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This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy by Ellen Stewart and Kathy Dodworth. Click here to access the article. Public fundraising for the NHS – via official ‘NHS Charities’ – grew exponentially during the covid-19 pandemic. NHS Charities Together’s Urgent Covid-19 Appeal raised around £150 million. However the precise… Continue reading Fundraising for the NHS: Policy and Practice in Scotland →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Uisce Jordan. Click here to read the article. Men unable to work due to their mental health face a multitude of challenges. There is stigma related to both mental illness and welfare status, which can be experienced separately as well as intersect. In the… Continue reading Voluntary Work: A Form of Resisting Stigma? →

This blog is based on an article in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy by Lisa Schmidthuber, Charlotte Fechter, Heike Schröder and Moritz Hess. Click here to access the article. The paper considers the relationship between welfare reforms and individual retirement behaviour in Austria and Germany. In doing so it evaluates how specific… Continue reading How Do People Respond to Later Retirement Ages? Evidence from Austria and Germany →

This blog is based on an article in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy by Zahid Mumtaz and Peter Whiteford. Click here to access the article. Low-income countries are confronted with fiscal constraints that restrict their capacity to provide welfare to their populations. As a result, informal networks - such as immediate and… Continue reading Informal Welfare in Low-Income Countries →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Bren Neale. Click here to access the article. Drawing on a recent article in SPS, and related writings, this blog explores causality as a key concept in social policy research. The need to engage with complex causal processes - with their multiple,… Continue reading Re-thinking Causality for Social Policy Research →