Prof Sarah Johnsen and Dr Janice Blenkinsopp provide an overview of headline findings from the first interim report of the independent evaluation of Scotland’s Housing First Pathfinder programme, published today. Operating in five areas encompassing six local authorities (Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling), the Pathfinder is serving as a key litmus […]
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Meeting the housing needs of BAME households in England: the role of the planning system
Our research finds that the planning process in England is reinforcing racial inequality, despite having clear potential to support the needs of ethnic minority residents. Planners and housing professionals lack the confidence, skills and resources required to actively address racial inequality in housing, perpetuating socially conservative outcomes and limiting opportunities for achieving racial equality. Amy […]
State of Hunger in the UK
The Trussell Trust have today published I-SPHERE’s second report on the State of Hunger in the UK. State of Hunger is the largest ever study into hunger and food bank use in the UK. The research reveals the extreme poverty faced by people at food banks going into the Covid pandemic, with just £248 a […]
I-SPHERE Newsletter April 2021
This newsletter highlights what the I-SPHERE team have been up to over the winter and what’s coming up this spring and summer. Appointments and Reviews Professor Morag Treanor has been selected to be a member of The Promise Oversight Board set up to drive the findings of the Independent Care Review. https://thepromise.scot/ #KeepThePromise Professor […]
Reducing rough sleeping: lessons from Greater Manchester’s A Bed Every Night programme
In this blog, Dr Beth Watts discusses the findings of a recent evaluation of Greater Manchester’s A Bed Every Night programme. Greater Manchester’s A Bed Every Night programme was introduced in November 2018 to help prevent and reduce rough sleeping. It emerged in the context of highly visible and dramatically increasing levels of rough sleeping, […]
Destitution in London- The Mayor of London calls on Government to support low income families
Our Destitution in the UK research funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and boosted across London with funding from the Greater London Authority, sets out the scale of destitution in London. We found that 440,000 Londoners, including 60,000 children, were destitute at some point in 2019 – meaning they had gone without two or more […]
Wednesday 17th February seminar on young people and food insecurity
Today at 3.45pm, I-SPHERE welcome back Dr Charlotte McPherson to present a seminar on: Young people, food insecurity and Covid-19: a qualitative study in Edinburgh and London About the seminar The experiences of young people have largely been missing from recent controversy about food insecurity and rising food bank use in the UK, despite young people’s […]
I-SPHERE Seminars 2021
I-SPHERE will kick off our 2021 seminar programme tomorrow (Wednesday 20th January) at 10am with a seminar by Katie Curchin from Australian National University. Katie will talk about her recent research on Moral Framing of Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients in Australia and the debate surrounding this contentious issue. It links with the work that […]
Destitution in the UK 2020
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation today published our research on Destitution in the UK. Our third major destitution study found more than a million UK households experienced destitution at some point in 2019. These households contained 2.4 million people (a 54% increase since 2017 ) and included 550,000 children. Our interviews with people living in destitution during […]
I-SPHERE seminar tomorrow at 10am with Cameron Parsell and Andrew Clarke
Just a little reminder to grab a coffee and join us tomorrow ( Wednesday 9th December) at 10-11:15am for what we know will be a brilliant seminar. Cameron Parsell and Andrew Clarke from the University of Queensland will be presenting ‘Cultivating the ethical society: charity and welfare in contemporary society’ All welcome, so do pass […]