Just met some of our MPs and had some useful conversations. Feels like progress towards an #EssentialsGuarantee

Gearing up to meet our MPs!… to Guarantee our Essentials through Universal Credit 📣 #EssentialsGuarantee 📣

🗣️ Lobby day is here! - we’re on our way to parliament to ask for our essentials to be guaranteed @trusselluk.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social #EssentialsGuarantee

❗ Hunger and hardship are already at record levels. And planned cuts to social security risk pushing even more people to food banks. We’re joining @trusselluk.bsky.social, @jrf-uk.bsky.social and hundreds of people in Parliament tomorrow to call on MPs to Guarantee our Essentials.💚

4.3 million children are in poverty UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢 Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5

The Global Coalition to End Child Poverty report ‘What Works To Reduce Child Poverty?’ highlights strategies from 7 countries – Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Peru, Poland, Senegal and Tanzania – to lift children out of poverty. Join the Webinar - 21st May 1pm - to learn more ow.ly/UBnM50VRCHR

Nearly 900 million children live in multidimensional poverty in low- and middle-income countries. Discover more in the new Global Coalition report. ow.ly/y6Nz50VRCFi @savechildrenintl.bsky.social @unicef.org @ids.ac.uk @spriglobal.bsky.social @worldvision.bsky.social @yloxford.bsky.social

📣 New research, by @louisemurphy.bsky.social‬ and Gregory Thwaites, published this morning 📣 The spring’s benefit and employment support reforms will most likely increase the labour supply... but that increase is much smaller than the number of people affected by the cuts ⤵️ buff.ly/YzOXy6T

EVENT! 😀👉 The Bristol Poverty Institute invites you to join us for our Seedcorn Fund Showcase on the 26th June, 2-4pm! There'll be presentations from our three 2024-25 poverty-focused Seedcorn research projects with a chance for Q&A. For more and to sign up -> www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

What effect will the UK's benefit reforms have on people and poverty? - read the BPI's analysis here 👉 bristolpovertyinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/04/23/p...

📣📣 join our sister institute @mmbuob.bsky.social for the online launch of new book - Rethinking Migration: Challenging Borders, Citizenship and Race (Bristol University Press, 2025) 📘📖 which presents a radically interdisciplinary approach to migration and mobilities. Sign up -> tinyurl.com/MMB-Book

Extreme wealth isn’t accidental - it’s a product of a broken system that lets the super rich exploit resources, dodge taxes and control politics. We need to draw a line. The Extreme Wealth Line. 1/3

📣New Blog Post! 📣 Read the key takeaways from last month's Resolve Poverty Conference (focusing on UK poverty and 'working locally to end poverty nationally') in this BPI blog post 👉 bristolpovertyinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/04/16/r... #Poverty #ChildPoverty @resolvepoverty.org

📢 New analysis of cuts 📢 We estimate unpaid carers are at risk of losing between £1.2bn – £1.7bn in income as a direct result of changes to PIP eligibility announced this week. The green paper fails to fully engage with the scale of its devastation with much of this on top of £5bn announced 🧵

Bristol Poverty Institute's March News is now available. mailchi.mp/89be6d0e86c4...

The BPI were in attendance at the Resolve Poverty Conference last week - some excellent talks and discussions! bsky.app/profile/reso...

The latest edition of our new letter is available via the link, filled with poverty related new items and events listings. mailchi.mp/89be6d0e86c4...

A great event with @hellobrigstow.bsky.social last week on participatory research methods for inclusive poverty research. Want to recap the event? - then head over to our event resources page (linked below) where a link to the recording of it will appear soon! www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty-inst...

📣 PODCAST ALERT!! 🎧 . Homelessness is on the rise in the UK. Escaping it is an uphill battle. . What if people experiencing homelessness were provided with tailored unconditional #financial support? . Listen to our new episode with Jonathan Tan #GreaterChange . poverty-unpacked.org/2025/02/23/e...

❌ Food banks shouldn't need to exist. ✔️ We should all be able to afford the essentials we need to survive and live with dignity. Repost if you agree!

Our fabulously informative February newsletter is now available - packed with poverty-relevant news, events, funding opportunities and links to resources. mailchi.mp/28a4aaeb85da...

The BPI hosts a wide range of events on the multidimensional nature of poverty and inequality. We have a great back catalogue of resources from past events that can be accessed on our website. www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty-inst...

BPI Event Capitalism Neoliberalism and Poverty We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone that attended our first on-line event of the year, it was a great success. If you missed out, presenter slides and a recording of the event are available on our website. www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty-inst...

💬 "Two thirds (66%) of senior teachers say their school provided food for pupils to eat outside school hours in the last 12 months." Worrying new @teachertapp.bsky.social data reveals more about the level of extra support schools are having to provide for pupils. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On Wednesday we have an exciting announcement to make about the next UN human rights review of the UK, the first one to take place under the new Labour Government. Sign up to our newsletter so you don’t miss out! justfair.org.uk/sign-up-for-...

Check out our JGI 2025 newsletter special, showcasing some of our exciting activities and events for the upcoming year. Highlights include: 👩‍🔬 International Women's Day 🧑‍💻 Bristol Data Week 2025 📈 Bristol DataViz returns 💻 2025 Turing Regional AI Event Series Read now: tinyurl.com/55kzmapm

Applications are open for the OPHI Advanced Course 2025! Led by Sabina Alkire and the OPHI team, this one-week intensive course at the University of Oxford is aimed at those who want to deepen their knowledge and skills in the Alkire-Foster method and the MPI. Apply now: bit.ly/OPHICourse

We are very excited to see how these projects develop

The Turing Seminar Series is back for 2025! 👉 Wednesday 15th January, 13:00 - 14:00 👉 University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road Room G.01 LT 👉 Zoe Kourtzi, Professor of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge No booking required, find out more here: tinyurl.com/47tz3vzr

We are thrilled Elisa Morgera, #UN Special Rapporteur on #ClimateChange & #HumanRights will deliver the @uon-hrlc.bsky.social annual lecture on 30/01 (17:30 BST).Her talk on #intersectionality & the #humanrights implications of #climatechange will be a must for colleagues working on these issues.