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d ’ London’s changing needschanging needs
Geoff MulganDirector – The Young Foundation
Slide 1 The Young Foundation 2009
Part of a national study looking at unmet gmaterial and psychological needs – to p y gguide policy and priorities for action and pinnovation.
Slide 2
UK distribution of material prosperity – widening inequality, rich getting much richer
Slide 3 The Young Foundation 2009
Percentages of households who cannot afford basic possessions and activities by [unadjusted] household income (2007/08)
Slide 4 The Young Foundation 2009
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Significant improvements in: But some serious material deprivation:
•Material prosperity •Malnutritionp p y•Housing quality•Fuel poverty
•Rough sleeping•Housing shortagep y
Slide 5 The Young Foundation 2009
UK distribution of psychological well being – most contented but long and thickening tail of unhappiness, loneliness and stress.
Slide 6 The Young Foundation 2009
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Percentage of UK sample with poor psychological well being (high GHQ12) by selected variables (2006/07)
Slide 7 The Young Foundation 2009
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Between one in six and one in four people in the UK experience mental health problems at some point in their lives.
The number of prescriptions for anti-depressant drugs increased from 9 million in 1991 to 34 million in 2007.
Half a million pensioners spend Christmas Day alone.
Slide 8 The Young Foundation 2009
The bottom million?Percentage responses to questions on emotional support 2007/08
Slide 9 The Young Foundation 2009
g p q pp /Source: BHPS analysis
Digging deeper into the lives of groups identified f g p fas facing serious unmet needs, using interviews, , g ,ethnography &c.
Slide 11
Transitions Transitions
F i From care, prison, bereavement… showing h i f the importance of
preparation, bridging l ti hi d t relationships and assets
to help after the t iti d l transition - and also how rare these are.
Slide 12
London’s high poverty, unemployment – alongside prosperity with benefits of great mobility and dynamism prosperity, with benefits of great mobility and dynamism also creating acute needs – isolation, many left behind –worse overcrowding, child poverty and adult skills than g p yaverage
Vulnerable groupNo of individuals (Estimate /
Service data)
Undocumented refugee and asylum seekers 442,000Adult Numeracy entry level 1 or below (16‐65) 302,785
l l l b l ( )Adult Literacy entry level 1 or below (16‐65) KS1 5‐7years 222,800DDA disabled 171,400
Referrals of children to social services (U18) 89 770Referrals of children to social services (U18) 89,770
Problematic drug users 74,000Dementia 63,919Ex offenders under probation service 42,700Youth crimes dealt with by YOTs 28,623People accessing secondary mental health services 214,925
People squatting involuntarily 8,000Prisoners 21+ 6,284Rough sleepers 3 000Rough sleepers 3,000
Looked after unaccompanied RAS children 2,000
Permanent exclusions 1 170Permanent exclusions 1,170Prisoners under 21 950
Imminent risk of eviction 700
London (older people) emphasising loneliness p gand isolation, atrophy of traditional supportsf pp
Slide 16
London (refugees) –showing lack of cash, g f ,importance of religious and family networks, f y ,importance of access to technology – e.g. mobile gy gphones.
Slide 17
Nightworkers - looking Nightworkers - looking at the social needs and pressures associated pressures associated with regularly working at night – and how at night – and how other peoples’ needs manifest at nightmanifest at night
Slide 18
Pressures on housing, inequality, fuel and food q y, f fprices, ageing, diversity, anyone dependent on y ppublic spending, but also ...
Slide 19