Action on Poverty in the UK

Sarah Page is an Associate Professor in Social Justice and Social Learning at Staffordshire University and teaches on Action on Poverty, Mentoring and Criminology courses.

Martin Coates is Lecturer on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty, and Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree at Staffordshire University, UK. Martin has over 20 years of experience of working social welfare field of law, policy and advice.

Juliette Frangos is Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University, UK, and Course Leader for the Certificate of Credit in Money Advice Practice; she also teaches on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty and the Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree.

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 communityengagement.- 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.