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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:.
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
“Trapped in a Parallel Universe”
On 12 November, two members of ATD Fourth World were invited to speak at a Town Hall Meeting in Newham, (…) Read more
Challenging Poverty with Passion and Commitment
My name is Caroline. I stay in the East End of Glasgow with my two teenage sons. We have lived (…) Read more
Feeling Boxed in by Universal Credit
In this video, Diana interviews Patricia about why she feels restricted by the challenges around claiming and relying on Universal (…) Read more
On Road Media: Learning to Say No When a Journalist Pokes
Patricia, second from right, met with BBC Newsnight editors as part of a project for On Road Media. On 17th (…) Read more
The Roles We Play: A Method of Genuine Participation.
ATD Fourth World, in partnership with artist and photographer Eva Sajovic, is proud to present The Roles We Play: A Method (…) Read more
Art Speaks: “We Need Peace In Our Lives”
“Poverty steals your creative space. Spare cash goes straight towards new school shoes for the children, money for a school (…) Read more
Bringing Experts on Poverty Together
In January 2018, the Joseph Roundtree Foundation (JRF) invited ATD Fourth World’s #PovertyExperts to York to run a workshop on (…) Read more
“We Can All Relate to Each Other”
Since autumn 2016, three groups with direct experiences of poverty (ATD Fourth World, Dole Animators, and Thrive Teesside) have worked with (…) Read more