When you have less to spend, life costs more.

Poverty premiums refer to higher prices that people pay for anything from car insurance to grocery shopping due to having a smaller budget.

In this episode, we speak with  Maria Booker, Head of Policy at Fair by Design, a campaign that aims to eliminate unfair poverty premiums.

Find out more on: https://poverty-unpacked.org

38. Poverty is expensive - Fair by Design

What does crafting have to do with activism? What contribution can gentle protest make to tackling poverty?

In this episode, we speak with Sarah Corbett, founder of the Craftivist Collective. We hear how a more quiet and kind form of activism can make change happen, and how it can complement other, more traditional forms of activism.

Find out more on the Poverty Unpacked website: https://poverty-unpacked.org/2024/10/19/episode-39-crafting-for-social-justice/  

Photo by Robin Prime, credit Craftivist Collective

39. Crafting for social justice - Sarah Corbett

Have you wondered about those armrests on park benches, or spikes on ledges or in hidden corners? They're examples of defensive design and hostile architecture.

In this episode, urban planning expert Cara Chellew explains how hostile design of public spaces affects some of the most vulnerable and makes them less appealing to all.

Check out more on https://poverty-unpacked.org

40. Defensive design and hostile architecture - Cara Chellew

Poverty Unpacked chats are back!

In January 2025, hear about forthcoming book The Empathy Fix, two new reports on astonishing and infuriating wealth inequality and providing input on the issue of welfare and conditionality.

41. Poverty Unpacked - January chat

Homelessness in the UK is on the rise. Can direct financial support to people experiencing homelessness make a difference? 

In this episode, we speak with Greater Change CEO Jonathan Tan to discuss their novel way of working with frontline service providers to help individuals and generating evidence to affect policy change.

Find out more on poverty-unpacked.org

42. Tackling homelessness without strings attached – Greater Change

Poverty in the UK is high and on the rise. Announced cuts will send more families into poverty.

In this episode, I discuss the latest figures, implications of the announced welfare cuts and importance of redistribution for breaking intergenerational poverty.

43. Poverty Unpacked - March chat

Ending poverty requires mass movements. Real change only happens when people come together and stand up against the injustice of poverty.

In this episode, we speak with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back about their 
 book ‘You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take: Lessons From the Movement to End Poverty’. 

Find out more on  https://poverty-unpacked.org



44. Getting organised to fight poverty

Round up of news on poverty from around the world by host Dr Keetie Roelen. 

From reports on child poverty to a call for submission for monologues on homelessness - listen now.

For list of links to all items in this episode, head over to poverty-unpacked.org

45. Poverty Unpacked - May chat

With only five years to go before the goal of ending extreme child poverty, we are off track to achieve this. But there are valuable lessons from countries that have made significant progress to accelerate efforts.

In this episode, we discuss what works to reduce child poverty with members of the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty.

Find out more on poverty-unpacked.org. 

46. What works to reduce child poverty – Global Coalition to End Child Poverty

Time for another Poverty Unpacked chat!

This month features research on poverty in new housing areas in UK and the role of coloniality in social protection policy in Africa. Plus celebrating six months since publication of The Empathy Fix book!

Check out all the links and more on https://poverty-unpacked.org

47. Poverty Unpacked - July chat

How to address poverty in schools? 

Check out this conversation with journalist and author Sean Harris on small but powerful tweaks to classroom practices as well as big and bold policy change beyond school grounds.

More information about this episode and all other episodes on https://poverty-unpacked.org 

48. Tackling poverty and disadvantage in schools - Sean Harris

In conversation with others, we explore how poverty affects the mind, relationships, emotions and society as a whole, and what can be done to change it. Hear from activists, researchers, policy makers, and those with lived experience of poverty around the world.

38. Poverty is expensive - Fair by Design

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