Infohub
Here you will find resources from our membership base, like case studies, reports, policy insights and examples of good practice.
We also include some sources from external organisations who are engaged in the fight against poverty. We hope you find them useful.
If you have a resource you would like to share with the network, please contact us.
Financial crises damage people’s mental health – our global review shows who is worst affected
Financial crises are periods characterised by devastating losses of income, work, a certain future, and a stable family life. The effect on mental health can be catastrophic. But not everyone is affected equally. Read this Conversation publication by Ben Gibson (De Montfort University), Jekaterina Schneider (University of the West of England) and Mark Forshaw (Edge Hill University) to learn more about how financial crises damage people’s mental health:
On the Cliff Edge: Crisis Support 2022/23
‘On the Cliff Edge: Crisis Support 2022/23’ written by David Bond and Claire Donovan (End Furniture Poverty) looks at local authority spending on local welfare schemes and examines how they have spent their allocation of the Household Support Fund, (HSF). The report shows that 37 English local authorities have now closed their local welfare scheme, while 62% of all local welfare spending came from the Household Support Fund – which is only set to run until March 2024:
Running on Empty: Austerity, Rising Costs of Living and Growing Inequality for People and Charitable Organisations in Northern England
The ‘Running on Empty’ report by by Allison Briggs and Sarah Marie Hall (University of Manchester) reveals how people and charitable organisations in the UK are ‘running on empty’ as they face the relentlessness of poverty, austerity, and the rising costs of living. Read more: