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Scoping the development of a critical employment pathway for IOM Offenders in County Durham and Darlington (2015)
Report
Irving, A., Soppitt, S., Rowe, M., & Lilley, S. (2015). Scoping the development of a critical employment pathway for IOM Offenders in County Durham and Darlington. Institute for Local Government

In summer 2014, Northumbria University was commissioned by the Institute for Local
Government (ILG), on behalf of Durham Constabulary, to review evidence regarding the
relationship between employment and desistance and explore employment support fo... Read More about Scoping the development of a critical employment pathway for IOM Offenders in County Durham and Darlington.

Evaluation of the Positive Pathways Programme for Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company (2015)
Report
Irving, A., Rowe, M., Soppitt, S., & Liley, S. (2015). Evaluation of the Positive Pathways Programme for Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company. Northumbria Probation Trust

Positive Pathways (PP) – a new strengths-based model of desistance – was introduced within
Northumbria CRC in June 2014. It commenced with a three-day staff training programme, which
over 124 practitioners have completed.

A whole city response to the use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) by young people in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2015)
Report
Irving, A., Parker, C., & Soppitt, S. (2015). A whole city response to the use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) by young people in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Newcastle City Council

In recent years, Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) (otherwise known as ‘legal highs’) have posed an
increasingly significant problem for practitioners and policy makers due to their widespread availability,
largely unknown chemical composition an... Read More about A whole city response to the use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) by young people in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Benefit sanctions and homelessness : a report by the North East Homelessness Think Tank (2015)
Report
Irving, A., & Harding, J. (2015). Benefit sanctions and homelessness : a report by the North East Homelessness Think Tank. Northern Rock Foundation

The election of a Conservative government in May 2015, with a commitment to cutting welfare benefits for people of
working age, has heightened concerns over the process by which people are sanctioned (i.e. have their benefits reduced
or stopped com... Read More about Benefit sanctions and homelessness : a report by the North East Homelessness Think Tank.

An evaluation of the British Red Cross’ Educational Pilot Project for young people serving reparation orders (2015)
Report
Irving, A., Dresser, P., & Soppitt, S. (2015). An evaluation of the British Red Cross’ Educational Pilot Project for young people serving reparation orders. British Red Cross

Using Newcastle Youth Offending Team (YOT) as a case-study, this report presents
the findings of the evaluation of the British Red Cross (BRC) Educational Pilot Project
(EPP) for service users serving reparation as part of Community Orders.

Co‐producing Approaches to the Management of Dementia through Social Prescribing (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, K., & Irving, A. (2016). Co‐producing Approaches to the Management of Dementia through Social Prescribing. Social Policy and Administration, 50(3), 379-397. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12127

A promising approach to the management of dementia is ‘social prescribing’. Social prescribing is a form of ‘co-production’ that involves linking patients with non-clinical activities, typically delivered by voluntary and community groups, in an effo... Read More about Co‐producing Approaches to the Management of Dementia through Social Prescribing.

Housing as a means, not an end : the health and wellbeing of HMO residents in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2015)
Report
Irving, A. (2015). Housing as a means, not an end : the health and wellbeing of HMO residents in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Northern Rock Foundation

Nationally, there is limited understanding of the ‘lived’ experiences of residents of large Houses
in Multiple Occupation (HMOs), operating at the bottom end of the private rented market ,and
the inequalities associated with living in these propert... Read More about Housing as a means, not an end : the health and wellbeing of HMO residents in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.