 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer was invited to give a live interview on our research findings with broadcaster ABC Radio Sydney in the primetime Drive show. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/programs/drive/drive/10417324 |
| Description | ESRC festival of social science at Salford, 8 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researchers Dr Lisa Scullion and Katy Jones organised a festival of social science event at their university, the University of Salford. Dr Scullion received £1000 to showcase 4 SHUSU projects including WelCond. It was well attended (50+), with lively debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Effects of Changes to the Welfare Benefits System on Disabled People: Messages from Research, Practice and Personal Experience, P Dwyer 4 December 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer presented our findings on disability at this event specially organised by the University of York to consider disability issues. The audience numbered some 75 people, who each received a printed copy of our findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Effects of welfare sanctions and conditional support "profoundly negative" say researchers - U of York website 11 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release on our first wave findings distributed via University of York press office |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2016/research/welfare-conditionality/ |
| Description | Email briefing to sselected Westminster MPs, 16 October 2018 P Dwyer, L Scullion, S Wright |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and senior team members Dr Lisa Scullion and Dr Sharon Wright sent an email briefing on key research findings and recommendations on Universal Credit, ahead of a Westminster Opposition Day debate. The information was used by Labour MP Debbie Abrahams who cited our research, supported by Neil Gray MP (SNP). Mr Gray later used the information in an opinion piece for the Scottish Sunday Mirror. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-10-17/debates/CD3131AC-C7F0-4DB6-A4EF-05191F92642F/Univer... |
| Description | Enforcement and interventionist responses to rough sleeping and begging - blog 16 Dec 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Blog for WelCond project website by Professor Sarah Johnsen, Co-I, Heriot-Watt University, summarising recent collaborative event with Glasgow Homelessness Network and Crisis on homelessness, and subsequent report (listed separately) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/12/interventionist-and-enforcement-responses-to-rough-sl... |
| Description | Evaluation of the Intensive Family Support Service (IFSS) Belfast:Cost-Benefit Analysis, 22 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Professor John Flint, WelCond Co-I, to Health and Social Care Board. This presentation was part of an ongoing evaluation for the Health and Social Care Board of the intensive family support service. The remit of the evaluation is to assess the existing service and make recommendations about the service and wider policy and practice in Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Evidence given to the Work and Pensions Select Committee by Suzanne Fitzpatrick |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Evidence given to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 8th November 2013 was broadcast live on parliamentlive.tv The transcripts of the select committee were published online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.parliamentlive.tv |
| Description | Evidence newsletter HQN featuring our project findings 17 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | HQN's Evidence newsletter reported the WelCond project findings. The newsletter is sent direct to housing practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://hqnetwork.co.uk/the-governor |
| Description | Evidence newsletter feature McNeill: Disabled people's perspectives on welfare conditionality, 19 July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond project researcher Dr Jenny McNeill wrote a feature for HQN's Evidence newsletter, summarising her recent journal article on disabled people's experiences of the welfare system. The newsletter is distributed as a supplement within HQN's magazine The Governor, which is read by a large range of senior housing executives and board members. It is also available online with free access. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://hqnetwork.co.uk/the-governor |
| Description | Evidence newsletter: welfare conditionality, July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Special edition devoted to our first wave findings. Sent directly to several hundred housing practitioners, and placed on partner organisation HQN's website (free, open access). Copies distributed at HQN annual conference (100 delegates). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://housingqualitynetwork.org.uk/products/research/evidence/document7823.html |
| Description | Evidence to Asylum, Migration and Settlement Study Group - P Dwyer 29 Aug 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The Study Group which is part of the Academy of Social Sciences is preparing a report on effects of recent and upcoming policy shifts nationally and internationally on UK refugee, migration, citizenship, and border issues. WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer provided written evidence from our research. The report is awaited. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Ex-military claimants need extra support, study-finds - Lancashire Post report 19 April 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | John Illingworth in the Lancashire Post reported the story of the Sanctions, Support & Service Leavers project interim findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.lep.co.uk/news/ex-military-claimants-need-extra-support-study-finds-1-9136701 |
| Description | Expert Panel event: Approaches to Conditionality in a Range of Welfare Contexts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Second in a series of International Expert Panel events, where experts bring a range of opinions to inform and challenge the team. There are plans to publish some of the papers presented. An academic for the Waterford Institute of Technology attended, and subsequently wrote a guest blog on conditionality in Ireland, published September 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Expert Panel event: Conceptualising and Justifying Conditionality? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 35 academics and other interested parties attending the expert panel event, which stimulated lively discussion, and an ongoing dialogue with the presenters. There are plans to publish some of the papers presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| Description | Expert Panel event: Understanding Behaviour Change and the Role of Conditionality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Experts in conditionality presented papers to stimulate the team's thinking around the subject There are plans to publish some of the papers from the series of events |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | FACTCHECK: a DWP minister's preposterous claims about benefit sanctions, The Canary, 28 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Canary ran a feature rebutting claims by government ministers, citing our research as evidence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2018/06/28/factcheck-a-dwp-ministers-preposterous-claims-about-benefit-s... |
| Description | Face to face briefing: Sharon Wright to Scottish Government, 27 Oct 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sharon Wright (Co-I) met with: Kirsty Le Grice and Ann McVie (Welfare Funds and UK Benefits Team, Social Security Policy and Delivery Division), Joanne Farrow (Employability Implementation Lead, Labour Market & Workplace Policy Division, Scottish Government Fair Work Directorate). They are keen to hear more in e.g. March, when we have conducted more analysis and can be more confident of the representativeness of perspectives. A possible event is being discussed for May 2016 to bring the findings to government officials and other policy influencers and practitioners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Feature in The Canary politial website citing our findings, 5 December 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Following failure of Mhairi Black private member's bill to improve administration of benefit sanctions regime, this feature gives background information including mention of our project's findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.thecanary.co/2016/12/05/tory-mps-sabotaged-mhairi-blacks-bill-shows-everything-wrong-with... |
| Description | Feature in The Journal (Ireland) with interview B Watts 17 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Journal ran a large feature on the best ways to tackle street homelessness, based on B Watts presentation to joint Trinity College/Focus Ireland event that day. It was titled 'Is handing out clothes to the homeless the best way to help them?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.thejournal.ie/soup-kitchen-homeless-3799832-Jan2018/ |
| Description | Feature on Universal Credit 'in-work progression' in Big Issue North, 21 July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Big feature written by Gary Ryan, based on interview with WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer, details of our findings; quotes from our director Peter Dwyer. Reached a completely new audience for us. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.bigissuenorth.com/2016/09/looking-glass-world-of-work/20536 |
| Description | Findings launch reported by James O'Brien, LBC Radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio presenter James O'Brien gave a commentary on the project findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://shr.gs/84HrfRR |
| Description | Findings report copies requested by Leeds University Business School, 9 August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Leeds Business School requested copies of our findings papers for its event discussing welfare |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | First wave findings publications May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Suite of 11 research findings papers including overview, comprising first major release of WelCond project findings. Overview printed 300 copies, special edition of Scotland findings 100 copies, all findings available online. Led directly to discussions with senior DWP officials and production of public response to findings from DWP. Publication led to 24 newsletter signups, 2775 website hits (1 week), our own tweets 456 re-tweets, clicks etc, 92 link click-throughs, mentions by others: 80 inc Patrick Butler, Frances Ryan, ESRC, Uni York, Imajsaclaimant, APPG Poverty, new followers 44, 1 WSU research volunteer. Also led directly to project engagement with National Audit Office, British Psychological Association and others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/publications/first-wave-research-findings/ |
| Description | Fixed Term Tenancies: Revealing divergent views of social housing - presentation HQN annual conference B Watts 17 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Dr Beth Watts gave a presentation by invitation at the HQN annual conference in London. The audience comprised policy influencers, local authorities and housing associations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Flagship benefit reforms under fire in region, Yorkshire Post 31 October 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer gave an interview to Yorkshire Post about our findings on Universal Credit, for a week-long high profile series on the benefit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Frances Ryan piece in Prospect Magazine about our project findings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Frances Ryan wrote a blog piece based on our findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/other/benefits-sanctions-dont-get-people-in-to-work-so-why-does-t... |
| Description | Greater Manchester Housing Providers Skills & Employment Group L Scullion 8 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by WelCond researcher Dr Lisa Scullion on the project's first wave findings, delivered to senior managers from leading housing providers in Greater Manchester. Strong interest from the audience in our project, particularly from those starting their own projects to support people into employment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Guardian story on homelessness 9 Feb 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Guardian story 'We are on the brink of a homelessness crisis among young people' by Emily Jackson cited our project's research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/09/homelessness-crisis-young-people-housing-benefit-pro... |
| Description | Guest blog by R Patrick reproduced on Bella Caledonia site, 31 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog was reproduced with permission by this blogging site |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2017/10/31/on-conditionality/ |
| Description | Guest blog by R Patrick: Why conditionality isn't working, 23 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog for the WelCond website by Dr Ruth Patrick was the most viewed blog on the site in the quarter, with more than 700 views in three months. It attracted considerable interest and comment via Twitter. It led to further plans for collaborations between WelCond and Dr Patrick. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/10/why-conditionality-isnt-working/ |
| Description | Guest blog for project website: D Webster, 12 Apr 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr David Webster, emeritus at Glasgow University, wrote a guest blog post for the WelCond website on his attempts to correct UK government figures on benefit sanctions. Dr Webster is the foremost UK academic authority on benefit sanction statistics. To date the post has been accessed online more than 500 times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/04/tackling-britains-misleading-benefit-sanctions-statis... |
| Description | Guest blog: C. Beatty, S. Fothergill The impact of welfare reform on Scotland, 21 Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog for WelCond website written by Professor S Fothergill and T Beatty from Sheffield Hallam University, outlining newly published research. As a result of sharing on Twitter the project had an increased number of followers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/09/the-impact-of-welfare-reform-on-scotland-lots-of-pain... |
| Description | Guest blog: D. Ghelani, 'What makes a good local welfare support and conditionality scheme?', 5 Oct 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Increased activity on the project website and retweets on Twitter Increased requests to join the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/10/what-makes-a-good-local-welfare-support-and-condition... |
| Description | Guest blog: D. Webster , Sanction statistics: the trends and latest information, 4 Mar 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog post by Dr David Webster of the University of Glasgow. Increased activity on the project website and retweets on Twitter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/03/sanction-statistics-the-trends-and-latest-information... |
| Description | Guest blog: E Williams 19March 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Researcher Evan Williams wrote a guest blog for the WelCond website, titled 'Universal Credit and the legacy of JSA sanctions' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/03/universal-credit-and-the-legacy-of-jsa-sanctions/ |
| Description | Guest blog: H. Stinson, 'What's at the heart of policy decisions on welfare - and what should be?', 19 Oct 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Increased activity on the project website and retweets on Twitter Increased requests to join the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/10/whats-at-the-heart-of-policy-decisions-on-welfare-and... |
| Description | Guest blog: J Foell, 13 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | GP Dr Jens Foell wrote a guest blog for the WelCond website titled 'Health notes: the pressures to reduce life's complexities to a sheet of paper', concerning disability reports for the social security system. It attracted a number of interesting responses on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/11/health-notes-the-pressures-to-reduce-lifes-complexiti... |
| Description | Guest blog: Jo Brown, 'Disabled people's experiences of back-to-work support', 9th September 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog was shared on Twitter Several people re-tweeted the blog, increasing the audience reach |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/09/disabled-peoples-experiences-of-back-to-work-support/ |
| Description | Guest blog: Laura Welti, 'The high cost of living with a disability', 24th June 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog was shared on Twitter The blog was re-tweeted by others and the project account had further followers added |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/06/the-high-cost-of-living-with-a-disability/ |
| Description | Guest blog: M. Simpson, 'The right to human dignity in the workfare state', 18 Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Increased activity on the project website and retweets on Twitter Increased requests to join the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/11/the-right-to-human-dignity-in-the-workfare-state/ |
| Description | Guest blog: S Batty 20 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Researcher Sarah Batty wrote a guest blog for the WelCond project website titled 'No matter which way you turn they have actually got you': Universal Credit, conditionality and discretion. The blog attracted considerable attention and comment, receiving more than 1300 views in the first month, and responses on Twitter and via the website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/02/no-matter-which-way-you-turn-they-have-actually-got-y... |
| Description | Guest blog: S. Bielefeld, 'Cashless welfare experiments - regulating vice and virtue?', 12/01/16 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog post was re-tweeted on Twitter by followers of the project. The blog itself was a result of engagement activities done by Peter Dwyer in Australia in September 2015. Discussion on twitter was sparked by the blog post. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/01/cashless-welfare-card-experiments-regulating-vice-and... |
| Description | Guest blog: S. Johnsen, 'Public Spaces Protection Orders, rough sleepers and media storms', 9 Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Increased activity on the project website and retweets on Twitter Increased requests to join the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/11/public-spaces-protection-orders-rough-sleepers-and-me... |
| Description | Guest blog: T. Boland & R. Griffin, 'Ireland's welfare pathway', 2nd September 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog was publicised and shared by others on Twitter The project Twitter account received more followers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2015/09/irelands-welfare-pathway/ |
| Description | Herald Scotland - benefit sancions don't do the job for the claimant or the public, 29 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Columnist Stephen Naysmith wrote an opinion feature on our WelCond findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16254866.Stephen_Naysmith__Benefit_sanctions_don_t_do_the_job_... |
| Description | Homelessness seminar, Glasgow, 25 October 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar organised and presented by Johnsen S, Fitzpatrick S (Co-Is WelCond); and Watts B, WelCond researcher, to discuss difficult issues around intervention arising from our first wave findings. Jointly organised with Shelter Scotland and Crisis Scotland. Guest speaker Jeremy Swain, CEO Thames Reach. 45 people in attendance, including reps from national bodies including Scottish Govt, Scottish Churches Housing Action, Crisis, Homeless Action Scotland, Scottish Prison Service, Scottish Drugs Forum. We also had a number of high level people operating at the regional level, including a commander from the police service and reps from various community safety partnerships. Report produced and published (listed separately). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Homelessness, welfare conditionality and work - presentation to CIH Scotland 26 July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Professor Sarah Johnsen, WelCond Co-I, at Building beyond Brexit: what now? conference, Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Hosting WelCond international conference Welfare Conditionality: Principles, Practices and Perspectives, 26-28 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The WelCond project hosted its end of award international conference. This attracted some 80+ papers and 150 delegates from various countries across the world. Delegates were mostly academics and postgraduate students but also included a good number of policy stakeholders, voluntary organisations, health practitioners, campaigners and individual welfare service users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/international-conference/ |
| Description | HouseMark welfare reform impact club presentation, L Scullion 11 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond team member Dr Lisa Scullion gave an invited presentation to HouseMark's Welfare Reform Impact Club, comprising senior staff from housing associations and local authorities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IN-work conditionality is based on weak evidence - but will the policy sink or swim?, Conversation blog J Abbas & K Jones |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Jo Abbas and WelCond team member Dr Katy Jones wrote a blog based on WelCond and other research. This collaboration was a result of their meeting at our international conference in June 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/in-work-conditionality-public-opinion/ |
| Description | Impact of benefit sanctions is 'profoundly negative' on claimants says academic research - Rightsnet 12 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Item on online discussion forum concerning our findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-rights/news/item/impact-of-benefit-sanctions-is-profoundly-negat... |
| Description | Informal discussion P Dwyer with Boland and Griffin, Waterford Institute of Technology, 3 April 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Director Professor Peter Dwyer held an informal virtual meeting with Dr Tom Boland & Dr Ray Griffin, Waterford Institute of Technology. There was discussion re mutual research interests and possibilities for collaborative working and a larger funding bid. They agreed to progress ideas together. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Interdisciplinary Global Development Network - presentation of findings by J Bright 4 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond team member J Bright gave a talk to the newly formed IGDN at the University of York. Audience included practitioners working on global development issues who wished to deepen contacts with the WelCond project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Interview for student newspaper, K Jones 7 December 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Katy Jones did an interview with a University of Salford student journalist about the research findings on disability, for the student newspaper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited attendance in Scottish Parliament Expert Network on Social Security and Devolved Powers with Information Centre (SPICe) 24 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited participation by Professor Peter Dwyer, WelCond PI, at Holrood. Launch of SPICE, an expert panel, exploring scrutiny of social security issues in context of devolved Sccottish Government powers, at Holyrood; PD invited and then asked to form part of expert group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Is this the end of FTTs in social housing? Inside Housing podcast 30 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Inside Housing, the trade magazine for the social housing sector, made a podcast on fixed term tenancies. It included the report from the survey of housing professionals completed by Dr Beth Watts and Prof Suzanne Fitzpatrick on behalf of WelCond with HQN and CaCHE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/BethWatts494/status/1046432111123730433 |
| Description | Item in Salford City Partnership Bulletin Jan 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Item about our research in email newsletter, written by Jones, K., & Scullion, L., University of Salford. Part of team initiative to work with various organisations, local government and politicians in the Greater Manchester area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | J McNeill piece for departmental newsletter 20 April 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Dr McNeill wrote a feature on the project's findings on anti-social behaviour for the University of Sheffield departmental newsletter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.770758!/file/Insight_04.pdf#page=3 |
| Description | Jenny McNeill presentation to Methodological Challenges seminar series, NatCen and U of Sheffield, July 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. No particular notable impacts noted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://methodologicalchallenges.group.shef.ac.uk/?page_id=227 |
| Description | Jo Brown presentation to Social and Health Inequalities: A PhD Symposium, 29th May 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The presentation led to discussion among the audience afterwards. Those present at the talk were directed to the project website for more information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Katy Jones presentation to City West Housing Trust In-work Poverty Conference, 30 June 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The presentation sparked discussion among the audience. The project received further requests to be added to the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Keynote address by Peter Dwyer to 'Carrots and Sticks: New Regulatory Approaches to Crime and Behavioural Control' conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Keynote address to 'Carrots and Sticks: New Regulatory Approaches to Crime and Behavioural Control' conference titled 'Sanctions and support? The extension and intensification of welfare conditionality in the UK' The presentation stimulated discussion amongst colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | LSE Blog: Watts, How can we ethically respond to rough sleeping? A four-point framework, 21 June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Dr Beth Watts wrote a blog for the LSE Policy & Politics site, based on the project's homelessness research, exploring how those working with street homeless people can best decide whether, how and when intervention is appropriate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/how-can-we-ethically-respond-to-rough-sleeping-a-four-point... |
| Description | Labour is considering a radical policy that would turn the DWP on its head, The Canary 1 August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | N Jones cited our WelCond research in this Canary feature on Labour Party future policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2018/08/01/labour-is-considering-a-radical-policy-that-would-turn-t... |
| Description | Launch of final project findings 22 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A suite of nine final findings papers covering the policy areas in the research, together with an overview briefing paper, were launched online and at a Westminster event for policymakers. The event was attended by about 70 people including a number of parliamentarians and their researchers, plus representatives from leading campaign and charitable organisations. There was extensive media coverage, led by a Guardian lead news story. The Independent, BBC Sunday Politics, LBC radio, and numerous others also covered the story. The project website received 11,700 views, twitter feed gained 180 followers with 100k+ impressions, and there were 54 signups to the project newsletter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/05/welfare-conditionality-is-ineffective-research-team-f... |
| Description | Learning and Work Institute Roundtable on impact of welfare reforms, 8 September 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Participation by Dr Janis Bright, WelCond impact officer, in roundtable to debate recent research by Learning and Work Institute and Policy in Practice, ahead of publication. Good networking opportunity and made contact with group of campaigning organisations that holds meetings with DWP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Lecture given by John Flint at the University of Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Inaugural professorial lecture, given at University of Sheffield titled '"Those that used to have right to live here": Historical and contemporary struggles of public housing' The lecture stimulated discussion amongst students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Lone Parents in the UK Today, 7 December 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to national conference by WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright, University of Glasgow, on study's first wave findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lone-parents-in-the-uk-today-tickets-29607069542# |
| Description | Magazine article: Fitzpatrick and Watts, Fixing Terms, published in Inside Housing, 18 Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Feature aimed at housing practitioners giving early details of project research findings concerning fixed-term tenancies in social housing. Written by WelCond Co-I Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick and researcher Dr Beth Watts, Heriot Watt University. Increased activity on project website and Twitter Increased requests to be added to the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/debate/expert-opinion/fixing-terms/7012754.article |
| Description | Meeting Dwyer with C Goldie 3 August 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond project Director Professor Peter Dwyer held a meeting with visiting policy influencer Cassandra Goldie, CEO, Australian Council of Social Service. They discussed the possibility of holding a Skype meeting later in the year with a group of Australian government officials, concerning conditionality in the Australian welfare system. Later Professor Dwyer was invited to give the opening plenary at the ACOSS 2018 national conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting to brief Lab MP for Salford and Eccles Rebecca Long-Bailey 8 Apr 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Lisa Scullion held a meeting with Rebecca Long-Bailey MP (who is also Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury) to brief her on our emerging findings with particular regard to Greater Manchester. The information would feed into a wider group of policy actors in the GM region. As a result of this meeting Rebecca agreed to speak at our Greater Manchester findings launch in June. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting with Agnieszka Nelson, Australian National University, 11 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer held meeting with Agnieska Nelson as part of ongoing dialogue with Australian National University and Australian Government |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting with DWP official, J Flint 2 Dec 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I John Flint (University of Sheffield) met Andrea Lee, Deputy Director and Lead Analyst, Children, Families and Disadvantage, Department for Work and Pensions as part of the CsAP Fellows programme, for a general discussion on the welfare system. He gave information on the WelCond project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting with DWP officials, Dwyer & Bright, 25 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and Impact Officer Janis Bright held a briefing meeting with senior DWP officials - Agnieszka Nelson and Jack Davison. They discussed the WelCond research findings and agreed to arrange a meeting in London with a large group of senior DWP officers (22 March). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with David Tennant, CEO Familycare (Australia), 14 Sept 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof P Dwyer held meeting with David Tennant, CEO Familycare (Australia) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting with Dr Dina Bowman, Brotherhood of St Laurence Australia, 16 Sept 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Peter Dwyer, WelCond project PI, hosted a meeting with Dr Dina Bowman, principal research fellow, Work and Economic Security, Research and Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Melbourne, AUS, to discuss future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting with Oslo University students 11 Jan 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | WelCond project researcher L Scullion, University of Salford, met a group of students from Oslo University and discussed our project. As a result, MA student Henriette Oktander-Andersen took up a place, supervised by LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting: Peter Dwyer with Emma Wilson, PhD Candidate at Macquarie University, Australia, 10 Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Prof Dwyer met with Emma Wilson, PhD candidate to discuss the project research and its relevance to her PhD. This was as a result of Prof Dwyer's visit to Australia in September 2015. Emma Wilson was added to the mailing list and plans to use the project outputs in her research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Meeting: Peter Dwyer with Katy Smith (PhD candidate), 16 Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A meeting with Katy Smith, PhD candidate at Australian National University as a result of Peter's lectures in Australia in September 2015. The project was discussed in relation to Katy's PhD research. Katy was added to the mailing list for the project and plans to use outputs from the project in her research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Meeting: Peter Dwyer with Prof Lars Inge Terum, 9 Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Prof Dwyer met with Prof Lars Inge Terum to discuss his proposed research into Welfare Conditionality in Norway. A letter of support from the project was written for the funding application in Norway. There are plans for future collaboration and information sharing between the projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Mental Health Nurse Academics story 24 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This representative organisation for practitioners in mental health reported our findings and added a commentary |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://mhnauk.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/mhnauk-statement-on-welfare-conditionality-and-people-with-d... |
| Description | Mention of WelCond findings in GMPA newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Greater Manchester Poverty Action wrote about our WelCond findings in its newsletter which is distributed to third sector organisations, local authorities and others in the region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.gmpovertyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/May-30th-2018.pdf |
| Description | Mention of WelCond research in SNP press release 1 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The SNP issued a press release headed 'Disabled people on Work Programme three times as likely to be sanctioned as to find a job'. The release cited our WelCond research first wave findings ('Glasgow University') on negative effects of sanctions. Picked up by a number of online media sites - example below. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://dwpexamination.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/disabled-jobseekers-three-times-more-likely-to-be-sa... |
| Description | Military veterans should not be subject to benefits sanctions - new study: blog in The Conversation 19 April 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Sanctions Support and Service Leavers project team - Dr L Scullion, Professor P Dwyer, Dr K Jones, Dr C Hynes, Dr P Martin - wrote a blog post to promote their first wave study findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://theconversation.com/military-veterans-should-not-be-subject-to-benefits-sanctions-new-study-9... |
| Description | NAWRA annual conference 1 March 2019, L Scullion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Lisa Scullion from the University of Salford gave a presentation at the National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers annual conference, where she outlined the project's final findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NAWRA conference S Wright 8 September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright presented at the NAWRA welfare rights conference in Edinburgh to an audience of welfare rights advisers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Neuro Family Matters blog 17 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | 'Welfare conditionality or socio-economic oppression?' written by Dr Stephen Weatherhead, after attending our Salford findings launch event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.neurofamilymatters.co.uk/news |
| Description | News story in The Independent, 15 April 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Reporter Jon Stone wrote a story based on The Guardian's report of the day before, and again using quotes from Prof Dwyer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dwp-punishing-the-working-poor-with-sanctions-in-new-u... |
| Description | News story in the Guardian, 14 April 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Reporter Patrick Butler wrote a story titled 'DWP 'punishing' low-paid full-time workers under new benefits rule', quoting Prof Dwyer and the Welfare Conditionality project extensively. The story was widely tweeted and retweeted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/14/dwp-punishing-low-paid-full-time-workers-under-new-be... |
| Description | Newspaper article: 'Food bank opens for young people hit by benefit sanctions', The Guardian, 10/12/15 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The article cited the paper commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and published in September 2014, which showed evidence that the benefit reforms had disproportionately affected young people. The Guardian article was read in print and online by many people. Further downloads of the JRF article were made from the JRF website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/10/food-bank-opens-young-people-benefit-sanctions-liverp... |
| Description | Newspaper article: 'Sanctions hit the compliant, not the rule breakers', The National, 4th March 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The article provided academic commentary and analysis to supplement a larger article on benefit sanctions. The paper has a large circulation in Scotland and the article was published online and in print, making it available to a large audience. The impact will be general awareness-raising among the public about the issues surrounding welfare conditionality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.thenational.scot/comment/comment-sanctions-hit-the-compliant-not-the-rule-breakers.745 |
| Description | Newspaper article: Revealed: the Tories new plan to squeeze the working poor, Sunday Herald, 31 Jan 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sharon Wright interview in newspaper, The Sunday Herald (Glasgow and National), for article titled: 'Revealed: the Tories new plan to squeeze the working poor'. Front page mention and full page coverage on page 2 and 3 of the print version. The article provided academic commentary and analysis to supplement a larger article on benefit sanctions. The paper has a large circulation in Scotland and the article was published online and in print, making it available to a large audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14242638.Revealed__the_Tories_new_plan_to_squeeze_the_wo... |
| Description | Newspaper story: Sunday Herald 31 Jan 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Sunday Herald, Scotland, ran a feature by WelCond Co-I S Wright, University of Glasgow, about our project's research on in-work conditionality |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14242638.Revealed__the_Tories_new_plan_to_squeeze_the_wo... |
| Description | Open letter to Independent: The DWP must see that a bad job is worse for your mental health than unemployment: open letter, 27 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | An open letter from the British Psychological Society and other representative bodies for psychologists had an open letter published in the Independent, calling for suspension of the benefit sanctions regime. The letter cites our WelCond first wave findings in evidence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/a-bad-job-is-worse-for-your-mental-health-than-unemploym... |
| Description | Oral evidence given on the impact of JSA sanctions on female job seekers to Fawcett Society enquiry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sharon Wright gave oral evidence to the Fawcett Society on the influence of JSA sanctions on female jobseekers The enquiry will aim to influence policy in the future |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Oral evidence given on the impact of JSA sanctions on lone parents to Fawcett Society enquiry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sarah Johnsen gave oral evidence to the Fawcett Society on the impact of JSA sanctions on lone parents. The enquiry will enable the society to campaign and influence policy in the future |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Paper given by Peter Dwyer to conference at the Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Keynote paper to conference at the Portuguese Catholic University titled 'Conditional Citizenship: its implications for social justice, policy and practice' The presentation stimulated discussion amongst colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Paper presented at the Housing Studies Association conference, April 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | A paper entitled ''Extending hospitality' or 'killing with kindness'? Normative stances regarding enforcement and interventionism in the homelessness sector' was presented by Sarah Johnsen, Beth Watts and Suzanne Fitzpatrick to the conference, which generated debate amongst colleagues The presentation stimulated debate amongst colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Paper presented by John Flint at the Carrots and Sticks Conference, Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented at the 'Carrots and Sticks: New regulatory approaches to crime and behavioural control' conference titled 'The Troubling Governmentalities of the Troubled Families Civilising Offensive' The paper stimulated discussion amongst colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Paper presented by John Flint at the Social Policy Association Conference 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented at the Social Policy Association Conference 2013: Social Policy in Challenging Times titled 'Those that used to have the right to live here: Housing, Welfare Reform and the Right to the City' The presentation stimulated discussion amongst colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Patrick Butler lead story The Guardian 22 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Guardian social affairs editor Patrick Butler wrote an extensive story, 'Benefit sanctions found to be ineffective and damaging', based on our findings. It was the lead story of the day on the Guardian website and received at least 10,000 'shares' on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/22/benefit-sanctions-found-to-be-ineffective-and-damagi... |
| Description | Peter Dwyer article published in 'The Conversation', August 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The article was read 2006 times (as at 30/09/15) and prompted 3 comments Three comments were stimulated by the article, and it was shared on Facebook 32 times, and on Twitter 282 times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://theconversation.com/two-real-life-accounts-of-the-effect-of-benefits-sanctions-46500 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer lecture to Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, 23 Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The lecture stimulated rich discussion. Many audience members were keen to be kept informed of the project's progress |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer meeting with Brotherhood of St Lawrence, Melbourne, 22 Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rich discussion was stimulated by the meeting Increased requests for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer meeting with Director of Australian Institute of Family Studies 22 Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The meeting discussed the project and its relevance to Australian policy. Further requests to be added to the mailing list. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer presentation to Qualitative Longitudinal Panel in Migration and Social Network Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Peter Dwyer gave a presentation titled 'Using QLR to explore welfare conditionality and behaviour change', to the Qualitative Longitudinal Panel in Migration and Social Network Research, 22-23 May 2014, at the Georg Simmel Zentrum fur Metropolenforschung, Humbolt Universität zu Berlin. The presentation stimulated discussion amongst colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer presentation to Welfare Reform Impact Club, 19th March 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The presentation provoked a rich discussion and many enquiries about the project. Many practitioners offered assistance with the recruitment of research participants, and many were also added to the mailing list. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer presentation to Welfare-to-Work SPA Policy Roundtable, 11th Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The presentation sparked discussions. Devan Ghelani met and spoke with Peter, and as a result wrote a guest blog for the project website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer presentation to representatives from Korean Ministry delegates, York 31st March 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation sparked discussion with delegates following the meeting. Unknown as yet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer presentation to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy, 14th July 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The presentation stimulated discussion among the audience The ESRC supported Prof Dwyer to write a 'briefing paper' which was subsequently published on the project website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Peter Dwyer quoted in The Guardian 'Cuts Blog', 8th January 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The article was re-tweeted on Twitter by some followers The journalist, Patrick Butler has followed the project's progress and has since been in touch to write further articles about the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.theguardian.com/society/patrick-butler-cuts-blog/2015/jan/08/benefit-sanctions-absurd-and... |
| Description | Phys.Org story about our project findings, 23 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Phys.Org website which reaches professional scientists ran a story on our project findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://phys.org/news/2018-05-welfare-conditionality-ineffective-authors-major.html |
| Description | Plans to force workers on universal credit to take second job risky - Guardian story 11 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Report by Patrick Butler citing our evidence to the Work & Pensions Committee report |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/11/force-workers-universal-credit-take-second-jobs-risky |
| Description | Podcast - Does conditionality help the jobless find work? - P Dwyer 5 December 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ABC Radio National (Australia) produced this podcast presented by journalist Paul Barclay. It is a combination of WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer's keynote address to the Australian Council of Social Service, and the subsequent panel discussion with Prof Dwyer and other experts. As a result of this broadcast, Professor Dwyer received two letters from members of the public in Australia thanking him for his presentation and offering their own experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/does-conditional-welfare-help-the-jobless-fin... |
| Description | Podcast - P Dwyer COMPAS seminar 29 Jan 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer's lecture at the University of Oxford on migrants, conditionality and welfare in the UK was broadcast and remains available. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/people/peter-dwyer |
| Description | Podcast B Watts: 'Are we doing good good enough?' 30 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Beth Watts broadcast for the UK Housing website on the best ways to tackle street homelessness. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://ukhousing.news/ |
| Description | Presentation and debate at LSE, P Dwyer 19 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer made a presentation titled 'Identity and the welfare state: the challenge of welfare conditionality for sustaining social solidarity', as part of a public event and debate in the Identity and the Welfare State: evolving challenges for sustaining social solidarity event in the LSE Festival: Beveridge 2.0 in London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at Liverpool University, Sociology dept, seminar series 22 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation: Welfare Conditionality and Social Justice, to Public Practices and Seminars series, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, by Professor Peter Dwyer, WelCond PI |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation at Military Veterans Conference, Salford, L Scullion 22 June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers director and WelCond researcher Dr Lisa Scullion presented 'Introducing Sanctions Support and Service Leavers Project' to the Military Veterans Conference, University of Salford. There was considerable interest in this presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.salford.ac.uk/onecpd/courses/military-veterans-conference |
| Description | Presentation by Professor P Dwyer to National Housing Federation Welfare Reform Conference Jan 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer outlined the project's first wave findings to an audience of senior practitioners and policy stakeholders in the housing sector. Also presenting were DWP officials and other welfare stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.housing.org.uk/events/browse-events/welfarereform/ |
| Description | Presentation of first Wave Findings to Salford Sanctions Task Force 23 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Lisa Scullion, WelCond researcher, presentation at DWP Benefit Conditionality and Sanctions in Salford - One Year On conference. Also present Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett. 40 delegates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation on Universal Credit to OECD, S Wright & L Scullion, 6 Sseptember 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond team members Dr Sharon Wright & Dr Lisa Scullion were invited to Paris to present to senior OECD policymakers on the problems of Universal Credit. Country specialist Jan Parielsson from the OECD acted as discussant. The audience included about 20 heads of division, senior economists, economists and statisticians mostly from the Economics Department and Labour Department. A return meeting in London is mooted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation to FrameWork HA, Nottingham, B Watts 25 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Beth Watts gave a presentation titled 'Navigating the ethics of responses to rough sleeping: intentions, impacts and innovation' to an audience of (mostly) housing association staff. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation to Greater Manchester Complex Dependency and Troubled Families Executive, 20 Oct 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Katy Jones, WelCond project researcher, on messages from our first wave findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to Greater Manchester Welfare Rights Advisers Group 17 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Lisa Scullion, WelCond researcher, University of Salford, on our first wave findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to HQN Rent Income Excellence Network annual conference, 12 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 170 delegates. Excellent feedback included: 'Very interesting.' 'Hopefully policy makers will take note.' 'Interesting.' 'Very worthwhile project, looking forward to the final outcome.' 'Great to hear about research that is being conducted.' 'Very interesting and academic.' 'Best of the day'!' 'Excellent topic, well presented.' 'Very interesting analysis. Excellent!' 'Relevant, up to date and hard hitting.' 'Great to see some great work being done.' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation to Homelessness and Austerity Public Forum17 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Professor Sarah Johnsen, WelCond Co-I, based on our first wave findings on homelessness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to Huddersfield Mission, P Dwyer 1 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of our first wave findings and analysis by WelCond Director and PI Professor Peter Dwyer at event to debate sanctions. Event title: Benefit Sanctions What's the Point |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://calderdalemethodists.org.uk/Events/Posters/sanctions01032017.pdf |
| Description | Presentation to Liverpool Hope University students: 'Behaviour Change in Action', James Kaufman Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 30 minute talk on welfare conditionality to a visiting group of 150 (ish) first year Social Policy undergraduates from Liverpool Hope University. Sparked discussion and included Q & A session. Students were engaged and informed about welfare conditionality and its broader impacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation to Open Data in Practice event, F Hughes 15 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Project Manager Fleur Hughes gave a presentation on good practice in managing open access data to an event at the University of York. A blog post giving details of the WelCond project website will be published. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation to Salford Financial Inclusion Task Group 27 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Lisa Scullion, WelCond researcher, University of Salford, on our first wave findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to Trinity College Dublin & Focus Ireland, B Watts 17 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Researcher Beth Watts presented on 'Navigating the ethics of responses to rough sleeping: intentions, impacts and innovation' at jointly held event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation to University of York research impact awayday 31 March 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of first wave findings by Dr Janis Bright, WelCond impact officer, to dept of social policy and social work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to Young Women's Trust meeting, Professor P Dwyer, 24 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Professor Dwyer was invited to present on WelCond's work to the Young Women's Trust. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation to the Tameside Poverty Action Group, October 2015 Katy Jones |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Katy Jones, University of Salford, invited to present at the Tameside Poverty Action Group (quarterly meeting) on Universal Credit. Sparked discussion and further expressions of interest in the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation: Diverting women from prison: the gendered nature of conditionality, punishment and control, CRESR PhD Showcase, Povey, L. Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sparked interest and debate about the PhD and wider project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation: Exploring vulnerability narratives within Behavioural Conditionality, ESRC Seminar Series, Stinson, H., Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | ESRC Seminar Series: Critical Dialogues on Psychology, Behaviour and Brain Science Summer School. Presentation by H Stinson, WelCond PhD student at University of York. Sparked discussion of association between behavioural conditionality, vulnerability and psychological goverance. Generated further interest in the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation: Povey, L. (24th Feb 2016) Watching While Being Watched: Early Reflections on Using Visual Methods with At Risk Women to Centre for the Study of Women and Gender Graduate Seminar Series 2015/16 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: Povey, L. (24th Feb 2016) 'Watching While Being Watched: Early Reflections on Using Visual Methods with 'At Risk' Women' to Centre for the Study of Women and Gender Graduate Seminar Series 2015/16 Sparked debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Press release University of Glasgow 24 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | University of Glasgow issued a press release on the WelCond final findings, in support of our media activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_586388_en.html |
| Description | Press release from Heriot-Watt University on our findings, 25 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | WelCond partner university issued a press release on our findings, in support of the project team |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/news/fresh-call-for-welfare-reform.htm |
| Description | Private briefing - Scullion 10 Mar 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Private briefing by WelCond researcher Dr Lisa Scullion with Leader and CEO of Trafford Council Cllr Sean Anstee and Theresa Grant, about our research and findings. Led to participation in our own Greater Manchester findings launch in June and to ongoing dialogue re welfare, benefits and poverty in Greater Manchester region, with a view to our research influencing the approach |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Private briefing with OECD, S Wright, 1 February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright, University of Glasgow, met economists Annabelle Mourougane and Mark Baker from the OECD UK Desk in Edinburgh, as a follow up to their previous meeting in autumn 2018. They discussed Universal Credit and the problems in its design and implementation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Private briefing with civil servants Scotland 9 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Briefing with senior civil servants Scotland in social security, social justice and; employability policy; and delivery departments with team members Dwyer, Wright, Stewart, Johnsen. Following this meeting Employability Minister Jamie Hepburn exchanged emails with project and praised the usefulness of this briefing. He said our information had 'helped shape' the Scottish government's thinking on social security. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Project website guest blogpost: Bielefield 31 Jan 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Shelley Bielefeld from the Australian National University wrote a guest blog for our WelCond website concerning cashless welfare card experiments by the Australian Government. The post has been accessed online more than 300 times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/01/cashless-welfare-card-experiments-regulating-vice-and... |
| Description | Project website guest blogpost: Meers 10 Mar 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blogpost by Jed Meers, PhD student at York Law School: 'Battling the bedroom tax: the wider implications of the supreme court ruling'. Much interest on Twitter and accessed more than 700 times online. Led to an offer from a law PhD research student from a different university to write a blog post, which was also published. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/03/battling-the-bedroom-tax-the-wider-implications-of-th... |
| Description | Request for information from Social Security Agency Northern Ireland, 27 Apr 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Request for information on our findings from Jennifer Gibb |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Research finds DWP claimants hold universally negative views, The National 2 Nov 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | News story in The National, Scotland, based on University of Glasgow/WelCond project press release |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.thenational.scot/politics/research-finds-dwp-claimants-hold-universally-negative-views.24... |
| Description | S Wright briefing meeting with Prof Jean Claude Barbier, to inform feature in Le Monde, 6 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond team member Dr Sharon Wright held a briefing meeting with M Barbier for his Le Monde opinion piece. Unfortunately his copy was cut before publication so our project did not feature but did influence background to the piece. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2018/09/06/pauvrete-ne-suivons-pas-l-exemple-anglais_5350904_32... |
| Description | SHUSU newsletter item 3 Mar 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Item on our research project. Led to enquiry from policy influencer at Homeless Link. This led to further dialogue on our findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Salford CVS story 24 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Salford Council for Voluntary Service reported our findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.salfordcvs.co.uk/welfare-conditionality-largely-ineffective-research-team-finds |
| Description | Sanctions, Support & Service Leavers event 19 April, Salford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The SSSL project, led by the University of Salford with the University of York as a partner, and linked to the WelCond project, held an event titled 'Sanctions, support and Service leavers: Welfare conditionality and transitions from military to civilian life' to launch its interim findings. It was well attended by a range of organisations and individuals concerned with forces veterans, and also representatives from the MoD and DWP. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sanctions: people around the UK tell their stories, Church Action on Poverty, 2 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Graham Aitchison from Church Action on Poverty wrote this blog post citing our WelCond research evidence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://voicesfromthemargins.org.uk/2018/07/02/sanctions-people-around-the-uk-share-their-stories/ |
| Description | Sarah Johnsen presentation to National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers, 4th Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The presentation sparked discussion among the audience The project received requests to be added to the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Scotsman newspaper opinion column on our findings, 12 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Columnist Darren McGarvey wrote a feature headlined 'The 'benefits' of Universal Credit should give Tories food for thought', citing our WelCond final findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/darren-mcgarvey-the-benefits-of-universal-credit-should-give-t... |
| Description | Scottish Government annual 'Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group' conference 7 December 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of our first wave findings on homelessness by Professor Sarah Johnsen, Co-I |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Seminar presentation at the Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Prof Suzanne Fitzpatrick presented a seminar entitled 'Housing rights' and 'rights to housing': exploring moral and legal discourses in an era of growing welfare conditionality in the UK to an audience of Australian academics. The presentation stimulated debate at the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Seminar presentation by Sharon Wright to the Social Policy Association Conference 2013: Social Policy in Challenging Times |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Sharon Wright's presentation, 'Nudging the behaviour of welfare recipients: encouraging the active welfare subject or punishing the poor?' stimulated discussion amongst the conference attendees. Discussion was stimulated amongst the attendees |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Seminar presentation by Suzanne Fitzpatrick at City Futures, University of New South Wales |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Seminar presentation at City Futures, University of New South Wales titled 'Housing rights' and 'rights to housing': exploring moral and legal discourses in an era of growing welfare conditionality in the UK The presentation stimulated discussion amongst colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Seminar presentation to Social Policy Association Conference by Sarah Johnsen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Seminar presentation to the Social Policy Association Conference 2013: Social Policy in Challenging Times titled 'Street clearance or coercive care? The use of enforcement to combat 'problematic street culture'' The presentation stimulated discussion amongst colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Seminar presentation: Peter Dwyer to COMPAS Oxford seminar series, 19 Nov 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The talk prompted debate and questions afterwards Increased activity on the project website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/wellbeing-and-migration-in-the-uk/ |
| Description | Series of discussions with British Psychological Society starting May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Following the launch of our first wave findings in May 2016 the British Psychological Society initiated a series of dialogues with WelCond director Professor Peter Dwyer, concerning our findings and the BPS ongoing work on the health effects of benefit sanctions. This eventually led to the WelCond evidence on in-work UC recipients being cited by BPS in its campaign beginning February 2017 for the UK government to suspend sanctions because of their negative health effects (see separate entry). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://beta.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/bps-calls-government-suspend-its-benefits-sanctions-system |
| Description | Sharon Wright and Sarah Johnsen paper to SPA conference, 6-8 July 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The presentation sparked discussion and questions among the audience The project received website visits and further additions to the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Sharon Wright chaired initial Policy Scotland network meeting, February 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The meeting sparked much discussion among members of the network. Colleagues at CRESR (Sheffield Hallam University) subsequently wrote a guest blog for the project website, published in September 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/welfare-reform-network-launch-event/ |
| Description | Sharon Wright presentation to Citizens Advice Bureau, Fife, August 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The presentation stimulated discussion The project website received visits and requests to join the mailing list. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Sharon Wright presentation to the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation Scotland, 30 June 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The presentation sparked discussion among the audience. The project received requests to join the mailing list |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Sharon Wright radio interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Sharon Wright on Central FM Increased interest in the project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Sharon Wright, Sarah Johnsen, paper to ESPAnet conference, Denmark 3-5 Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The presentation sparked discussion among the audience The project website was visited and there were further requests to join the mailing list. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Sheffield Hallam University press release 22 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Partner research organisation Sheffield Hallam University issued a press release about the project findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/new-study-finds-welfare-conditionality-ineffective |
| Description | Shelter blog on our research 8 Mar 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog written by K Webb giving extensive detail on our social housing research first wave findings: 'Fixed term tenancies failing on everyone's terms'. Picked up and used by several Lords in debate on Housing and Planning Bill 2016 then going through parliament (noted in Hansard). Helped to achieve concessions on FTTs - see separate entry in 'Influence' section. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://blog.shelter.org.uk/2016/03/fixed-term-tenancies-failing-on-everyones-terms/ |
| Description | Skype meeting P Dwyer with H Hirano, Mejiro University, Japan, 3 March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hiroya Hirano, Associate Professor Ph.D., Department of Social Welfare Services, Faculty of Human Sciences, Mejiro University, Tokyo, began a dialogue with Professor P Dwyer, WelCond PI, concerning their mutual research interests and a potential Anglo- Japanese comparative study by Hirano using the WELCOND methodology. They met via skype for a one hour conversation. Dwyer forwarded first wave findings and also relevant academic sources re welfare conditionality and citizenship. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Social Security Workshop 12 December 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Second in series of Social Policy Association funded workshops, organised by Michael Orton. Dr Sharon Wright, Co-I, University of Glasgow, hosted this event in Glasgow. M Orton agreed to follow up with blog for our website (listed separately)), further raising profile of the series and the WelCond project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Social Security and Social Justice, Towards a Fairer Scotland - presentation to 6th Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation by WelCond project Co-I Dr Sharon Wright, University of Glasgow. Part of high profile debate in Scotland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Social Security in Scotland: WelCond findings event, 13 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Sharon Wright and Dr ABR Stewart from the University of Glasgow organised and presented at this event, which launched the WelCond findings for Scotland. A special edition of our project findings on Scotland was launched and paper copies distributed. A number of senior policy staff from third sector and public organisations attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Social Security in Scotland: briefing to MSPs, Holyrood, 8 September 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Highly successful briefing by Professor Peter Dwyer, Welcond PI, Dr Sharon Wright, Professor Sarah Johnsen (Welcond Co-Is). Minister and 13 other MSPs present. As a result, MSP Sandra White tabled motion to Scottish Parliament 'notes with concern the first wave findings of the welfare conditionality study' + details. She also wrote to Damian Green (sec state DWP) calling for urgent review of conditionality and sanctions based on evidence from our first wave findings. Press coverage in Daily Record. Subsequently led to a special debate on our findings in Scottish Parliament (see other entries) and influence on future Scottish Government policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/shock-study-shows-brutal-benefits-8796381 |
| Description | Social Security in Scotland: first wave findings from the welfare conditionality project event 7 July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Guest speakers John Dickie, CPAG in Scotland, and Rosalind Tyler-Greig, Inclusion Scotland. Chair: Hugh Henry, Former Convenor, Welfare Reform Committee, Scottish Parliament. Presentations by WelCond team members S Wright, P Dwyer, ABR Stewart, S Johnson. 68 delegates (88 booked), lots of tweets, 5 newsletter signups, 1 delegate wrote piece for Herald, follow up from Glasgow Disability Alliance (see separate entries). Special Scotland findings paper 300 copies distributed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/9th-june-welfare-conditionality-social-security-in-scotland/ |
| Description | Spare Any Change? The Practices and Politics of Begging - presentation S Johnsen 31 July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Professor Sarah Johnsen appeared at a Glasgow Skeptics event in the city. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/events/239126839935414 |
| Description | Story by Scope Northern Ireland, 25 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Cope NI which works for the third sector in Northern Ireland ran a lead story and commentary on our findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://scopeni.nicva.org/article/sanctions-have-been-a-dystopian-farce-but-there-are-wider-problems-... |
| Description | Study finds that brutal reality of benefit sanctions is even worse than films like I, Daniel Blake, says academic - Daily Record 2 Nov 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Feature by Dr Sharon Wright, WelCond project Co-I. Subsequently generated substantial interest on Twitter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/dr-sharon-wright-9176781 |
| Description | Symposium paper by Peter Dwyer given to the Social Policy Association Conference 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Symposium paper to the Social Policy Association Conference 2013: Social Policy in Challenging Times titled 'Rewriting the contract? Welfare reform and the rights and responsibilities of disabled people' The presentation stimulated discussion amongst colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Symposium paper given by Del Roy Fletcher to the Social Policy Association Conference 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Symposium paper to the Social Policy Association Conference 2013 titled Workfare - a blast from the past? Contemporary work conditionality for the unemployed in historical perspective The presentation stimulated discussion amongst colleagues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Talk on Universal Credit, K Jones, 24 January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Katy Jones gave a talk on Universal Credit to Salford CAB. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Canary story on our findings 24 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Canary political blog ran a story and commentary based on our findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2018/05/22/the-latest-news-on-the-dwp-has-left-its-reputation-i... |
| Description | The DWP sneaked out a damning admission just before parliament closed for the summer, The Canary 25 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | S Topple in this Canary feature cited our WelCond research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2018/07/25/the-dwp-sneaked-out-a-damning-admission-just-before-parliamen... |
| Description | The DWP was just caught red-handed 'fiddling' benefit sanctions figures, The Canary 19 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This article in The Canary cites the WelCond findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2018/07/19/the-dwp-was-just-caught-red-handed-fiddling-benefit-sanctions... |
| Description | The Independent story on our findings, 23 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Independent newspaper ran a lead story based on our findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/benefit-sanctions-increasing-poverty-and-pushing-peo... |
| Description | The London Economic news story 23 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The London Economic picked up on our findings and ran a commentary |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/james-obrien-report-proves-tories-hostile-environment-n... |
| Description | The ethics of welfare conditionality, presentation B Watts, Australian National University 12 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Dr Beth Watts gave a presentation at the 'What Australia Thinks' event at Australian National University, Canberra. She outlined her recently co-authored WelCond book. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://rsss.cass.anu.edu.au/events/exploring-ethics-welfare-conditionality |
| Description | The police and domestic abuse crime: positive steps but much more to be done, blog 10 October 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog by Larissa Povey, WelCond PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University, for British Society of Criminology website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://bscpostgrads.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/phd-blog-the-police-and-domestic-abuse-crime-positive-... |
| Description | UC presentation CPAG conference P Dwyer 7 September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer made a joint presentation with a PhD student at the CPAG national conference titled 'Universal Credit - Understanding and Managing the Risks for Families'. The presentation was titled 'UC: issues and concerns for individuals and families'. At the event Professor Dwyer made an important connection with the Director of Social Security for the Isle of Man Government. This led to further discussions on helping to shape IoM welfare policy and practice, and to a potential opportunity for his deputy director to take an MA/MRes at the University of York, supervised by Prof Dwyer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | UC: issues and concerns for individuals and families, CPAG conference, 7 Sept 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer presented at the CPAG welfare rights conference, titled Universal Credit - Understanding and Managing the Risks for Families. At the conference he met the director of social security for the Isle of Man Government and also the financial support partnerships manager for Macmillan Cancer Research, both of which have been followed up with further dialogue. , |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | UK study suggests that welfare conditionality does more harm than good, Basic Income Earth Network News 31 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | H Trippier in this online feature cited our WelCond research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://basicincome.org/news/2018/07/united-kingdom-study-suggests-that-welfare-conditionality-does-... |
| Description | Unconditional support or Tough Love conference, HQN event 30 November 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on our first wave findigs on social housing by Dr Beth Watts, WelCond project researcher. Useful debate on housing issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/publications/conference-presentation-social-housing/ |
| Description | Understanding EU migrant responses to homelessness, R Serpa 29 March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PhD student Regina Serpa (Heriot-Watt University) presented her work at the 'Brexit: what welfare, what rights for EU migrants in the UK?' roundtable event in York. Her work was very well received and a video of her presentation will be used to support her future lectures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/03/free-event-brexit-what-welfare-what-rights-for-europe... |
| Description | Unite press release drawing on our findings 24 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Unite the Union published a press release drawing on our findings concerning Universal Credit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/universal-credit-is-causing-a-hostile-environment-for-thousands-of... |
| Description | Universal Credit Flaws (114 academics letter calling for UC changes), 9 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and Co-I Dr Sharon Wright were two of the three lead signatories of a letter published in the Daily Telegraph calling for changes to Universal Credit. They were supported by 111 other academics who signed the letter. Publication led to the WelCond team briefing selected MPs and Lords in three separate debates on UC in the folowing days. Ahead of the debates the government offered concessions that were among those called for in the letter. The letter was picked up by the York Press which ran a story. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20171109/282114931852264 |
| Description | Universal Credit is built around flawed incentives that are doing real damage - fixing it is essential: blog for The Conversation, 26 October 2018 Wright, Scullion, Dwyer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Team members Dr Sharon Wright, Dr Lisa Scullion and Professor Peter Dwyer wrote a blog for The Conversation on Universal Credit, to coincide with Westminster parliamentary activity on that topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/universal-credit-is-built-around-flawed-incentives-that-are-doing-real-d... |
| Description | University of Glasgow press release 22 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Partner research organisation the University of Glasgow issued a press release on our project findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_586388_en.html |
| Description | University of York press release 22 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The University of York press released the project findings, receiving numerous enquiries as a result. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/welfare-conditionality-is-ineffective/ |
| Description | Video - gender and conditionality, S White 20 August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | New Statesman ran a piece on CPAG report re gender & Universal Credit. We responded on Twitter & uploaded our video, featuring WelCond team member Dr Sharon Wright, in support |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/285839775 |
| Description | Video - lone parents, S Johnsen, 14 August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond team member Professor Sarah Johnsen appeared in a Twitter video explaining our findings on lone parents |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/285975479 |
| Description | Video on social housing, B Watts, 16 August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Beth Watts appeared in this Twitter video explaining the WelCond findings on social housing and fixed term tenancies. Released to coincide with Social Housing Green Paper announcement on FTTs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/285249402 |
| Description | Video: Scotland findings, S Wright 13 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A Twitter video made to launch our WelCond findings on Scotland, featuring Dr Sharon Wright, has to date received more than 1200 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/285988402 |
| Description | Voices from Greater Manchester: Welfare Conditionality project first wave findings event 13 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond event supported by Making Research Count, University of Salford. Guest chair and speakers: Prof Philip Brown, University of Salford; Malcolm Gardner, The Welfare Reform Club; Councillor Sean Anstee, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council; Catherine Connors, Salford City Partnership. Presentations by WelCond team members Scullion, Dwyer, Jones. Original video for WelCond by Peter Begg. 56 delegates. 2 offers of guest blogs for WelCond. Pledge by Cllr Anstee to involve project in future work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://hub.salford.ac.uk/mrc/welfare-conditionality/ |
| Description | WelCond PhD student seminar March 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This second annual PhD students' event allowed our eight PhD students to gain experience and knowledge by presenting their own work, and to engage with the project via presentations from other team members. Wider audiences were engaged through Twitter and the project website. This led to request from @GRTPA_UK for info exchange re Roma. Students based at different team universities began collaborative work after meeting at the seminar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/publications/phd-research-students-event-2016/ |
| Description | WelCond blog: Gamers or victims: how can you 'play the game' on benefits if you don't know the rules?, 9 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Further publication of blog by WelCond researcher Dr Jenny McNeill (Universities of Sheffield and York), first published on LSE blog site (see separate entry). The original academic publication was named among the 'top five' most read articles by Policy Press for 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/02/gamers-or-victims-how-can-you-play-the-game-on-benefi... |
| Description | WelCond first wave findings, McNeill 16 March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | WelCond researcher Dr Jenny McNeill gave a presentation on the project's first wave findings to students in her Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | WelCond international networking event, 31 January to 2 February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The WelCond project received funding to host an international networking seminar, designed to kickstart a new network on welfare conditionality in six high-income Anglophone countries. The event heard presentations from each country, including from early career researchers, and agreed to establish a new network with a steering group of academic and non-academic members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | WelCond interview: He, Daniel Blake. J Bright, 7 Dec 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dave Johns, lead actor of the film I, Daniel Blake, gave an interview to the WelCond project in the wake of controversy over whether the film depicted 'real' situations faced by welfare service users. Written up and published on the WelCond website by WelCond Impact Officer Dr Janis Bright. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/12/he-daniel-blake/ |
| Description | WelCond project Twitter followers to Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The project's @WelCond account had 1080 Twitter followers at 28 Feb 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | WelCond project final findings Salford launch, 18 July 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The WelCond final findings launch in Salford was primarily aimed at engaging with Greater Manchester's leading political organisations including the Mayors, local authorities and regional DWP, as well as third sector organisations. WelCond team members Dr Lisa Scullion and Dr Katy Jones organised and presented, with Professor Peter Dwyer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | WelCond project final findings parliamentary launch, 22 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The WelCond project held a launch event in the Westminster parliament for its final findings. The event was hosted by York Central MP Rachael Maskell and attended by a number of MPs, MPs' researchers, Lords, and senior leaders of third sector organisations. Members of the WelCond team from each of the partner universities presented their findings: PI Professor Peter Dwyer, Co-Is Dr Sharon Wright, Dr Lisa Scullion, Professor Del Roy Fletcher, Professor John Flint, Professor Sarah Johnsen. Printed copies of the findings papers were distributed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | WelCond project online newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The project publishes a bi-monthly newsletter, which is emailed to subscribers and also available on our website. Number of subscribers at 28 Feb 2017: 550 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | WelCond project website visits to end of year 4 - 28 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The WelCond website received 29,000 visits during the year 1 March 2016 to 28 Feb 2017 (cumulative from Nov 2015: 34,500). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/ |
| Description | WelCond research team launch Scotland findings, press release 13 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A WelCond press release about our Scotland findings and event, prepared by the University of Glasgow and published on both organisations' websites, attracted considerable interest. A video embedded in the @UofG Twitter feed received more than 1000 views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_607062_en.html |
| Description | WelCond video - migrants, L Scullion 29 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | This new video explained the effects of welfare conditionallity on migrants to the UK, particularly those from EU countries. It was linked to an academic journal paper and non-academic WelCond briefings on this topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286324425 |
| Description | WelCond video - overview of our final findings, P Dwyer 29 October 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our WelCond video giving a summary of our final findings featured our PI Professor Peter Dwyer. It was released to coincide with his keynote address at the Australian Council of Social Service conference in Sydney and attracted considerable interest (almost 1000 views in the first two months). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286368686 |
| Description | WelCond video - problems with Universal Credit, 15 October 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This new Twitter video explaining the serious structural problems with Universal Credit and our recommendations features WelCond Co-I Dr Sharon Wright. It received more than 1,600 views in the first three months after release. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286330654 |
| Description | WelCond video on anti-social behaviour, J Flint 10 November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Professor John Flint featured in this new Twitter video explaining our findings and recommendations on anti-social behaviour and conditionality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286343316 |
| Description | WelCond video on disability, launched 20 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Our WelCond Twitter video explaining our findings on disability, featuring WelCond researcher Dr Katy Jones, reached more than 300 people in the first two days of viewing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286326905 |
| Description | WelCond video on offenders, launched 18 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond Co-I Professor Del Roy Fletcher featured in a new WelCond Twitter video explaining our findings on conditionality and offenders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/286318672 |
| Description | WelCond website and social media stats to 4 March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The WelCond website has received 127,650 visits from December 2014 to 4 March 2019. Twitter followers amount to 2,043 and the project newsletter has a subscriber list of 796. The email newsletter's open rate is more than 40%, against an industry average of 18%. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions, Support and Behaviour Change - First Wave Findings - York event 7 July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Event held jointly with Making Research Count York, aimed at practitioners. Presentations by Professor Sarah Johnson, WelCond Co-I, Dr Janis Bright, WelCond impact officer and Dr Jenny McNeill, WelCond researcher. Chaired by Dr Ewa Duda-Mikulin, WelCond coding officer. Audience included social workers supporting young adults, and family intervention workers. Valuable debate and exchange of information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.york.ac.uk/spsw/news-and-events/events/mrc/currentevents/mrc7thjuly2016/ |
| Description | Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions, Support and Behaviour Change - First Wave Findings launch event London 11 May 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Hosted and chaired by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, guest speakers Fran Parry, Brightsparks consultancy, and Matt Oakley, Westminster Policy Forum thinktank. Presentations from team members Dwyer P, Scullion L, Wright S. Written response from DWP was read out. Extensive subsequent interest in media and with policy stakeholders. 60 delegate bookings including 2 MPs, 6 senior civil servants. Led directly to discussions with employers' organisation ERSA, oral evidence to National Audit Office inquiry on benefit sanctions, discussions with British Psychological Association about future collaboration, and meeting with Debbie Abrahams MP, shadow secretary of state for Work and Pensions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/05/effects-of-welfare-sanctions-and-conditional-support-... |
| Description | Welfare Weekly story 24 May 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Welfare Weekly, the professional magazine for people in social services and related work, ran a story from the Guardian on our findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://welfareweekly.com/benefit-sanctions-found-to-be-ineffective-and-damaging/ |
| Description | Welfare conditionality : some issues and concerns for families and children, presentation to Good Shepherd, Australia, 20 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer made a presentation by invitation to the Good Shepherd event in Melbourne, via video link. The event was titled 'Picking up the pieces: the fallout of welfare reform forum' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Welfare conditionality and Armed Forces Service leavers: addressing a knowledge gap: blog by L Scullion 26 June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog by SSSL director and WelCond researcher Dr Lisa Scullion was published on the WelCond website, in support of the related SSSL policy briefing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/06/welfare-conditionality-and-armed-forces-service-leave... |
| Description | Welfare conditionality and Armed Forces Service leavers: some initial findings - Dr Katy Jones blog 19 April 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Drs Katy Jones and Lisa Scullion, University of Salford, written to publicise the first wave findings of the Sanctions, Support & Service Leavers project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2018/04/welfare-conditionality-and-armed-forces-service-leave... |
| Description | Welfare conditionality first wave findings - HouseMark presentation 15 November 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of our first wave findings overview by Katy Jones, WelCond project researcher, to Welfare Reform Impact Club. Well received and interest on Twitter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Welfare conditionality first wave findings - HouseMark presentation 17 November 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of our first wave findings overview by Dr Jenny McNeill, WelCond project researcher, to Welfare Reform Impact Club |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Welfare conditionality first wave findings - HouseMark presentation 18 October 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Katy Jones, WelCond researcher, in London. Well received and generated considerable Twitter interest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Welfare conditionality first wave findings - presentation to HQN 16 Nov 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of our first wave findings over view by Katy Jones, WelCond project researcher, to Pathways to work, Pathways to Successful Tenancies event in Manchester, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://hqnetwork.co.uk/events/pathways-to-work-pathways-to-successful-tenancies |
| Description | Welfare conditionality first wave findings - presentation to HQN 19 Oct 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Katy Jones, WelCond project researcher, in London. Well received and generated interest on Twitter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://hqnetwork.co.uk/events/pathways-to-work-pathways-to-successful-tenancies |
| Description | Welfare conditionality in Ireland: evidence from longitudinal interviews, WelCond guest blog, 21 Feb 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Tom Boland and Ray Griffin from Waterford Institute of Technology wrote a guest blog on their longitudinal research into the effects of 'work activation' policies in Ireland. The research was inspired by the WelCond project. The blog attracted considerable attention and the authors would like to engage further with the WelCond project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2017/02/welfare-conditionality-in-ireland-evidence-from-longi... |
| Description | Welfare conditionality: sanctions, support and behaviour change - ESRC blog 20 Oct 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited blog by Dr Janis Bright, WelCond impact officer, and Professor Peter Dwyer,PI, on our first wave findings. Considerable interest on Twitter and re-tweet from Patrick Butler on The Guardian |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://blog.esrc.ac.uk/2016/10/20/welfare-conditionality-sanctions-support-and-behaviour-change/ |
| Description | What can be done about benefit sanctions? - WelCond project website guest blog 14 July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog by Professor Michael Adler of the University of Edinburgh, critiquing legal aspects of the welfare system and sanctions regime. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/07/what-can-be-done-about-benefit-sanctions/ |
| Description | What it's like to transition on to Universal Credit: Dwyer & Wright, The Conversation blog 5 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer and Co-I Dr Sharon Wright wrote a blog based on the project's Universal Credit research, for the influential The Conversation website. It attracted considerable interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/what-its-like-to-transition-on-to-universal-credit-85190 |
| Description | What practical, concrete steps can be taken to put the security back into social security in the short to medium term? blog 14 Dec 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog for WelCond website by Dr Michael Orton, Senior Research Fellow, Warwick Institute for Employment Research at Warwick University, as follow up to event series (listed separately) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.welfareconditionality.ac.uk/2016/12/what-practical-concrete-steps-would-you-suggest-to-pu... |
| Description | What practical, concrete steps can be taken to put the security back into social security in the short to medium term? event 29 Nov 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Workshop hosted by Dr Lisa Scullion, WelCond researcher, organised by Dr Michael Orton, part of Social Policy Association funded series on social security |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | When politics and people collide, how can you really support the armed forces community?, R Lock in House Magazine, 24 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | CEO of Forces in Mind Trust Ray Lock wrote a feature for The House magazine discussing our linked project Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | When welfare isn't fair, D Tennant 8 August 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | David Tennant, CEO of Good Shepherd, Australian third sector organisation, wrote a blog for the VCOSS site reviewing our WelCond research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://vcoss.org.au/analysis/when-welfare-isnt-fair/ |
| Description | Why benefit sanctions are ineffective and harmful - LSE Policy & Politics blog Wright Johnsen & Scullion, 14 September 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | WelCond team members Dr Sharon Wright, Prof Sarah Johnsen & Dr Lisa Scullion wrote this blog based on our final findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/benefit-sanctions-are-harmful-and-ineffective/ |
| Description | York professor in fightback against Universal Credit, Nouse, 24 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Student reporter Connor Drake interviewed WelCond PI Professor Peter Dwyer for the University of York student magazine Nouse, and wrote up a news story. Connor then volunteered to help out at the WelCond international conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nouse.co.uk/2017/11/21/york-professor-leads-fightback-against-universal-credit/ |