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Workshop registration open: Transforming injustice in UK austerity & poverty

A participatory workshop challenging and reflecting on the Church’s aim to transform unjust structures of society in austerity Britain What are the different forms of poverty in the UK and how do they relate to each other? How can the Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

How do volunteers persist in volunteering?

Volunteers are playing a crucial role in responding to UK food poverty. Religious faith can be key in motivating people to volunteer, but how do volunteers persist in volunteering? In my PhD research at the University of Bristol I explored Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

Workshop – save the date “Transforming injustice in UK austerity and poverty”

The Life on the Breadline team are pleased to announce a one-day workshop challenging and reflecting on the Church’s fourth mark of mission: “To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation” Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

Midlands Food Security Workshop

On 2nd May 2019 over twenty professionals, practitioners, experts by experience and academics gathered at the University of Warwick for the first Midlands Food Security Network event.  The Midlands Food Security Workshop aimed to bring people together from across the Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

Home is where the heart is….

It’s almost two years since the 24 storey Grenfell Tower was engulfed in flames, taking the lives of 72 people. Built in Kensington and Chelsea – one of the wealthiest and most unequal boroughs in London – Grenfell Tower stood Read more…

By Christopher Shannahan, 2 years2 years ago

New project resource: Austerity timeline

This week we launched a new Life on the Breadline project resource – an illustrated austerity timeline. The timeline has been developed by project Research Fellow, Stephanie Denning, with input from participants at the National Poverty Consultation with Church Action Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

‘Care after austerity: What next?’ workshop at the University of Oxford

On 12th December 2018 a workshop ‘Care after austerity: What next?’ took place at the University of Oxford to conclude  Jennie Middleton’s Wellcome Trust funded project on care and austerity in terms of new parents in Oxford.  Life on the Breadline Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

Holiday hunger ‘Fit and Fed’ discussion in Parliament

Life on the Breadline Research Fellow, Stephanie Denning, attended Street Games’ Fit and Fed holiday hunger roundtable in Parliament on 4th December 2018.  Here Stephanie shares her reflections on the day. Holiday hunger is when children do not have enough Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

National Poverty Consultation – Austerity Timeline

On 8-9th November 2018 the Life on the Breadline project team attended the National Poverty Consultation in Manchester, organised with project partner Church Action on Poverty.  On the second day of the consultation Chris Shannahan, Peter Scott and Stephanie Denning Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

Life on the Breadline at the ‘Faith and Peaceful Relations Forum’

On 24th October 2018, Chris Shannahan and Stephanie Denning led the autumn session of the ‘Faith and Peaceful Relations Forum‘.  The forum included the Coventry launch of the Life on the Breadline project, as well as group discussions on the Read more…

By Stephanie Denning, 2 years2 years ago

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