6% of the housing replaced will be met with trumpets and grinning great and good
February 2, 2018
via 6% of the housing replaced will be met with trumpets and grinning great and good
Are Northampton Borough Council using a loophole in homelessness legislation?
February 2, 2018
via Are Northampton Borough Council using a loophole in homelessness legislation?
Relevant insights into the limits of philanthropy – see our post of yesterday
July 25, 2017
Charity redefined as an investment vehicle: how the corporate world, rich people and hedge funds decided they wanted a piece of the pie
July 24, 2017
In the age of austerity and savage cuts in public sector funding, charities provide a back-stop for all the people who previously received help from the state but currently receive help from nobody. Restrictions on access to public services, some motivated seemingly not just by lack of funds but ideological decision about entitlement and … More Charity redefined as an investment vehicle: how the corporate world, rich people and hedge funds decided they wanted a piece of the pie
Big Hunger – an analysis of the problems of foodbanks
July 6, 2017
Read Andy Fisher’s – Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger (MIT Press) Its an insight into the problems of food banks and how they are really not the solution to poverty in the USA
June 16th
June 16, 2017
‘Once upon a time, and a very good time it was…..’ Its Bloomsday, and poverty is never far from the surface of the writing of James Joyce, who lived in poverty most of his life and which is expressed so often in his work, especially in Dubliners – which this link reviews: https://brightkite.com/essay-on/the-multi-faceted-theme-of-poverty-in-the-sisters-from-joyce-s-dubliners
Palaces of Gold
June 15, 2017
Thoughts after Grenfell. Along with our compassion, there is anger that this could happen. (see: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/grenfell-tower-fire-corporate-manslaughter-arrests-david-lammy-mp-labour-london-kensington-a7790911.html) When I was six a coal tip slid down a hill and buried and killed a large number of children in the mining village of Aberfan: little children like me. There was an outpouring of grief and compassion. But … More Palaces of Gold
Iconic cinema images of poverty 1
June 15, 2017
Di Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Radical social work
June 14, 2017
We remember when social work was about change, about politics, about challenging a system, working within the state to support people. We’re not alone: It can be like this again – Some resources: http://radical.org.uk/barefoot/ http://www.socialworkfuture.org/articles-resources/uk-articles/77-radical-social-work-practice-adults https://policypress.co.uk/journals/critical-and-radical-social-work http://www.historyofsocialwork.org/eng/details.php?cps=24 https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/article-abstract/40/5/1646/1731370/Radical-Social-Work-in-Practice-Making-a?redirectedFrom=PDF http://www.socialjusticesolutions.org/2013/01/20/what-is-radical-social-work/ https://policypress.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/critical-and-radical-social-work-an-introduction/ http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/categories/difference-and-inclusion/radical-social-work.html https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/mar/11/social-work-action-network
Things and people we like
June 14, 2017
Centre for welfare reform: http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/by-az/poverty-uk.html The Equality Trust: https://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/ The Resolution Foundation: http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/ Joseph Rowntree Foundation: https://www.jrf.org.uk/ Full Fact: https://fullfact.org/economy/poverty-uk-guide-facts-and-figures/ Left Links: http://www.leftlinks.org.uk/ The Hope Centre Northampton UK: http://www.northamptonhopecentre.org.uk/
