Wondering which Lent Course to follow for 2024 for your church, home group, or individually? The Life on the Breadline Lent course is available to read, download, and share. This Lent course has been developed from the 3 years of Life on the Breadline research as a result of engaging with Read more…
The Life on the Breadline Lent course is now available to read, download, and share – ready for Lent 2022 or for use at other times of the year, for example in church home groups. This Lent course has been developed from the 3 years of Life on the Breadline Read more…
We are pleased to share with you the Life on the Breadline Anti-Poverty Charter – find out more below, then follow the link to read, share, and sign-up to the Charter. What is the Anti-Poverty Charter? A reflective action-oriented resource intended to help churches to tackle poverty and inequality in Read more…
Following our Life on the Breadline Report for Policymakers which was published at the start of July 2021, we are pleased to publish two policy briefings which accompany the report: The first briefing makes recommendations for how policymakers and Church leaders can work together to address poverty in the UK. The Read more…
Last week the Life on the Breadline photographic exhibition launched in the Chapel of Unity at Coventry Cathedral. The exhibition features photographs from our Life on the Breadline grassroot case studies in Birmingham, London, and Manchester which challenge the way we think about people’s experience of poverty in the UK Read more…
The Life on the Breadline end of project conference took place on 24th-25th June 2021. The conference was the culmination of three years of research into how Christians are responding to poverty in the UK. Resources from the conference – including videos of the presentations – are now available on Read more…
Life on the Breadline is a challenging new exhibition being premiered in Coventry Cathedral this summer Date: 3rd July 2021 to 28th July 2021 Time: 10am to 4pm from Monday to Saturday, and from 12.30pm to 3pm on Sundays Where: Chapel of Unity, Coventry Cathedral The exhibition features photographs from our Life on Read more…
Poverty in the UK continues to rise, making it more important than ever to understand lived experiences of poverty. Life on the Breadline researcher, Stephanie Denning, has recently published a paper in the journal Antipode that responds to a gap in understanding collective experiences of poverty by analysing the atmospheres 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 this petition to end child food poverty which has been 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 for theology and faith-based social action? New resources from the Read more…