Giving Poverty a Voice
Angela addresses women leaders
On the 1st February 2017, ATD Fourth World members Angela Babb and Diana Skelton were invited to speak at the (…) Read more
Interview with a policy maker: ‘More about preserving families than separating families’
Mike Arsham (above, centre) is the director of advocacy at New York City Administration for Children’s Services. In 2004-05, while (…) Read more
Amnesty declares that poverty in the UK is a violation of human rights
‘Forced adoptions are horrendous.’ This is the title of an interview with ATD activist Patricia Bailey, featured in the Summer (…) Read more
Liverpool John Moores University: Challenging the Stigma of Poverty
“It’s many years ago now, but when I was a student I experienced homelessness. I struggled to afford books; I (…) Read more
Understanding parent-to-parent advocacy, teen advocacy, peer support, and family advocacy
Above: an ATD capacity-building session for activists with lived experience of poverty. Tammy Mayes is fourth from the right, wearing (…) Read more
Stolen identities: The devastating impact of social work services on the identity of children in poverty
On the 16th of May, Youth Voices, a project run by ATD Fourth World and Teen Advocacy, were invited to (…) Read more
Reflecting on ATD’s report to the UN on ‘povertyism’ and human rights in the UK
“One of the things that really comes across about our risk-averse child protection system is that we could go on (…) Read more
ATD Youth Campaign – Study session at the European Youth Centre
As part of a Youth Campaign 2022-23 run by the International Movement ATD Fourth World, on 24-28 April, almost sixty (…) Read more
Presenting evidence at the House of Lords on digital exclusion
On 28 February, the APLE (Addressing Poverty with Lived Experience) Collective was invited to present evidence to the Communications and (…) Read more
Anti-Poverty Experts Training Social Work Students
Understanding poverty, always of crucial importance, matters even more as the UK is battling an extensive cost-of-living crisis. Food bank (…) Read more