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#InPoverty: Is sport becoming less accessible for those who can’t afford it?

Sports facility closures are hugely problematic when it comes to encouraging young people from deprived backgrounds into sport
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#InPoverty: What can be done about dangerous rough sleeping this winter?

Staying outside in winter can be deadly, but despite the numbers sleeping rough, homeless shelters say they are not at capacity
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#InPoverty: Too bad to stay, too poor to leave? The price of being a single mother

For many women, becoming a single parent is incredibly painful. What happens when this choice means facing poverty?
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#InPoverty: Almost half of prisoners in Cardiff are homeless once released

A look at why released prisoners are going into homelessness and entering a cycle of reoffending after serving their sentence
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#InPoverty: What it’s like to experience redundancy in your twenties

Losing a job is never pleasant, but with shop closures and precarious startups, younger people are just as likely to face redundancy
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#InPoverty: Welsh employment is on the up yet child poverty is still a concern

Are statistics showing a rise in employment an attempt to conceal that Wales has the highest child poverty in the UK?
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#InPoverty: Where can we find new music if grassroots venues are gone?

Small venues have been a staple for live music in the city, but their closure could be problematic for up-and-coming bands
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#InPoverty: The awful “circle of decline” of social isolation and rural poverty

Rural poverty is off the beaten track, but 23% of rural Wales is in poverty, and stuck in a cycle of few services and social isolation
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#InPoverty: Is Welsh heritage the answer to Cardiff’s poverty problem?

Cardiff Story Museum is aiming to tackle poverty by utilising the rich supply of welsh culture and heritage
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#InPoverty: Is enough being done to help homeless women fleeing abuse?

Reports of a clear link between vulnerable women fleeing from abuse and sliding into poverty as a result flood in
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