Events by or related to the Life on the Breadline project
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…
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…
We are pleased to share that registration is now open for the Life on the Breadline Conference: Faith-Based Activism in Austerity Britain – a one day academic conference on 30th March 2020 from the Life on the Breadline project team exploring faith-based responses to poverty and austerity. How has austerity 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…
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…
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 Research Fellow, Stephanie Denning, attended the workshop. The workshop began Read more…
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 to eat in the school holidays. The APPG on Hunger Read more…