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‘It’s a Scandal that Experiencing Poverty So Often Leads to Children Being Forcibly Removed from Their Parents’
Above: Tom Croft is second from left. (Photo by Diana Skelton.) On 15 February 2019, Just Fair convened a meeting (…) Read more
Poverty2Solutions Group Meets at Parliament
Above: MP Harriet Harman, at left, welcomes Poverty2Solutions in her office. “What do you think I need to hear?” It (…) Read more
Blue Plaque Unveiling: Celebrating two Extraordinary Women at Frimhurst
On Saturday, 15th September 2018, the Camberley History Museum and Frimhurst Family House joined together to celebrate the unveiling of (…) Read more
Dr. Rhetta Moran: On Oliver Cromwell and Universal Credit
Above: A meeting of RAPAR’s leadership in Manchester To mark the World Day for Overcoming Poverty, Dr. Rhetta Moran and (…) Read more
Celebrating a decade of achievements with The Roles We Play
“Poverty takes away ownership of our own lives. Every agency we come into contact with has something to say about our lives as if we can’t speak for ourselves and are bound to fail. That’s why this project and this film are so important,” says Moraene Roberts, a member of the ATD Fourth World UK National Co-ordination Team and project participant
Dr. Will Mason: “The Roles We Play re-frames poverty more positively”
In this excerpt from the final report evaluating The Roles We Play project, Dr Will Mason, sociologist and lecturer in applied social science at the University of Sheffield, explains how he and his students saw the project:.
“Never Keep the Light to Yourself”: a Global Gathering in France
In October 2018, ATD Fourth World’s international centre near Paris hosted a global gathering of activists living in poverty, their (…) Read more
When the Right to Family Life Is Violated: “Trust Betrayed, Again and Again”
Photo by Karen A. Hart “The way parents in poverty are treated is massively disproportionate. When you’re scrimping on the (…) Read more
The United Nations Challenges the UK’s ‘Mean-Spirited’ Policies
One speaker addressing the United Nations Special Rapporteur displayed a quilt she is making in memory of people whose deaths (…) Read more
We Are Never as Happy as in the Happiness We Share
By Chantal Levesque French Every year, a lady in the community brings several bags full of presents, beautifully wrapped and (…) Read more