Christianity is a key theme on the Life on the Breadline project
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…
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 to this question whilst running a TLG MakeLunch project responding Read more…