# Social Exclusion Task Force > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Social_Exclusion_Task_Force > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Social_Exclusion_Task_Force.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Exclusion_Task_Force > Source revision: 1265170133 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Social Exclusion Task Force** (**SETF**) was a part of the [Cabinet Office](/source/Cabinet_Office) that provided the [UK Government](/source/UK_Government) with strategic advice and policy analysis in its drive against [social exclusion](/source/Social_exclusion). It was preceded by the **Social Exclusion Unit**, which was set up by the [Labour government](/source/First_Blair_ministry) in 1997 and formed part of the [Office of the Deputy Prime Minister](/source/Office_of_the_Deputy_Prime_Minister). The SETF was abolished in November 2010,[1] and its functions absorbed into the [Office for Civil Society](/source/Cabinet_Office).[2] ## Social Exclusion Unit The SEU, launched on 8 December 1997, outlined [social exclusion](/source/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"[3] The SEU published over 50 reports in many areas of [social policy](/source/Social_policy). Subjects explored included [rough sleeping](/source/Rough_sleeping), [teenage pregnancy](/source/Teenage_pregnancy), [mental health](/source/Mental_health), and [older people](/source/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"[4] and "elementary" by the [Home Affairs Select Committee](/source/Home_Affairs_Select_Committee).[5] 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".[6] ## Social Exclusion Task Force In 2006, the SEU merged with the [Prime Minister's Strategy Unit](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Naomi_Eisenstadt). ## See also - [Asociality](/source/Asociality) - [NEET](/source/NEET) - [Disconnected youth](/source/Disconnected_youth) - [Homelessness](/source/Homelessness) - [Social alienation](/source/Social_alienation) - [Social invisibility](/source/Social_invisibility) - [Social rejection](/source/Social_rejection) - [Youth exclusion](/source/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 1. ["Coalition abolishes Social Exclusion Taskforce | CN4B"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110813190853/http://cn4b.net/2010/11/coalition-abolishes-social-exclusion-taskforce/). Archived from [the original](http://cn4b.net/2010/11/coalition-abolishes-social-exclusion-taskforce/) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-03-18. 1. ["Social action - GOV.UK"](http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/office-civil-society-structure-finalised). 2 August 2023. 1. ["Social exclusion: The issue explained"](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/jan/15/socialexclusion1). *[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com)*. 15 January 2002. 1. ["Welcome to GOV.UK"](http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/resourcecentre/prisonservicejournal/index.asp?id=3301,3124,11,3148,0,0) 1. ["House of Commons - Home Affairs - First Report"](https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmhaff/193/19306.htm). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20050226095055/http://www.publications.parliament.uk:80/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmhaff/193/19306.htm) 2005-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-12-25. 1. ["Employment schemes fail young, says government"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/24/politics.schools). *[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com)*. 24 November 2005. ## External links - [Social Exclusion Task Force](https://web.archive.org/web/20080728100453/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force.aspx) - [Reaching Out](https://web.archive.org/web/20080906194402/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/publications/reaching_out.aspx) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Social Exclusion Task Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Exclusion_Task_Force) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Exclusion_Task_Force?action=history)). 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