Sentences with phrase «addressing social disadvantage»

Too often, according to NSW researchers, support focuses on offending behaviour — rather than addressing social disadvantage, mental health, disability or alcohol and drug issues.

It also came through in the way in which so many of these teachers are addressing social disadvantage, even in the most difficult circumstances.

ELAM will sepcalise in music and music technology and hopes to address social disadvantage in east London.

Not exact matches

Aside from her flag making business, Mary also addressed social issues for disadvantaged women, including housing, employment and financial aid.

It is too late to address educational and social disadvantage at 11 and it is impossible to fairly determine academic ability with a single pass or fail test.

Of course, schools and government will need to address social inequalities by ensuring disadvantaged pupils have access to tech outside of school, another challenge in itself.

He is also concerned about the removal of the stipulation that, when drawing school catchment areas, schools «must not exclude particular housing estates or addresses in a way that might disadvantage particular social groups» - and that choices of feeder school should not «unfairly disadvantage children from more deprived areas».

I believe ACER has a significant contribution to make to important education debates in the UK and other EU countries, in particular addressing the challenge of under - achievement of disadvantaged children and contributing to the UK government's national plan to improve social mobility through education: Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential.

With a great deal of passion for addressing the problems facing disadvantaged and underserved communities, she started her career as a middle school teacher, having taught English Language Arts and Social Studies.

The Oak Foundation - which «commits its resources to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged».

It also recommends mandatory education programs for courts and tribunals to address the advantages, disadvantages and risks of the use of social media in personal and professional contexts.

At Clayton Utz we've set serious goals for our social responsibility programs to help address disadvantage and support access to justice in the communities in which we work and live.

TeachFirst is a social enterprise and registered as a charity, and they're aim is to address educational disadvantage by working to place young graduates in primary and secondary skills in England and Wales.

The NIC Principles are aimed at addressing economic and social disadvantage in Indigenous communities by providing an opportunity for individual home ownership and business enterprise on communal lands.

The government has emphasised time and again that the key focus of reconciliation should be on practical and effective measures that address the legacy of profound economic and social disadvantage.

Similarly in late June 2005, all Australian governments reaffirmed their commitment to «advance reconciliation and address the social and economic disadvantages experienced by many indigenous Australians» at the meeting of the Council of Australian Governments.38 This Communique © from COAG commits to indigenous participation at all levels; engagement with representative organisations; flexible approaches and adequate resources to support capacity at the local and regional levels.39 The Communique © also recognised the importance of a learning approach to service delivery and policy development.

Similarly, the basic structure of the new arrangements for service delivery and policy development has now been in place for long enough to assess whether they are capable of meeting the extensive commitments made by all Australian governments to address the social and economic disadvantage experienced by Indigenous Australians.

The challenge for us is to now harness the potential of the social inclusion framework to address Indigenous disadvantage.

Adopting a justice reinvestment approach means investing in disadvantaged communities — not prisons — to develop and implement local solutions addressing economic and social determinants and risk factors behind youth offending.

The use of this access framework for analysis highlighted a gap in the ICDP implementation — a lack of complementary programmes in relevant sectors other than health and insufficient attention to social determinants of health, through programmes to address people's «ability to pay» by addressing social and economic disadvantage.

Congress now offers some key social and preventive programs in the area of early childhood, which is arguably the most critical area that needs to be focused on to address intergenerational disadvantage.

It required that the control over Indigenous people's lives be removed from the public institutions of the mainstream society, particularly those formalised through the police and criminal justice system, and that the unequal basis of the relationship be remedied by addressing the profound economic, social and cultural disadvantage experienced by Indigenous peoples.

«Governments can make a real difference in the lives of indigenous people by addressing social and economic disadvantage, including life expectancy, and improving governance and service delivery arrangements with indigenous people.

Achieving social justice and redressing Indigenous disadvantage are human rights issues, and must be addressed in a human rights context;

• ensure that within each specific target of Closing the Gap in Indigenous Disadvantage, the impact of alcohol is recognised in all strategies and targets including addressing the social and economic determinants of high risk drinking, and

The most recent statistical profile of the material circumstances of Indigenous peoples» lives in Australia (48) indicates that addressing their disadvantage through policies that take no account of the unique social, political and cultural identity of Indigenous people has not proven successful.

Aboriginal Australians experience multiple social and health disadvantages from the prenatal period onwards.1 Infant2 and child3 mortality rates are higher among Aboriginal children, as are well - established influences on poor health, cognitive and education outcomes, 4 — 6 including premature birth and low birth weight, 7 — 9 being born to teenage mothers7 and socioeconomic disadvantage.1, 8 Addressing Aboriginal early life disadvantage is of particular importance because of the high birth rate among Aboriginal people10 and subsequent young age structure of the Aboriginal population.11 Recent population estimates suggest that children under 10 years of age account for almost a quarter of the Aboriginal population compared with only 12 % of the non-Aboriginal population of Australia.11

In addition, broader commitments at the level of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to address Indigenous disadvantage can also be considered an address to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health to the degree they address the social determinants of health.

In April 2005, the government released A Fairer Victoria which sets out a social policy action plan to address disadvantage among Indigenous communities.

This includes addressing other social determinants that contribute to social disadvantage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples such as unemployment, education, housing and community safety and focusing on building strong, resilient families, young people and communities.

I think we all have to welcome the increase in government resources going into what seem to be a multiplicity of programs and activities to address the social and economic disadvantage within the Aboriginal community, and I think that in some respects, in many respects, the report is very candid about the track record...

These are classified as special measures or as distinctions that are not discriminatory because the purpose is to address the significant social and economic disadvantage experienced by Indigenous peoples.

In addition to addressing disadvantage, the Social Justice Report 2000 also identified supporting Indigenous governance and the building of Indigenous community capacity as the second integral strand of a rights framework for reconciliation.

The Social Justice Report 2000 went on to make 14 detailed recommendations on the human rights requirements for reconciliation and addressing Indigenous disadvantage.

The NT's culturally diverse, widely dispersed and significantly disadvantaged population requires a policy approach with a basis in social, emotional and economic well being, an approach that addresses upstream social determinants of health, and builds on local strengths and capacities.

In this time of shrinking federal resource allocation for disadvantaged families and public policy that champions faith - based initiatives and volunteerism to address social problems, policy makers might use our findings and conclude that volunteer - based programs may be complementary to but not a substitute for other forms of early intervention and support services for socially and economically disadvantaged childbearing teenagers.

Remote Australia Strategies — This programme will address social and economic disadvantage in remote Australia and support flexible solutions based on community and government priorities