Politics is a key theme on the Life on the Breadline project
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…
We are pleased to announce that the Life on the Breadline end of project conference will take place online on 24th and 25th June 2021. The conference is the culmination of three years of research by the Life on the Breadline research team – Chris Shannahan, Robert Beckford, Peter Scott Read more…
During the summer of 2020 the Life on the Breadline blog hosted 10 guest blog posts on responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. 6 months later we’re re-visiting for updates with several of our guest writers. First is from Paul Wright, a Street Connector Mentor on the Firs and Bromford estate 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…
This week the third in our series of guest blog posts during Covid-19 comes from a volunteer at Citizens Advice in Surrey. Dinah writes: Millions unable to go to work. People unable to pay their rent. Limited access to supermarkets. You’d think it would send people flocking to Citizens Advice. Read more…
In the second of a series of guest blog posts during Covid-19, this week we hear from foodbank volunteer Bob Jefford. Bob reflects: The pandemic has just transformed all of our lives, and the Covid-19 stats are spreading like wildfire. But dig beneath the increasing death toll and the controversies 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…
‘Second Class Citizens’ by Stef Benstead was recently published. Here, Stef shares her thoughts in relation to the book: Stef writes: “Second Class Citizens provides a comprehensive view of the history of the UK’s treatment of disabled people, from living with their families in agrarian communities, through monasteries, asylums, workhouses, Read more…
How can voluntary sector responses to food poverty respond in the short-term to people’s need, and work for longer-term change? Are responses a sticking plaster without addressing the causes of food poverty? Life on the Breadline’s Research Fellow, Stephanie Denning, engages with these questions in a paper recently published in Read more…
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…