Comic Relief's annual Red Nose Day appeal successfully raised over £30 million, as announced by host Davina McCall. The star-studded charity fundraiser was broadcast live from Salford’s MediaCity and ...
Campaign highlights need for mediation, housing supports and poverty measures to improve outcomes for one-parent families and ...
During a poverty simulation Wednesday, a participant playing Brian Boling, a fictional 10-year-old, sat in the homeless shelter after his family was evicted mid-exercise. From the shelter he said he ...
The workers who help some of Connecticut’s most vulnerable residents are suffering themselves, according to a new study on ...
Chris Hall estimated he had covered the equivalent of more than 450 miles over the three days of his challenge [Gavin Kermack] A fundraiser has marked his 60th birthday by completing a gruelling ...
The affluent often blame poverty on bad budgeting skills, claiming the poor just need to be taught financial literacy. But working-class people require living wages and a functioning safety net, not ...
Veterans’ advocates are raising concerns that a new agreement between the departments of Veterans Affairs and Justice could take away veterans’ autonomy over their health care decisions and deter them ...
An "inspiring" food charity can meet "growing demand" for free hot meals thanks to a funding boost, its founder has said. Aishah's Food Charity was set up by Aishah Ahmed in 2023, who noticed people ...
The US needs to take a U-turn in its management of homelessness and addiction, as the number one cause of homelessness is poverty, not mental illness or addiction, and the US and the Philippines are ...
Opinion
THE STRUGGLE FOR A BETTER WORLD CONTINUES: An interview with Regina activist Florence Stratton
Florence Stratton has been for many years an activist in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and has recently received the Ursula Franklin Award of Excellence ...
While economists and advocates have long argued that social assistance rates across Canada are not even enough to keep people out of poverty, new research has found they are often not enough to keep ...
As a mental health chaplain in New York, I help people leave homelessness. But mental illness, bureaucracy and a fragile system often pull them back ...
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