Life on the Breadline is a three year multi-disciplinary ESRC-funded project analysing the nature, scope and impact of Christian engagement with urban poverty in the UK in the context of austerity since the 2008 financial crisis.
Life in @RishiSunak's Britain for people living in poverty - punishment not housing justice. Tory arrest of almost 2,000 rough sleepers is a national disgrace #BreadlineResearch
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/02/thousands-of-homeless-people-arrested-under-archaic-vagrancy-act?CMP=share_btn_tw
It's been a while, but #BreadlineResearch has a new blog post - project update on paper with @ChrisShannahan in @Religions_MDPI, our Report for Church Leaders, and my new project on rural #hiddenhardship
https://breadlineresearch.coventry.ac.uk/2023/03/27/life-on-the-breadline-update/
Austerity rumbles on and on. Wages stagnant for 15 years plus punitive welfare and spending cuts and we wonder why poverty still damages so many people in the UK - Our @CTPSR_Coventry @ESRC #BreadlineResearch remains depressingly relevant.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64970708
Tragically our @ESRC @CTPSR_Coventry Life on the Breadline research into Christian responses to resurgent austerity age poverty is just a resonant in Rishi's Britain as it was under Boris - We need real change not more foodbanks. #BreadlineResearch https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/26/uk-benefits-fall-short-of-minimum-living-cost-by-140-a-month-charities-say?CMP=share_btn_tw
Lent is fast approaching, take a look out our #BreadlineResearch Lent course for individuals and/or groups this season @cofestats @churchurbanfund @CTPSR_Coventry @CovCathedral
https://breadlineresearch.coventry.ac.uk/churches/lent-course/