Giving Poverty a Voice
ATD Fourth World’s Giving Poverty a Voice project strives to support people experiencing poverty and inequality in London to engage and participate in their communities and have their say on the decisions that affect their lives.
Using issue-based discussion forums, capacity-building workshops and examinations of the different opportunities and avenues to participate in the democratic process, our aim is for Giving Poverty a Voice to empower and encourage people to stand up and be heard.
The project also seeks to build networks with grass roots and community organisations across the borough and the capital to strengthen the links between diverse experiences and perceptions of poverty as well as planning meetings with local and regional policy and decision makers.
Latest news
York Festival of Ideas: Focus Day on Inspiring Change
On 13 June 2019, Amanda Button and Diana Skelton were invited to represent ATD Fourth World on a panel about ‘Activism and Action’ organised by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as part of a Focus Day on ‘Poverty: How Can We Tell a New Story to Inspire Change?’
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
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