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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: Employment may be the final frontier for Cardiff’s homelessness

As homeless people struggle to find shelter on Cardiff's streets, the answer to homelessness is on the doorsteps that provide employment
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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: In-work poverty rises despite the introduction of the living wage

In-work poverty rises in Wales with single parents and part time employees hit the worst. Will the living wage alleviate poverty in Cardiff?
becoming a single mother can lead to bad finances
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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: Are shipping container homes what homeless families want?

To help the thousands of people waiting to be homed in the city, Cardiff council has installed shipping containers for them to live in
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#InPoverty: What will it take to bring the arts to Adamsdown’s community?

Not safe, not attractive, and a ‘tough’ place to be - this is still how this underserved area is perceived. So how could culture bloom?
People from unprivileged backgrounds find opera and other classical arts too expensive and 'not from them'
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#InPoverty: What barriers divide people in poverty and the arts?

Many people from unprivileged backgrounds in Wales aren’t engaging with the arts because of cultural and economic barriers
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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: Why are homes allowed to stand empty in a housing crisis?

“What on Earth are they doing allowing people to live and die on the street when buildings like this are sitting empty?”
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