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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.

Engaging residents in regeneration: Lessons from Pendleton (2015)
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Sherriff, G., Brown, J., Clark, A., & Brown, P. (2015). Engaging residents in regeneration: Lessons from Pendleton

A wide-ranging urban regeneration programme is taking place in the Pendleton area of Salford. A substantial element of this work entails the refurbishment and retrofit of existing, tenanted properties. Flats and houses have been subject to kitchen a... Read More about Engaging residents in regeneration: Lessons from Pendleton.

A whole city response to the use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) by young people in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2015)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Destination integration : Third Country Nationals in the north of England (summary report) (2015)
Report
Ahmed, A., Brown, P., Duda-Mikulin, E., Martin, P., & Scullion, L. (2015). Destination integration : Third Country Nationals in the north of England (summary report)

Integration Up North research is part of a wider project led by Migration Yorkshire (the regional migration partnership for Yorkshire and the Humber region), which aims to gain a better understanding of Third Country Nationals' (TCN) integration expe... Read More about Destination integration : Third Country Nationals in the north of England (summary report).

Destination integration : Third country nationals in the north of England [final report] (2015)
Report
Ahmed, A., Brown, P., Duda-Mikulin, E., Martin, P., & Scullion, L. (2015). Destination integration : Third country nationals in the north of England [final report]

Integration Up North research is part of a wider project led by Migration Yorkshire (the regional migration partnership for Yorkshire and the Humber region), which aims to gain a better understanding of Third Country Nationals' (TCN) integration expe... Read More about Destination integration : Third country nationals in the north of England [final report].

The Ormskirk night-time economy project : exploring positives and negatives of a Lancashire town's NTE (2015)
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Moore, K., & Kirby, S. (2015). The Ormskirk night-time economy project : exploring positives and negatives of a Lancashire town's NTE

During November 2014, West Lancashire Borough Council (WLBC) commissioned Lancaster University (LU) to undertake a scoping study. The aim was to “conduct independent research to assist them in developing a better understanding of the positive and neg... Read More about The Ormskirk night-time economy project : exploring positives and negatives of a Lancashire town's NTE.

Rights, responsibilities and redress? Research on policy and practice for Roma inclusion in ten Member States (2015)
Report
Brown, P., Dwyer, P., Martin, P., Scullion, L., & Turley, H. (2015). Rights, responsibilities and redress? Research on policy and practice for Roma inclusion in ten Member States

Roma MATRIX (Mutual Action Targeting Racism,
Intolerance and Xenophobia) was a two year
project (2013-2015) co-funded by the European
Union’s Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Programme. The project involved ten European
Member States (Bulgaria... Read More about Rights, responsibilities and redress? Research on policy and practice for Roma inclusion in ten Member States.

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.

No second night out : Salford and gate buddies : an evaluation for riverside ECHG (2015)
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Butler, D., Shannon, M., & Brown, P. (2015). No second night out : Salford and gate buddies : an evaluation for riverside ECHG

No Second Night Out in Greater Manchester (NSNO GM) was established in 2012 as part of a nationwide response to the Coalition Government's Strategy to end rough sleeping. NSNO GM works to prevent rough sleeping by targeting support at people who are... Read More about No second night out : Salford and gate buddies : an evaluation for riverside ECHG.

Comparison of the expressed experiences of survivors of childhood medulloblastoma with measures of health and quality of life, and with issues identified in consultations (2015)
Report

When the study was planned, the Young Oncology Unit at The Christie housed both the adult and paediatric follow-up clinics for patients who have been diagnosed with a tumour of the central nervous system (CNS) in childhood and adolescence or young ad... Read More about Comparison of the expressed experiences of survivors of childhood medulloblastoma with measures of health and quality of life, and with issues identified in consultations.