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Reflections on the pilot phase: Birmingham’s Economic Justice Action Network
The Birmingham Economic Justice Action Network is moving on from its pilot phase. Anna Garlands from Huddlecraft reflects on how it provides the space for alliance building, learning, developing…
Connect Fund Reflections: Running the Participatory ‘Gathering Ideas Fund’
This is the first blog in a mini-series of blogs sharing the learning from the Connect Fund.
Single parents – paying the price of austerity
Today Gingerbread released the report Paying the Price, which explores the effect of austerity on single parent families. Sumi Rabindrakumar,…
Sharing the story of everyone’s human rights, every day
The Equally Ours Campaigns highlights the importance of human rights to all members of society. Emma Hutton, Programme Director at Equally Ours,…
Simple banking solutions and serious personal debt
Following the release of two reports on banking and personal debt, Resources and Resilience Programme Manager Clare Payne explores their…
Low pay and need for the living wage
Following the recent living wage increase, Communications Officer Sapphire Mason-Brown looks at the prevalence of low pay and the advantages…
Fuel poverty and corporate greed
In this cross-post from Birmingham Settlement, Chief Executive Martin Holcome gives his personal take on rising energy costs and how…
Young Adult Offenders – Time to Reverse Years of Neglect
Today, the Transition to Adulthood Alliance publishes a new report examining how prisons currently meet, or rather fail to meet,…
Let's end racism this generation
Rob Berkley, Director of the Runnymede Trust, explains why they are working to end racism this generation. Over the last…
In Search of the Innovators
Phil Bowen, Director of the Centre for Justice Innovation, seeks out those prepared to think more deeply about the purpose…
Utilising the arts for gang intervention
Wolverhampton-based Engage Youth Empowerment Service (E.Y.E.S) is a grassroots gang intervention programme that engages with both gang members and those…
Cleaning up the Wren’s Nest
Owen Jones of HOPE not hate, a group which campaigns against right-wing extremism, explains why keeping community spaces clean can…
Sunny Dhadley: Policing the Crime Board
In this cross-post from Operation Black Vote, Ashlea Williams casts a spotlight on Sunny Dhadley, a participant on the West Midlands…
A lifeline for Travellers in prison
Conn Mac Gabhann, Manager of the Traveller Project at the Irish Chaplaincy in Britain, explains why they are reaching out…
Supporting undocumented migrants in a hostile environment
Dave Stamp of Birmingham-based ASIRT, an OISC registered advocacy organisation working to support undocumented migrants in the West Midlands, shares…
Birmingham feels the pinch
Martin Holcombe, Chief Executive of Birmingham Settlement, gives his personal take on welfare reform, housing, and the perfect storm currently…
Working with migrants and refugees in the Black Country – Part 3
In our final l post work of the Refugee and Migrant Centre (RMC) in Wolverhampton, we look at some of…