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The Social Exclusion Task Force (SETF) was a part of the Cabinet Office that provided the UK Government with strategic advice and policy analysis in its drive against social exclusion. It was preceded by the Social Exclusion Unit, which was set up by the Labour government in 1997 and formed part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The SETF was abolished in November 2010, and its functions absorbed into the Office for Civil Society.
Social Exclusion Unit
The SEU, launched on 8 December 1997, outlined social exclusion as: "A shorthand label for what can happen when individuals or areas suffer from a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown"
The SEU published over 50 reports in many areas of social policy. Subjects explored included rough sleeping, teenage pregnancy, mental health, and older people. A report called Reducing Re-Offending by Ex-prisoners was published in July 2002, identifying the needs of prisoners' families and the problems they faced. In July 2004 the Home Office published its response Reducing Re-offending National Action Plan. The Action Plan's recommendations were criticised as "very disappointing and extremely weak" and "elementary" by the Home Affairs Select Committee.
In 2005, the SEU published Transitions: Young Adults with Complex Needs which identified 27 cross-governmental action points to improve support for 16- to 25-year-olds by teaching them "basic life skills".
Social Exclusion Task Force
In 2006, the SEU merged with the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. The task force aimed to ensure that Government departments work together to deliver services for the most disadvantaged members of society. It was located in Admiralty Arch, part of the Cabinet Office's buildings in Whitehall and employed around thirty staff. The director at the time of its abolition was Naomi Eisenstadt.
See also
Asociality
NEET
Disconnected youth
Homelessness
Social alienation
Social invisibility
Social rejection
Youth exclusion
Selected publications
Bringing Britain Together: a National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal
Teenage Pregnancy, June 1999
Making the Connections: Final report on transport and social exclusion
Mental health and social exclusion
Preventing social exclusion
Jobs and Enterprise in Deprived Areas
A Sure Start to Later Life
Transitions: Young Adults with Complex Needs
References
External links
Social Exclusion Task Force
Reaching Out
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Homoseksualitas
- Penggunaan zat adiktif
- Social Exclusion Task Force
- Social exclusion
- Admiralty Arch
- Setf
- Cabinet Office
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- National Social Assistance Scheme
- Missing People
- Scotland Institute
- SEU