Giving Poverty a Voice
Building Quality in Inclusive, Participatory, and Emancipatory Research
On 3-5 July, the National Centre for Research Methods hosted this summer school in Southhampton. Moraene Roberts and Tom Croft represented ATD Fourth World on a panel called ‘Perspectives on participatory action research and policy development to inspire and inform’.
The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Housing, Welfare, and Social Care
‘Social services already treat us as numbers. Most professionals are very quick to judge you based on a report, before (…) Read more
Blog: The Raw Realness of “The Roles We Play”
This poster was part of a government campaign against benefit fraud that worsened the negative stereotyping of people in poverty (…) Read more
‘Soul Restoring’: the Values of the ATD Fourth World Community
From left: Amanda Button, Moraene Roberts, and Thomas Mayes When choosing our National Coordination Team in March 2019, three of (…) Read more
‘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
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
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
“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
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