Improving Support for Families in Poverty: Applying the Sustainable Livelihoods ApproachPeople experiencing poverty are often categorised in terms of what they are lacking, their failures and their problems. Supported by funding from Oxfam, this research project demonstrates that taking a holistic approach which looks at what people have, and what they already do to cope with poverty, can help practitioners to support individuals and families more effectively.© 2011 4 pages (29.5 x 21cm) |
This Is My LifeThis report details findings from the ATD Fourth World Key Family Research Project that used the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to map the lives of two large, extended families experiencing poverty in London. This report was made possible by support and funding from Oxfam GB.© 2011 25 pages (29.5 x 21cm) |
Voices for a ChangeThis report, from a participatory peer research project, presents solutions and recommendations drawn from having undertaken research into the lives of Londoners living on low-incomes. The project, run by ATD Fourth World with the support of Child Poverty Action Group, involved training people living in poverty as peer researchers and to become spokespeople on behalf of those experiencing poverty.© 2008 16 pages (29.5 x 21cm) £ 7.50 |
Getting the Right TrainersThe report describes how parents and their experiences of poverty and social work intervention contributed to the development of a training module for social work students and practitioners. The book offers a blueprint for engaging service users in the training of social care professionals.© 2005 36 pages (29.5 x 21cm) £ 7.50 |
Out of the ShadowsThis poetry anthology was produced from a creative writing project that involved bringing professional writers and performers together with over one hundred individuals, aged from six to seventy five years old, who live in poverty in the UK.© 2000 116 pages (20.6 x 14.5cm) £ 5.00 |
Education: Opportunities LostProduced with the full participation of children and families experiencing poverty, Education: Opportunities Lost examines why children who have the most to gain from education are, all too often, the ones failing in their schooling.© 2000 58 pages (29.5 x 21cm) £ 6.00 |
Participation Works: Involving People in Poverty in Policy MakingThis report details the methods used to involve people with direct experience of poverty in the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of public policy. The book details the methods used in the Public Debate Project as well as the barriers to participation encountered. It makes general recommendations for anti-poverty work in the UK.© 2000 59 pages (29.5 x 21cm) £ 6.00 |
Valuing Children, Valuing Parents: Focus on the Family in the Fight Against Child Poverty in EuropeThis study provides an insight into how families living in poverty can be supported to meet their needs and aspirations. It gives an extensive overview of reaserch and practice on poverty, child poverty, child protection and family support in 10 countries in Europe, including the UK.© 2004 176 pages (29.5 x 21cm) £ 10.00 |
Talk With Us, Not At Us: How to Develop Partnerships between Families in Poverty and ProfessionalsThis book is a result of a 3 year project, it explores the concept of partnership between families living in poverty and members of the legal, health, social and community work professions who seek to help them.© 1996 63 pages (21 x 14.6cm) £ 5.00 |
