Giving Poverty a Voice
‘You hear a child like me and you don’t hear me at all’
Above, Aurelia Drayak, Tiegan Boyens and Kaydence Drayak address the United Nations via Zoom. Following a written contribution in December, on the (…) Read more
Telling the UN about ‘the hell that is child protection’
Above at left, Patricia Bailey speaks to the United Nations via Zoom from the office of Amnesty International. Following a written contribution (…) Read more
In discussion with the Poverty Strategy Commission
When was the last time you experienced exclusion? What do insecurity and precarity mean to you? What is disempowerment? How (…) Read more
The impact of poverty in social care
On the 9th of February, Research in Practice hosted their yearly Adults Partnership Conference titled ‘The impact of poverty in (…) Read more
‘Love Shows Up’: Relationships Making The Difference
Just before Valentine’s Day, on the 10th of February, eight participants from ATD attended this Camden Council event, which celebrated (…) Read more
Women’s ♀ day blog post: ‘The privilege of protesting’
By Eva Carrillo Roas I’m excited to share with you a project I have been working on for some months (…) Read more
International Women’s ♀ Day 2023
On 3rd of March, sixteen women gathered at the centre of ATD Fourth World in London to think together about (…) Read more
Telling the United Nations about rights abuses in children’s social care
Above: In December, members of BEAM from East Anglia visited ATD’s centre in London to contribute to this submission to (…) Read more
Youth voices tell the United Nations about their experience of social care
Above from left: Tiegan, Kaydence, Eva, and Lyle discussing their submission to the United Nations. The End Child Poverty Coalition (…) Read more
Using lived experience of poverty to advocate for change
On 6 April 2022, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation organised a Westminster launch of the Poverty2Solutions film, ‘Through the eyes and (…) Read more