FRED – continuing the conversation
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Livelihoods | No Comments »It's great to see that people have been talking about FRED. Of course, that's good in itself, and part of the point: poverty is too often swept under the carpet and ignored by mainstream politicians and commentators. So if FRED's ...
FRED in the news
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by Will Horwitz Posted in Livelihoods | No Comments »Yesterday the media and the blogosphere met FRED. And most people found something they agreed with in the changes she was proposing. Mark Easton wove FRED into some thoughtful comments on the role of charities in campaigning, after talking about it ...
International Roma Day
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by Jason Bergen Posted in Migrants | No Comments »As well as being the day Oxfam introduced FRED to the world, yesterday was also International Roma Day. Oxfam's programme in the UK has a long history of working with migrants, who are some of the poorest people in the country. ...
FRED’s having a hard time, and so is FREDa
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 by Sue Smith Posted in Gender | 1 Comment »Yesterday we launched FRED - our character representing poor women and men in the UK hit hard by the recession. Today, I'm concentrating on women - FREDas, if you will. Things didn't start well - even before the recession, women were ...
Meet FRED
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 by Will Horwitz Posted in Livelihoods | No Comments »The UK is fast becoming a nation of FREDs. Forgotten by those in power. Ripped off by taxes and the benefits system. Excluded from opportunities. Debt-ridden because they can't afford to get by. We're introducing the world to FRED today to ...
Close to Home: the recession in the UK
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 by Moussa Haddad Posted in UK poverty | 6 Comments »It's only about a year and half since the Northern Rock bail out brought to widespread public attention that all was not well in the British economy. Since then, events have unfolded at such speed that it's been hard to ...
