The Right to Family Life
Covid-19 Is Tearing Vulnerable Families Apart
– Photo by Karen Hart None of us want to live in a society where “social distancing” fractures loving families (…) Read more
Parenting in Poverty Under Lockdown
As we agonise over this pandemic, many of us hope that when the threat is past we can move toward (…) Read more
Reforming the Child Protection System: Parents and Their Allies Together
On 25 February 2020 in Birmingham, ATD Fourth World co-organised a conference with the Social Work Teaching Partnership of West (…) Read more
Moraene Roberts and the Cinderella Topic: Balancing Child Protection and Prevention
Above: Moraene Roberts at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she contributed to the social work curriculum. (Photo by Anjali (…) Read more
Poverty Experts Speaking Truth to Power: ‘Take Notice’
On 20 November 2019, Patricia Bailey was invited to represent ATD Fourth World’s #PovertyExperts at a ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ (…) Read more
At the United Nations: Voices of Children in State Care
On 18 November 2019, ATD Fourth World UK presented a collective message at the United Nations in Geneva to mark (…) Read more
‘Let Me Tell You About Social Discrimination’
To mark the World Day for Overcoming Poverty in London on 17 October 2018, one woman gave this speech: I (…) Read more
Practice Guide by British Association for Social Work Features ATD Fourth World
Above: Laura Mason, Tom Croft, and Eric Knibbs represented ATD Fourth World at the launch event. On 4 September in (…) Read more
A story about learning from the participation—and the non-participation—of people living in poverty
This article by Dr. Orna Shemer was first published in the Israeli Journal of Social Workers, “Meidaos”.* Irit Aizik translated (…) 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