Press release archive

December

Job insecurity points to slowdown in home ownership growth

December 10, 1997

Report urges end to 'Them and Us' contracts with the voluntary sector'

December 1, 1997
November

'Czar' warned to beware of myths about young people who use drugs

November 1, 1997

Adult children caring for elderly parents 'need more help in coping with stress'

November 1, 1997
October

Benefit reform 'more important for work incentives than income tax cuts'

October 1, 1997

Flat ownership laws need reform

October 1, 1997

Homebuyers and tenants should be told about contaminated land, says report

October 1, 1997
September

Effectiveness of welfare to work schemes 'must be urgently reviewed'

September 19, 1997

Marriage counselling services 'must be sensitive to needs of Asian minorities'

September 1, 1997

Welfare to work hampered by lack of qualifications among lone mothers

September 1, 1997

Pre-divorce problems contribute to later difficulties

September 1, 1997

Independent writers gain journalist awards

September 1, 1997
August

Britain has become less equal in death, warns JRF report

August 1, 1997

New-style city-centre apartments: Competition finalists chosen

August 1, 1997

Disadvantaged children 'at greater risk of adult mental health problems'

August 1, 1997

DIY owners spend more than £4bn a year

August 1, 1997
July

Pilot schemes offer possible model for a national youth volunteering service

July 30, 1997

Contract culture brings far-reaching changes in the role of volunteers

July 14, 1997

Movements in low pay and incomes

July 1, 1997

Parents make sacrifices to cover the high costs of child-rearing

July 1, 1997

Involving residents in tackling social problems on estates benefits communities and landlords

July 1, 1997

Action urged to tackle clash between housing policy and community care

July 1, 1997
June

Welfare to work: Integrating taxes and benefits would have mixed results says JRF analysis

June 30, 1997

Plans for a new private rented sector launched by Rowntree Foundation

June 24, 1997

Divorce mediators urged to review approach to domestic violence

June 1, 1997

Riots report warns of continuing social breakdown on estates

June 1, 1997
May

Welfare spending yields only modest reduction in widening gap between rich and poor

May 20, 1997

Low take-up for private mortgage insurance leaves home owners at risk

May 1, 1997
April

New housing 'will have to last longer than the Pyramids' says report

April 1, 1997

Nolan commends codes of practice for voluntary sector

April 1, 1997

Elected mayor and authority would need real powers to end weak government in London

April 1, 1997
March

Joseph Rowntree Foundation Certificate In Care

March 1, 1997

Urban renewal gets long-term unemployed back to work

March 1, 1997
February

Private insurance 'not a painless solution to welfare pressures', warns report

February 1, 1997

Lifetime Homes match higher building standards with long-term cost-effectiveness

February 1, 1997

Newcomers to social housing 'more disadvantaged than existing tenants'

February 1, 1997
January

Rowntree Housing Trust rejects fair rents

January 1, 1997

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