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Survey of community action on poverty, jobs and the environment
13 January 2010
The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is launching an exciting new project looking at local-level work to tackle poverty, discrimination and disadvantage, improve job opportunities and protect the environment. As part of our project, we would like to find out more about the work currently being done by local organisations across the UK.
We are keen to hear from all types of organisations, including trade unions, local authorities, charities, social enterprises, campaign groups and service providers – anyone who is involved in tackling poverty, improving job opportunities or protecting the environment at a local level.
If you think your organisation is doing work that we should hear about, please take a few minutes to complete our short survey. The survey can be accessed here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MXRWRQC
Organisations completing the survey will be offered a priority place at our ‘green jobs summit’, to be held later this year.
More information about our project is available here. If you would like any further details about the project or our survey, or would like to request paper copies, please contact Kayte Lawton (020 7470 6169 / k.lawton@ippr.org) or Jenny Bird (020 7470 6118 / j.bird@ippr.org).
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