25 Fighting Food Poverty

1 December, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

ONLINE MEETING

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ACTIVISTS

Caz Hattam co-founded The Unity Project (TUP) in 2017 and has coordinated the project since. The Unity Project wants an end to the policy of ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) and the discrimination and inequality behind it. TUP supports people to remove the NRPF condition from their leave to remain through making ‘Change of Conditions’ applications. 

Karim Ali & Hester Watson of Funnel, a hyperlocal organisation based in Southwark. They are committed to fighting food insecurity, with core aims to educate, advocate and act. Funnel’s collection points collect food donations and pass them on to a larger local foodbank. The other branch of Funnel, called Funnel Schools, is currently in the works.

HISTORIANS  

Pat Thane is Visiting Professor in History at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research examines inequalities and social policy in Britain from the twentieth century, with a special interest in poverty, gender, and age.

Kate Bradley is Reader in Social History/Policy at the University of Kent. Her research explores British social history from 1918 with a focus on the relationship between individuals and the state. Other research interests include philanthropy and social justice. She has also worked in the voluntary and public sectors.

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