The first animation in the Life on the Breadline research has been published – Life on the Breadline: the impact of austerity Austerity affects people’s daily lives, and is affecting UK society unequally. Austerity is not just a social problem, it is a spiritual issue. Has the Church responded effectively Read more…
This week in the Church Times, Life on the Breadline’s Research Fellow Stephanie Denning, has written about the problems with Universal Credit and made suggestions of how it could be improved. Stephanie’s reflections come from time spent at the B30 Trussell Trust Foodbank – one of the six case studies Read more…
On 13th September 2019, over 50 people gathered at Coventry University for the Life on the Breadline workshop on transforming structural injustice – a theme explored in a previous blog post. The resources from the workshop include summaries and audio recordings from our speakers (Mike Hardy, Chris Shannahan, Robert Beckford, Read more…
Life on the Breadline lead researcher, Chris Shannahan, reflects on transforming structural injustice ahead of the workshop on this theme on 13th September 2019. Dietrich Bonhoeffer famously suggested that, ‘The Church is not simply called to bandage up the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice but to drive Read more…
What are the relationships between austerity and the pressing and depressing issue of serious youth violence (knife crime)? What are churches doing to address the cites of struggle, both the ‘ground war’ to protect vulnerable people, and the ‘air war’ or campaigning and advocating for structural change? To get a Read more…
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 Church be an effective agent for change in an age Read more…
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” The participatory workshop will revolve around small group discussion of Read more…
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 region to understand what the current food poverty issues are Read more…
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 a short distance from the busy West Way. Since June Read more…
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 on Poverty in November 2018. In 2008 there was a Read more…