Social Protection and Social Inclusion archive
The UK strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion have developed over a number of years.
This page features the main Social Protection and Social Inclusion reports from this time, as well as other key project, research and related activities.
UK national report on strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion
National Action Plan
- United Kingdom National Action Plan on Social Inclusion 2003-2005 (344KB)
and its Annexes (403KB) - United Kingdom National Action Plan on Social Inclusion 2006-2008 (521KB)
UK National Action Plan national event seminar, March 2008
The National Event Seminar was held at the Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, London on 17 March 2008.The aim of the seminar was to provide an opportunity for people experiencing poverty, academics and key stakeholders in Government, the European Commission and the voluntary and community sectors to share information and views regarding the National Action Plan on Social Exclusion (NAP).
- Read more about the UK National Action Plan national event seminar (108)KB
Bridging the Policy Gap
This project was designed to increase awareness of European action in the field of social inclusion and social protection and took place in Swansea, Glasgow and Newham in East London.
- Find out more about the Bridging the Policy Gap project on the Poverty Alliance website.
Get Heard project
The Get Heard project, which ran from November 2004 to September 2006, featured a series of 146 workshops at which people with first hand experience of poverty and social exclusion were invited to give their views on government policies on social exclusion. The results of the Project fed directly into the UK National Report on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2006-2008.
- Read more about the Get Heard project on the UK Coalition Against Poverty website.
Working Together to Reduce Poverty and Inequality Conference, July 2007
The Working Together to Reduce Poverty and Inequality Conference was held at the University of Warwick from 5 to 6 July 2007.
It brought together people who have experience of poverty and social exclusion with government ministers and policy makers to discuss how to reduce poverty and inequality in the UK.
The focus of the conference was a series of discussion sessions which considered in detail some of the key topics which had emerged from the Get Heard project.
- read the Conference report (78KB)
- read the conference summing up by Hugh Frazer, National University of Ireland, Maynooth as a PDF (43KB) or PowerPoint presentation (59KB)
