November 2019 - Life on the Breadline

New book: Second Class Citizens by Stef Benstead

‘Second Class Citizens’ by Stef Benstead was recently published. Here, Stef shares her thoughts in relation to the book: Stef writes: “Second Class Citizens provides a comprehensive view of the history of the UK’s treatment of disabled people, from living with their families in agrarian communities, through monasteries, asylums, workhouses, Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 11 months4 months ago

Voluntary sector responses to food poverty: responding in the short-term and working for longer-term change

How can voluntary sector responses to food poverty respond in the short-term to people’s need, and work for longer-term change? Are responses a sticking plaster without addressing the causes of food poverty? Life on the Breadline’s Research Fellow, Stephanie Denning, engages with these questions in a paper recently published in Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 11 months11 months ago