The traditional Christmas turkey roast and trimmings will have cost you a lot more in 2011. According to the Office for National Statistics recent report some of the ingredients have risen by over 50%! Whilst some like carrots and potatoes have actually fallen on average, bacon and sausages have gone up by well over 10%, [...]
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Christmas dinner increasingly expensive
Posted by Chris on January 7, 2012
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2012/01/07/christmas-dinner-increasingly-expensive/
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion
The annual report on the state of poverty and social exclusion in the UK, from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the New Policy Institute has recently been published: Key points In the year to 2009/10, the child poverty rate fell to 29%, the second fall in two years. Child poverty fell by around one-seventh under [...]
Posted by Chris on December 5, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/05/monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion/
7 Billion: Are You Typical?
Interesting video from National Geographic on the typical person as the population passes 7 Billion:
Posted by Chris on November 22, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/22/7-billion-are-you-typical/
Why are young people still staying away from church?
The Barna Group and David Kinnaman continue to share findings from their five-year project surveying young people and young adults on their reasons for disconnecting from the Church. In particular, the study looked at those youth who had been active in church but are no longer. The focus is on American participants but there are many correlations to the situation [...]
Posted by Chris on November 16, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/16/why-are-young-people-still-staying-away-from-church/
UK pay to rise by 3% next year
An interesting article in the Recruiter predicts that UK pay will rise by 3% next year UK companies are anticipating employee base pay rises of 3% in 2012, while companies across Western European are predicting pay rises averaging 2.7%, according to Mercer’s latest pan-European pay data. The data comes from the September edition of Mercer’s Total Quarterly [...]
Posted by Chris on November 9, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/09/uk-pay-to-rise-by-3-next-year/
Oldest & Youngest Fastest-Growing Churches in America
Outreach magazine has released the 2011 list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Churches in America. Since defining growth can be interpreted by number as well as percentage, the fastest-growing churches list takes in to account both. It is the fairest algorithm, but it makes for a hodge podge of churches. I find the fastest-growing churches list most [...]
Posted by Chris on November 7, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/11/07/oldest-youngest-fastest-growing-churches-in-america/
Youth Culture Links
Some useful blog posts and news articles for those interested in youth culture: Facebook is expanding yet again: as part of its ongoing effort to stay ahead of Google+. This time, the site will unveil “read,” “listen,” “watch,” and “want” buttons on the wall along with the “like” button. We imagine Millennials will “like” these [...]
Posted by Chris on October 29, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/10/29/youth-culture-links/
UK university applicants drop by 12%
UCAS has published the number of applications received by universities by 15 October, the deadline for Oxford, Cambridge and courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine, and are an early indication of the total across all courses this year. Candidates for other universities have until 15 January to apply, but there has been a trend for [...]
Posted by Chris on October 26, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/10/26/uk-university-applicants-drop-by-12/
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