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How Autumn’s income shocks will hit low income families The factors that have kept many low-income families out of poverty in the past year are changing, meaning many thousands will be worse off. Families are set to be hit by big income shocks with the ending of furlough, the reintroduction of the Minimum Income Floor, the loss of the £20 a week Universal Credit increase and the ending of the Benefit Cap's grace period. New data analysis from Policy in Practice predicts significant losses for some families who will struggle to cope and who will need the support of frontline organisations to help them through. In this webinar we will explore what the Autumn may bring for low-income households and how support organisations can work now to prevent hardship and prepare for an increased demand for services. Join this webinar to learn: - How much different households are set to lose when Covid supports are withdrawn - What support tools are available for individuals and organisations - Best practice advice from a frontline organisation We will be joined by Monica Kaur from the Money and Pensions Service.	29/9/2021j/n/Y	10:30 BST2021-09-29T09:30:00ZH:i T	1.3 hours	Register
How Kent County and district councils collaborate with data to tackle poverty Covid has turned our world upside down. Many residents in Kent, as elsewhere, have experienced financial hardship whilst, for organisations, the pandemic has been the catalyst energising them to work differently. In summer 2020 Kent Districts and Communities Recovery Cell set up a group to focus support to residents at risk or already experiencing financial hardship because of the pandemic. Residents unused to facing financial hardship suddenly needed help to navigate support and advice systems. The group knew that things are likely to get worse for Kent's residents before they get better as furlough ends and families who were just about managing are tipped over the edge. In a first for local government, Kent county and district councils have boldly chosen to collaboratively share their data to get powerful cross-county insights that will drive their poverty prevention activity. The information will help them to target of a wide range of campaigns to residents such as employment support, free school meal take-up, public health interventions, housing initiatives and benefits take up. Importantly, the project has transparency built in so that councils can very easily benchmark with each other to identify and share best practice in a safe, collaborative way. Join this webinar to hear: - Kent County Council's vision for greater collaborative working with districts - Maidstone District Council's drivers for districts to collaborate with their data - Folkestone and Hythe District Council's impact achieved so far from data-led poverty prevention campaigns We will be joined by guest speakers, Zena Cooke, Corporate Director Finance at Kent County Council, Steve McGinnes, Director of Mid Kent Services at Maidstone District Council, and Jane Worrel, Revenues and Benefits Senior Specialist at Folkestone and Hythe District Council.	20/10/2021j/n/Y	10:30 BST2021-10-20T09:30:00ZH:i T	1.3 hours	Register

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Designing a post pandemic council tax reduction scheme

Back to normal: coping when Covid-19 welfare support is withdrawn

How housing providers can boost the income of tenants

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  Policy in Practice is a social policy software and analytics company working with councils, government, housing providers and community organisations. We are a team of policy experts who combine cutting-edge tech, insightful data and expert analysis. We help organisations analyse the impact of policy, identify and engage the people impacted, and track the effectiveness of interventions.
  
  Our award winning Benefit and Budgeting calculator, linked to from GOV.UK, helps around 10,000 people every day find out what support they may be eligible for. Our data analytics services help organisations find relationships in datasets and visualise the drivers of poverty. We use our policy expertise to drive change via evidence, publications and media.
  
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Greenwich identifies £20 million of unclaimed benefits for residents

80% of financially vulnerable people who engaged with DHP campaign received an average of £450

More cost-effective council tax reduction scheme for London Borough of Enfield

Data-led benefit take-up campaigns boost vulnerable people’s income

Reimagine Debt – An approach to preventing debt that can be scaled across government

Incomes of over 1,000 customers boosted by almost £3 million

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Council Tax debt collection and low-income Londoners

Universal Credit and Financial Resilience

The impact of Universal Credit on employment outcomes

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We urge the Prime Minister not to cut Universal Credit

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