Changing Realities
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Documenting & seeking to improve life on a low-income during the cost of living crisis. Partnership with @cpagUK @CPAGScotland funded by @RobertsonTrust
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https://changingrealities.org/ 05-06-2020 12:07:35
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@MillieMaglet Big Issue I really hope that the Dole Animators Leeds new film will be widely watched and shared. I also hope that we will see compassion and a new direction on social security from The Labour Party youtu.be/m-C6SoMm0yA?si… [please help us do this by sharing it and RT'ing this thread]
The reality of life on a low income. Listen to participants from Changing Realities in a series of new videos.
The reality of life on a low income, and the importance of dignity in our social security system. Listen to participants from Changing Realities in a series of new videos.
"If the government intends to invest in the future of this country, it should start by helping struggling families like mine." Powerful post-budget analysis in Guardian Opinion from Brian Changing Realities theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"There’s nowhere near enough help for people living in poverty" read Brian from Changing Realities reaction to the #Budget2024 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
❓How will Labour’s first budget in 14 years affect women? And does having a female chancellor make a difference? anita rani finds out from Mehreen Khan from The Times, Dr Dr Sara Reis from Women’s Budget Group and Jo, a participant of Changing Realities. Listen from 10am 🎧⬇️
'If the government intends to invest in the future of this country, it should start by helping struggling families like mine.' Read why Brian from Changing Realities says the government must go further to help families living in poverty. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
📻 Jo spoke to anita rani BBC Woman's Hour about the budget. For Jo & her son, everyday life is a struggle, 'when something goes wrong...it's credit cards, lending money' & there was little in the Chancellor's statement to give Jo hope. [from 30 mins ] bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
I listened to that segment which was really interesting. The work of Changing Realities University of York Prof Ruth Patrick School for Business and Society 🏫 has been significant to document everyday life of families on low-income, with the aim of improving the lives of those struggling to get by.
"As a single mother, every penny counts, I am doing everything I can think of to both save and raise money" read Faith from Changing Realities reaction to the plans to raise bus fare cap metro.co.uk/2024/10/31/thi…
🌟A huge well done to Emily Mann from Changing Realities - who has been selected for this years #30under30 🎉🎉- read just some of the amazing work she does here: youngwomenscot.org/30-under-30/em… 👏👏👏
Would you like to do a FUNDED PhD on #discourse of #poverty and #welfare? Apply NOW for this amazing opportunity with myself The Open University OU Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies to study how people in poverty and receiving welfare are depicted in #media and public conversation. 👉 wels.open.ac.uk/research/resea…
Delighted to be speaking with other members of our Changing Realities community and the project team, at the LSE today (by VIDEO🤣 link, woop). Lived expertise/experience is on the table and we have a lot to say about it! #livedexperience #research #speakup
My ancestors are from Middlesbrough & I"ve lived in Bradford since 1986. I've found poverty is intergenerationa, so this doesn't surprise me at all. Changing Realities. BBC News - Third of working age people die in poverty - report bbc.com/news/articles/…
We have written to Shona Robison MSP urging her to think about low-income families in tomorrow's budget. We want positive support like the Scottish Child Payment and Free School Meals to be increased, ensuring no families are left out 🤝CPAG in Scotland 📨tinyurl.com/5pbmuc3s
