What is social infrastructure?
Explains what social infrastructure is, why it matters and how community-facing assets and services can build resilience, foster social ties and support thriving communities — aimed at policymakers and practitioners.
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Explains what social infrastructure is, why it matters and how community-facing assets and services can build resilience, foster social ties and support thriving communities — aimed at policymakers and practitioners.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation will host a two-day Insight Infrastructure conference (22–23 March 2027) on how people and communities can shape, own and act on evidence about their lives.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds poverty remains too high in Scotland with national targets missed, calls for radical change and a stronger role for local government in both delivering poverty reduction and in its relationship with the Scottish Government.
This JRF summary of Poverty in Scotland 2026 outlines public attitudes to local government, argues for reform of local funding and urges councils to use all available levers to reduce and prevent poverty locally.