My experience at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty
Thursday, October 27th, 2011 by Antony Metcalfe Posted in Citizen's income, Cuts, Homelessness, Livelihoods, Unemployment, Young people | No Comments »Last Thursday (20th October) the inaugural annual lecture of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty – chaired by Kate Green OBE MP – took place in the Houses of Parliament. The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary ...
Destitution challenge – the end
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 by Hannah Lucas Posted in Asylum-seekers, Attitudes, Fairness, Homelessness, Livelihoods, Refugees, UK poverty, Voluntary work, Wellbeing | No Comments »Just a quick update to say we survived our destitution challenge. Mainly because we were the recipients of leftovers on 3 occasions, I really think we would have struggled without. The weekend was fairly low-key, with just a wander to ...
Destitution challenge – day four
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 by Hannah Lucas Posted in Asylum-seekers, Attitudes, Homelessness, Refugees, UK poverty, Wellbeing | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_1431" align="alignleft" width="298" caption="Some of the typical contents of a food parcel, as distributed to refused asylum seekers by the Red Cross"][/caption] Friday – day four of our challenge. I’ve just had an update from our friends in Birmingham who ...
A look at the headlines – can you identify the winners and the losers in today’s papers?
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 by Kate Kewley Posted in Cuts, Fairness, Gender, Homelessness, Inequality, UK poverty, Unemployment, Violence against Women | 1 Comment »Bankers, average UK households, young workers, Bob Diamond, the global poor, BarclaysCapital and service providers for vulnerable women. What do they have in common? Well, apart from the fact that they all feature in today’s news headlines the answer would appear ...
What happens to asylum seekers who are destitute?
Thursday, February 10th, 2011 by Mike Kaye Posted in Asylum-seekers, Homelessness, Refugees, UK poverty, Wellbeing | No Comments »This year marks the 60th anniversary of the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, an international standard that has literally saved hundreds of thousands of lives since it was established. Mike Kaye, Advocacy Manager for Still Human Still ...
A day in the life of a destitute asylum seeker
Friday, February 4th, 2011 by Oxfam UK Poverty Posted in Asylum-seekers, Homelessness, Refugees, UK poverty | No Comments »Nikki Green*, 34, is from Zimbabwe. She has been in the UK for over 12 years and is appealing, since her case for asylum was refused, again. She is now living in destitution, again. She tells us what her typical ...
