Human Rights
Poverty by the Sea
– Photo by Mark Vesey This is the first article in a series focusing on what it’s like to live (…) 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
The Children and Their Families Have Rights
Natasha Phillips (Editor In Chief of the Researching Reform) and Simon Haworth (Lecturer/Social Work academic at the University of Birmingham) (…) Read more
In conversation with Lynn Morris
On 20th October, Lynn Morris led ATD activists in a performance of “We Make Our Mark”, an original play. Here, (…) Read more
Reflecting on the International Day to End Poverty – ATD’s Performance of “We Make Our Mark”
“This production showed real community members exploring what is in my eyes the biggest crisis we have in our democracy, (…) Read more
Child Participation in Care Proceedings
Design created by students from the University of the Arts London “Young people are often completely at the mercy of (…) Read more
Book Launch Connects Poverty to International Human Rights
On 13 June 2019, Josephine Coker of CokerJay Consultancy organised a launch at ATD Fourth World’s London centre of an (…) Read more
Until the Sky Turns Silver: A Social Justice Novel
Until the Sky Turns Silver is a novel that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of people preparing for (…) Read more
When the Right to Family Life Is Violated: “Trust Betrayed, Again and Again”
Photo by Karen A. Hart “The way parents in poverty are treated is massively disproportionate. When you’re scrimping on the (…) 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