Action on poverty in the UK. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sarah Page, Martin Coates, Julie Tipping, Juliette Frangos, Katy Goldstraw.
• Editors: Page, Sarah; Coates, Martin; Tipping, Julie; Frangos, Juliette; Goldstraw, Katy
• Contents: Section 1: defining the poverty issue.-1 Introduction.- 2 Defining Poverty.- 3 A History of Poverty.- 4 The Stigmatisation of Poverty.- 5 Families in poverty.- 6 Addictions, Sexual Exploitation and Poverty.- 7 Poverty as a Public Health and Community Safety Concern.- 8 Welfare Reform: A Solution or Driver of Poverty?.- 9 Supply and demand: the need for debt advice specialists and how we create them.- 10 Poverty and precarious work.- 11 Lived experience of prison and probation and employment challenges.- 12 Experiencing homelessness and attempts to eliminate homelessness.- 13 Seeking asylum and refuge.- 14 Carbon pathways: The interplay between Poverty and climate change in the UK.- Section 2: anti-poverty work examples.- 15 The Hull We Want.- 16 The role Children's Hospices can play in tackling poverty in the UK.- 17 Addressing children's food poverty in a rural county.- 18 Trussell Trust – food poverty and Jo Hill Joanna Ralphs-Hill.- 19 Addressing digital poverty through community engagement.- 20 Housing First in England – an uncertain future.- 21 Preventing food poverty: light at the end of the tunnel? 22. 'Period poverty' in Stoke-on-Trent, UK: new insights into gendered poverty and the lived experiences of austerity.- 23 Raising Voices: Acting against poverty through lived experiences and creativity.- 24 Insight through experience: Who decides what positive practice looks like?.- 25 Faith Based Work to Tackle Poverty.- 26 The 100 Year Plan: Planning for Change, Long Term.- 27 Visioning for the Future.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (254 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 362.50941; Poverty -- Great Britain -- Prevention; Poverty -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031371820
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