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1528201509 Framing the conversation - talking about poverty and inequalities In this blog, Alison Drever reflects on our recent workshop on ways of talking about poverty to better influence the public, media and policy-makers.

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Published
11 October 2019
1528201490 Tackling poverty and supporting people’s health This blog marks both Self Management Week and Challenge Poverty Week and discusses self-management of health conditions in the context of people living in poverty.

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Published
08 October 2019
1528201490 At the Deep End: integrating money advice workers into GP practices In this blog, Douglas O'Malley discusses new evaluative research into integrating money advice workers into primary care settings.

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Published
28 January 2019
1539335838 Basic income podcast The podcast of our recent seminar on basic income by Prof Evelyn Forget is now online.

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Published
18 October 2018
Cpw17_square_logo_with_strapline_listing Challenge Poverty Week 2018 This annual awareness week highlights the realities of poverty and aims to increase public support for action to combat poverty.

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Published
05 October 2018
1528201490 Poverty isn’t inevitable, local action is possible For Challenge Poverty Week 2018, Dr Sonya Scott discusses actions to tackle poverty.

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Published
05 October 2018
New: the public health implications of rising debt This Challenge Poverty Week, we’re highlighting concerns about the potential damage to mental and physical health from the high levels of personal, unsecure debt currently seen in the UK.

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Published
02 October 2018
1528201490 Families running on empty Are we turning a blind eye to the spiralling levels of unsecure personal debt used ‘to make ends meet’ among vulnerable households?

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Published
02 October 2018
Building_connections_1_-_final_listing Deep End Advice Worker pilot project evaluation published Our new publication evaluates the pilot Deep End Advice Worker project, which delivered £850,000 worth of unclaimed benefit entitlement to patients in the east end.

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Published
14 September 2017
1528201490 How does work affect your quality of life and health? Lisa Garnham has been working with community researchers as part of our exploring neighbourhood change project, in this blog they discuss their experiences undertaking research in their communities.

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Published
05 June 2017