All Outputs (6)

Where's the credit? (2023)
Report
Power, M., Pybus, K., Jordan, U., Tominey, E., Kaufman, J., McHardy, F., …Patrick, R. (2023). Where's the credit?. Changing Realities

Universal Credit (UC) is harmful to the mental health of claimants and has a particularly detrimental impact on the mental health of lone parents, creating stress, anxiety and financial hardship. This rapid response briefing shares findings from the... Read More about Where's the credit?.

Keeping Warm This Winter (2023)
Report
Kaufman, J., Patrick, R., Aldridge, H., Jordan, U., Pybus, K., & Power, M. (2023). Keeping Warm This Winter. Changing Realities

The rapid escalation in energy prices creates particular challenges for families with dependent children living on a low-income. Families need to keep their children warm this winter. However, with household budgets stretched to breaking point, they... Read More about Keeping Warm This Winter.

Lockdown isn't over for us all (2022)
Report
Warnock, R., Page, G., Patrick, R., Kaufman, J., & Kingdom, S. (2022). Lockdown isn't over for us all. Changing Realities

This short report sets out some of the specific ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted low-income families who have children with additional needs. Drawing on participatory research with Covid Realities participants, combined with survey da... Read More about Lockdown isn't over for us all.

Every day is a struggle: Life at the sharp end of the cost-of-living crisis (2022)
Report
Kaufman, J., Page, G., Aldridge, H., Pybus, K., & Patrick, R. (2022). Every day is a struggle: Life at the sharp end of the cost-of-living crisis. Covid Realities

Covid Realities was launched in April 2020 to document the experiences of parents and carers living on low incomes during the pandemic. While the project was due to end in December 2021 (with our final report published in January 2022), the scale of... Read More about Every day is a struggle: Life at the sharp end of the cost-of-living crisis.

Covid Realities: documenting life on a low income during the pandemic (2022)
Report
Patrick, R., Garthwaite, K., Power, M., Kaufman, J., Page, G., Pybus, K., …Howes, S. (2022). Covid Realities: documenting life on a low income during the pandemic. Nuffield Foundation

Families living on a low income are profoundly disadvantaged and Covid-19 has only made this worse. In this final report, we summarise the evidence from the multiple strands of the Covid Realities research programme, which documented the everyday ex... Read More about Covid Realities: documenting life on a low income during the pandemic.

Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined (2021)
Report
Kaufman, J., Patrick, R., & Power, M. (2021). Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined. Covid Realities

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the shortcomings of the UK’s social security system. As we move out of the pandemic, there is a need to grasp this opportunity to debate and start planning for a new and better social security settlem... Read More about Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined.