The past year has been difficult for everyone, especially disabled people. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS): 6 out of every 10 deaths caused by Coronavirus were disabled people up to 20th November 2020, (30,296 of 50,888 deaths) Read more…
We are pleased to announce that the Life on the Breadline end of project conference will take place online on 24th and 25th June 2021. The conference is the culmination of three years of research by the Life on the Read more…
The next in our series of ‘6 months on’ guest blog posts comes from Rebecca Stockman who works with YMCA St Paul’s Group in delivering Merton Winter Night Shelter. Rebecca writes: I often wonder what difference it would have made Read more…
In the second of our guest blog series that re-visit posts from summer 2020, now in December 2020 we hear again from foodbank volunteer Bob Jefford on foodbank responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bob writes: If Harold Wilson was around Read more…
During the summer of 2020 the Life on the Breadline blog hosted 10 guest blog posts on responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. 6 months later we’re re-visiting for updates with several of our guest writers. First is from Paul Wright, Read more…
On 21st October 2020 the House of Commons voted against extending holiday food provision for children who receive Free School Meals into the school holidays. This followed campaigning by a wide number of charities and by Marcus Rashford who started Read more…
What are your preferences for an online conference? Life on the Breadline is now in its third year of research and next summer in 2021 we’ll host our end of project conference. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic we’re considering Read more…
On 11th September 2020, over 70 people attended the online Life on the Breadline mid-project conference: Faith-based Activism in Austerity Britain. The conference addressed questions including: How has austerity impacted people in the UK? What are the implications of this Read more…
This week’s Covid-19 guest blog post comes from Alison Briggs. Alison is currently a 2nd year PhD research student in the department of Geography in the School of Environment, Education and Development at the University of Manchester. Her research explores Read more…
Having postponed the Life on the Breadline Conference: Faith-Based Activism in Austerity Britain back in March 2020 due to Covid-19, we pleased to share that the conference will now be online on 11th September 2020 9.30am to 12.40pm BST. The Read more…