Welcome
to the downloads page of our site. Here you will find some interesting
reports that are impacting upon our
work. Some are very new whilst others are a little older but still carry
some currency. We will bring new reports to this
page as and when they are published.
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1. Treasury Long Term Strategy
for Financial Capability
Released in early 2007, the long-term strategy still needs detail to be
added. Look to the current spending
review and for the impact of coming political change!
2. Stern Report on Economics
of Climate Change
Just the Executive Summary here due to the length of the full report.
Issued 2007.
3. Treasury Pre-Budget Report 2006
4. Financial Capability: Delivering
Change (2006)
From the FSA, this document sets out the 7 point strategy for developing
financial capability for the UK.
5. Financial Capability in the UK: Establishing
a Baseline (2006)
Research from Bristol University offering the first snapshot of financial
capability across the UK population.
6. Budget 2006 (2006)
7. The Treasury’s budget for
2006 (2006)
8. Education & Inspections Bill:
(2006)
This is the education bill currently in Parliament that will introduce
Foundation Schools and which has been the
focus of much public concern.
9. A new deal for welfare: Empowering
people to work (2006)
This is the government’s initiative reforming long-term benefit
and in particular incapacity benefit.
10. Pre-Budget Report 2005 (2005)
The Chancellor’s pre-budget statement from the autumn of 2005
11. Higher Standards, better schools
for all (2005)
The White Paper introducing Foundation Schools and raising the issue of
selection by ability or aptitude.
12. Financial Education: A review of existing
provision in the UK (2005)
Review of financial education provision undertaken by the Department for
Work & Pensions
13. Every Child Matters: Change for
Children in Schools (2004)
Guidance to schools particularly emphasising the ‘personalising’
of learning.
14. Solving the Pension Problem
Just published in October 2004 by the Pensions Commission, the Turner
report provides options for dealing with the
pensions problem. Responses to the proposals are required by January 2005.
15. Jobs and Enterprise
in Deprived Areas
Hot of the press – published September 2004. This publication from
the Deputy Prime Minister’s Officer sets out what can be done to
tackle the “concentrations of worklessness” that exist in parts
of England. Some interesting research material here as analysis of worklessness
has been undertaken on a street by street basis.
16. Building financial capability
in the UK: the role of advice
Published in July 2004 by the FSA, this report builds upon the previous
strategy documents from the FSA’s working groups looking at financial
capability.
17. Gender Briefing
Published in April 2004 by the Women’s and Equality Unit, this publication
provides the latest figures on female participation in economic activity.
Did you know that 70% of women of working age are now in employment of
some form compared with 78% of men?
18. Action on Debt: Why it matters
and what you can do
Published by the Social Exclusion Unit in 2004, the pack provides an overview
of debt in a range of social contexts and offers guidance on actions that
can be taken at local level.
19. Building financial capability
in the UK
The first report published by the FSA in 2004 from the financial capability
working party. The report sets out the 7 project areas and the membership
of its advisory groups.
20. Social Enterprise –
A strategy for success
Published at the end of 2003 by the DTI, the report looks at the progress
being made against the government’s strategy for the development
of social enterprise. We have seen from our own increasing work in this
field just how stimulating and challenging this sector is becoming.
21. Towards a national strategy
for financial capability
Published in 2003 by FSA, the document sets out the FSA’s preliminary
thinking in advance of the establishment of its working groups on financial
capability. The document sets out what FSA sees as the problem and the
beginnings of its strategy.
22. Financial Capability
at Key Stages 3 & 4
Published in 2000 by DfES, this is the advisory criteria provided for
schools in England for the introduction of personal finance education.
The criteria in the download covers Key Stages 3 and 4.
23. Adult Financial Capability
Framework
Published jointly in 2000 by the FSA and Basic Skills Agency. This is
the advisory criteria for the development of financial capability in adults.
The criteria is structured in a similar way to, and builds on that published
by DfES for schools.
24.
Enterprise and Social Exclusion
Published by the Treasury in 1999, this important report examined how
enterprise could be used more in deprived communities to enable improved
income and employment along with aiding the improvement of social indicators
such as health and education. Many current initiatives have arisen as
a direct result of the thesis contained in this publication.
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