Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)

📓 JRF's annual report on the state of #UKPoverty launched this morning, revealing some stark truths. 👇      📊 The latest analysis from our researchers shows a worsening picture of poverty in this country, with families in poverty now on average needing thousands to get out of poverty.   The average person in poverty has an income 29% below the poverty line, equating to a gap of £6,200 for a couple with two children under 14.   📈 With 14.4 million living in poverty in 2021/22, our politicians must take action on this vital issue.    🗳️ A general election is on the horizon, and we are demanding practical solutions from political parties to address this.    Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/ebJWWJ_R

🔎 Discover what it takes to achieve a socially acceptable standard of living in the UK at our Minimum Income Standard (MIS) 2024 webinar. Since 2008, MIS has set the benchmark for living standards in the UK, defining the income needed to live with dignity. Our 2024 report offers new insights into the cost-of-living crisis and its impact on households. For the first time, all household budgets have been updated simultaneously. This gives us a comprehensive view of public perceptions on what a minimum socially acceptable standard of living looks like. 📢 Are you passionate about tackling poverty? Whether you're a policymaker, practitioner, or advocate, this webinar is a must-attend event to understand the challenges and opportunities in achieving this standard of living. 👉 Secure your spot now: https://lnkd.in/eT8YJPcn

🤝 We're proud to be supporting social change through our investment in Pathway Fund who give Black and Ethnically Minoritised-led organisations better access to finance, training and support to maximise their social impact. By offering a blend of financial and non-financial support - including grants, repayable funding, technical assistance, and capacity building - they ensure that the organisations they work with are equipped not just to survive, but to thrive. Our £120,000 investment, completed in 2023, has supported two groundbreaking pilots: the First-time Fund Manager Incubator and the Enterprise Development Programme. These programmes currently provide: - Grants and repayable funding - Tailored advice and training - Support for 3 fund management teams and 12 social enterprises Over a 12-18 month period, the focus is on enhancing the financial resilience and investment readiness of these organisations, enabling them to raise capital and scale their impact. 🔎 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eytZKhaT

Our care needs are growing and changing, and unpaid care is an overlooked but crucial part. 📈 Within the next 10 years, we predict that population growth means almost 1 million more people will have caring responsibilities. That’s equivalent to 2x the population of Liverpool. Both older people needing care and dependent children draw on paid and unpaid care, with over 65s relying more on unpaid than paid care. Caring is becoming more intense. Since 2010, the number of people caring for more than 35 hours a week has been steadily increasing. 🤔 How can we prevent care needs from going unmet in the future? - A cross-Government taskforce bringing together Ministers to plan ahead - Planning for carer support as per the National Care Service and stronger local networks Are we ready for the care needs of the future? What can the Government do now to make sure our needs are met? Our latest report from Abby Jitendra and Taha Bokhari looks at what we can expect care to look like in the next decade. 🔎 Read more in our report: https://lnkd.in/e2-xybUJ

📢 Webinar to launch the 2024 Minimum Income Standard (MIS) findings. Since 2008, MIS has set the benchmark for living standards in the UK, defining the income needed to live with dignity. Our 2024 report offers new insights into the cost-of-living crisis and its impact on households. 🤔 Why is the 2024 MIS Report important? For the first time, all household budgets have been updated simultaneously. This gives us a comprehensive view of public perceptions on what a minimum socially acceptable standard of living looks like in the UK. Are you passionate about tackling poverty? Whether you're a policymaker, practitioner, or advocate, our MIS 2024 webinar is a must-attend event to understand the challenges and opportunities in achieving a socially acceptable standard of living in the UK. 🔎 Secure your spot now: https://lnkd.in/eT8YJPcn

(Cymraeg isod) Build, buy, bring. How do we ensure we have enough homes? Darren Baxter, Principle Policy Advisor with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), will be talking about the barriers to building social homes at our People & Homes Conference. Register now: bit.ly/4eMCCRe #homes #SocialHomes #PeopleAndHomes #conference --- Adeiladu, prynu, caffael. Sut ydyn ni’n sicrhau bod digon o gartrefi gyda ni? Bydd Darren Baxter, Prif Ymgynghorydd Polisi gyda Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), yn siarad am dai cymdeithasol ar waith yn ein Cynhadledd Pobl A Chartrefi. Cofrestrwch nawr: bit.ly/4eMCCRe #cartrefi #TaiCymdeithasol #cynhadledd #PoblAChartrefi

Thousands of unpaid carers have been fined due to falling foul of earnings rules in the UK. Some of them also faced prosecution. The Department of Work & Pension (DWP) is recovering the overpayment of carers allowance from their existing benefit or salaries. On this month’s Debt Talk podcast, Ripon Ray (MIMA Cert) explored: ‘Carers & benefit overpayment’, with distinguished guests from a funder and civil society organisations. Rory Ewan, Senior Analyst from Policy in Practice, spoke about the financial and non-financial challenges carers face in the UK. He explained the nature of carers’ role and how they have fallen foul of the criteria for carers allowance. He describes how income received under carers allowance is different from universal credit. Universal credit has a taper system whereas carers lose the whole of carers allowance if they earn a pound above the legal threshold. The DWP then use enforcement action to recover the debt which leaves carers in further poverty and some faced criminal prosecution. Abby Jitendra, Senior Policy Adviser from Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) explained the reality of being a carer. They are mostly women, low-paid and deemed to fall within the vulnerability category. Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) carried out several research into the causes of poverty and carers and they are financially penalised for caring and also marginalised from the labour market leaving them insecure. Abby Jitendra also highlighted the importance of changes in the benefits system to support carers in the long term. Both panel members provided Debt Talk listeners with TOP TIPS to improve the lives of carers in the UK. My next podcast is on: 'Indebted with By Now Pay Later products.’

📆 In 2022 we launched our Insight Infrastructure programme of work, to guide better policy and action in the fight against poverty in the UK. This programme aims to democratise access to high-quality data and evidence through open collaboration and innovation. Data and insight products will act as a satnav providing a series of possible routes to navigate from problem to solution, enabling the transition to a more equitable and just future, free from poverty. 🔎 The second anniversary of this programme is a good time to reflect and think about its future. Find out more about our interactive ‘toolkit’ and resources on our new website from our Chief Insight Architect, Rosario Piazza: https://lnkd.in/e4d3_2v6

After a difficult week, today I spent healing time with our Stigma Free Futures design team Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), discussing how stigma has played its part in the violent scenes in our streets. We can all see and feel that Britain is once again the sick (and poor) man of Europe. In order to avoid the root and branch change of the structures that have caused our decay, we are continually manipulated to blame individual groups, e.g. migrants, black and brown folk, trans folk. The tool used for that manipulation is stigma. Stigma shifts the blame away from failed systems to blame individuals. The end result is the widespread scapegoating we see today, with potentially dire consequences. Over the rest of this year, our design team will be working with groups from across the UK who have range of lived experiences, to help shape our stigma free futures manifesto and the forms that might take.

What are people experiencing poverty talking about online, to their peers, in real time? Really proud to be working on this project throughout 2024 with Demos and with Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)’s  Grassroots Poverty Action Group (GPAG). It’s a fascinating piece of work that is giving us a lot of new insight. ALL of which, our GPAG resonate with. The latest report published this week, highlights the experiences of disabled people living in financial hardship and the mutual support and solidarity gained through online forums. We'll be dropping 2 more snapshots of social media analysis in 2024 so watch this space 👇