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.

PRAN Team 01/09/2023 PRAN Team 01/09/2023

A Report into current Anti-Poverty Strategies and Work in Greater Manchester

A Report into Current Anti-poverty Strategies and Work in Greater Manchester by Shannon Jones (the University of Manchester) reviews anti-poverty strategies and work being done to support people who are struggling financially and socially following the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing ‘cost-of-living crisis'. It does so with a specific focus on Greater Manchester:

PRAN Team 03/04/2023 PRAN Team 03/04/2023

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:

PRAN Team 03/04/2023 PRAN Team 03/04/2023

International Innovations in Childcare: What can Manchester share and learn?

This report discusses the issue of childcare provision in three distinct Metropolitan regions of Europe: Greater Manchester, UK; Cagliari, Sardinia and Barcelona, Spain. It outlines some of the issues surrounding the current childcare infrastructure in theUK, namely affordability and accessibility: