UK Poverty Post » Ciara Breen http://www.oxfamblogs.org/ukpovertypost Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Surviving on a shoestring? Stuck in the benefits trap? Why not share your experiences with the world. http://www.oxfamblogs.org/ukpovertypost/2010/07/surviving-on-a-shoestring-stuck-in-the-benefits-trap-why-not-share-your-experiences-with-the-world/ http://www.oxfamblogs.org/ukpovertypost/2010/07/surviving-on-a-shoestring-stuck-in-the-benefits-trap-why-not-share-your-experiences-with-the-world/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:20:37 +0000 Ciara Breen http://www.oxfamblogs.org/ukpovertypost/?p=1029 From our experience, the assumption that people living on benefits don’t want to work simply isn’t true. We know that trying to survive on a very low income in the UK is a tricky business. Which is why we are looking for people who would be willing to share their experiences and frustrations of what it’s really like trying to survive in the system.

We’d like to hear from women and men who’d be up for taking part in a blog to record your experiences, tips and ideas as the Government makes decisions that affect your lives. We also want people who are happy to talk to the media. We think it’s time that the public and politicians see what it’s really like to survive in Britain today. 

If you are struggling with the system, whether in work or on JSA, receiving housing benefit, incapacity benefits, have recently lost your job, or are a single parent finding it hard to get by and can commit to volunteering with us as a blogger for the next few months , please send an email to sdransfield@oxfam.org.uk.  You can blog by text, video or however you see fit.

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