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 […]
Category: Research
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 […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated food insecurity among young people
New research by Dr Charlotte McPherson for I-SPHERE and Oak Foundation, reveals how the Covid-19 pandemic has both worsened and laid bare young people’s enhanced risks of experiencing food insecurity. The majority of research, policy and media coverage of food insecurity has focused on young children and families, and very little is known about how […]
Interested in commissioning research or evaluation?
I-SPHERE is running an event on Thursday 19th November in partnership with CACHE and the Oak Foundation to provide advice, support and practical tips on where to start! Aimed at commissioners in the third or public sector: hear what impactful research and evaluation looks like; what to look out for when commissioning; learn top tips […]