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University of Chester Social Science researchers @nancycevans.bsky.social, Holly White, Kim Ross & Jenn Robinson using #co-production and public sociology to amplify lived experience and challenge social injustice.
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Our paper ‘You Can’t Sacrifice Nothing’: Exploring the lived realities of chronic poverty in a cost-of-living crisis through participatory research t.co/ppoYu0wQXm was based on our collaborative research with West Cheshire Inspirers
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08969205241267302
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People shouldn’t be forced through a degrading & dehumanizing process to receive disability assistance

They shouldn’t be treated as a fake, a burden and an undesirable just to get a benefit that keeps them in legislated poverty

Everyone deserves a living wage, food, housing & healthcare

Everyone.
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/ee67...
No need for a moral panic about the welfare system
It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high
www.ft.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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📣 Free training! Our online session will help you take your first steps in getting your #ChallengePoverty Week messages heard by both political leaders across the country.
📆 Thu 14 Aug - 10-11am
www.povertyalliance.org/event/get-in...
August 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Today is the start of #ChallengePoverty week 2025, a further opportunity to raise our voice against poverty and call for a just and equal Scotland 💪 Please see Lucy’s story, 👇navigating loss of income and insecure housing, all whilst in her hospital bed #EndPovertyNow #WeDemandBetter
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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United Nations special rapporteurs have called for the UK government to question its reforms to universal credit.
Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
www.bigissue.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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🚨 For the first time the EU will present an Anti-Poverty Strategy in 2026.
We need more than words. We need action. 💪
#Poverty isn’t just an economic issue, it’s a violation of human rights.
🌍 Join us in pushing for real change: www.eapn.eu/coalition-on...
September 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Our paper ‘You Can’t Sacrifice Nothing’: Exploring the lived realities of chronic poverty in a cost-of-living crisis through participatory research t.co/ppoYu0wQXm was based on our collaborative research with West Cheshire Inspirers
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08969205241267302
t.co
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM