Because educational inequality begins at a young age, early intervention is therefore required. This has prompted Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to pledge that her government’s key priority will be closing the poverty-related attainment gap in Scotland. Overall, refer to isolated factor, but remind us there are other ways to tackle inequality Evaluate….. 7. Evaluate / Analyse the effectiveness of different ways to tackle inequality Effective ways Less effective ways Government mention some of above govt policies in Government mention some of govt policies in – – benefits, housing, health and education benefits, housing, health and education Also, the voluntary sector and charities can work to However, as valuable as charities are, they do not reduce inequality. Food banks are an example of set policy but rather simply respond to it, so they are charities working to reduce inequality by providing often powerless to actually change the direction of emergency food to people most in need. There are the Government. Arguably, the growing dependency over 400 food banks across the UK, 50 in Scotland. on food banks suggests the ineffectiveness of the Perhaps as a consequence of UK government cuts to Government in tackling inequalities. SNP MP Mhairi benefits, there has been a massive rose in the number Black made this point in 2015, saying: of food banks in the UK recently. A 2015 BBC documentary Food Bank: Scotland’s Hidden banks are not part of the Welfare State, they ‘The “Food Hunger’ showed that the Trussell Trust charity which are a symbol that the Welfare State is failing.” runs the food banks, says it has handed out over 1 million emergency food parcels in the UK in the last Perhaps the rise of food banks is a sign that the year, up from 347,000 the year before. This suggests Minimum Wage is too low. The Living Wage that they are doing vital work as so many people are Commission recommend a higher wage’ ‘living using them. It also suggests that the public are keen instead but over 5 million people currently earn to support food banks, as they are entirely dependent below the set Living Wage, and some of those using on donations from the public. If they did not exist, food banks are the working poor. perhaps many of these people would have nothing to
Because educational inequality begins at a young age, early intervention is therefore required. This has prompted Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to pledge that her government’s key priority will be closing the poverty-related attainment gap in Scotland. Overall, refer to isolated factor, but remind us there are other ways to tackle inequality Evaluate….. 7. Evaluate / Analyse the effectiveness of different ways to tackle inequality Effective ways Less effective ways Government – mention some of above govt policies in benefits, housing, health and education Government – mention some of govt policies in benefits, housing, health and education Also, the voluntary sector and charities can work to reduce inequality. Food banks are an example of charities working to reduce inequality by providing emergency food to people most in need. There are over 400 food banks across the UK, 50 in Scotland. Perhaps as a consequence of UK government cuts to benefits, there has been a massive rose in the number of food banks in the UK recently. A 2015 BBC documentary ‘The Food Bank: Scotland’s Hidden Hunger’ showed that the Trussell Trust charity which runs the food banks, says it has handed out over 1 million emergency food parcels in the UK in the last year, up from 347,000 the year before. This suggests that they are doing vital work as so many people are using them. It also suggests that the public are keen to support food banks, as they are entirely dependent on donations from the public. If they did not exist, perhaps many of these people would have nothing to However, as valuable as charities are, they do not set policy but rather simply respond to it, so they are often powerless to actually change the direction of the Government. Arguably, the growing dependency on food banks suggests the ineffectiveness of the Government in tackling inequalities. SNP MP Mhairi Black made this point in 2015, saying: “Food banks are not part of the Welfare State, they are a symbol that the Welfare State is failing.” Perhaps the rise of food banks is a sign that the Minimum Wage is too low. The Living Wage Commission recommend a higher ‘living wage’ instead but over 5 million people currently earn below the set Living Wage, and some of those using food banks are the working poor.
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