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Another year flew by! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to PRAN this year!
We wish everyone a wonderful winter break, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Explore the latest from PRAN: Read Michael Brennan’s powerful blog on the UK’s “cost of dying” crisis, and check out upcoming events like the 2026 Early Career Symposium and monthly Forum.
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In our latest newsletter issue we’re excited to share updates including Picture This: A Visual Perspective on Poverty and Inequality in the UK. These illustrations turn research into accessible advocacy for all. We also spotlight iMAPP’s launch in LCR. tinyurl.com/bd83dhb4
Read the latest PRAN newsletter. In this issue, we’re excited to share the launch of our new national Early Career Forum - a space for emerging researchers and advocates to connect, collaborate, and shape the future of anti-poverty work.
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Read PRAN’s new blog ‘The Class Politics of Debt’ by Dr Ryan Davey, which explores how debt fuels class inequality, how the working class resists it- and why ignoring debt might just work.
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Read the latest PRAN newsletter. In this issue, we share urgent updates from the Liverpool Access to Advice Network (LATAN) and invite people to contribute to a new PRAN visual storytelling project.
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Listen to the Mid-Morning Show with Roy Basnett and Liz Folan on @LiverpoolLiveRD this morning! We will discuss the urgent need to address poverty, the Poverty Research and Advocacy Network (@PRAN_Action ), Liverpool Access to Advice Network (LATAN) and much more!
PRAN Newsletter Issue 16 is here! This month, we spotlight vital research on the cost-of-living crisis, recap key events, and share urgent opportunities. Stay connected, informed, and involved. #PRAN #SocialJustice #Poverty
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Against All Odds Event tomorrow has been cancelled. Our hearts go out to all who have been affected by this terrible incident in Liverpool.
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If you are a writer or artist and want to come to this event contact me or @wowfest for a guest ticket - we want to hear your voice in this vital discussion on the struggles of working-class creatives, the systemic obstacles, and the triumphs they’ve achieved along the way.
Tues 27th @unitytheatre @wowfest & @PRAN_Action's Against All Odds - Class and Resistance in the Arts ft. TS Eliot Prizewinner @JTaylorTrash @EquityClass chair @stephgreeractor Producer Barrington Paul Robinson & writer @JohanneMcandrew 6pm Tix £5 here: writingonthewall.org.uk/myev…
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Tues 27th @unitytheatre @wowfest & @PRAN_Action's Against All Odds - Class and Resistance in the Arts ft. TS Eliot Prizewinner @JTaylorTrash @EquityClass chair @stephgreeractor Producer Barrington Paul Robinson & writer @JohanneMcandrew 6pm Tix £5 here: writingonthewall.org.uk/myev…
Join us next Tuesday! 👇
🎤 Against All Odds
📅 27th May | 📍Unity Theatre
We’re beyond excited to welcome back the phenomenal Joelle Taylor to #WoWFEST25 – T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet, electrifying performer, & uncompromising champion of working-class voices in the arts🔥
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Ahead of the anticipated Child Poverty Strategy and the 10-Year Health Plan, the
#PutChildrenFirst campaign by @AlderHeyCharity brought their ‘Ignite the Sparks’ film to Parliament. 👇
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They are calling for the government to #PutChildrenFirst to:
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Against All Odds: Class and Resistance in the Arts.
Event on Tuesday 27 May in Liverpool, part of WoWFEST and with support from the SPA.
An event "that delves into the intersections of class, creativity, and resilience within the arts"
Info ⬇️⬇️
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Join us on 27th of May at 6pm at the Unity Theatre 🎭 and check out the full programme for other amazing events that will take place this month! 👇
Here’s to 25 Years of #WoWFEST and 25 Years of Radical Writing! 🥂✨
Check out the full programme 👉 writingonthewall.org.uk/wowf…
🚨Read our latest newsletter! This month, we bring you key updates from across the network and our friends.
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Kirstie Hewitt from the Policy Institute outlines conclusions and recommendations from research on the Cost-of-Living Crisis which chime very much with @WRC_NI & @UlsterLawClinic research with women on the impact of the Crisis @PRAN_Action event
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Great to attend this important online event today and especially as the brilliant @C_Fitz_ is giving an update of @WRC_NI & @UlsterLawClinic research on the impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in NI
📢 Join us for the launch of a Special Issue on the Cost of Living Crisis in the UK, featuring interdisciplinary articles exploring its impact on vulnerable groups and potential solutions. Bookings are now open!
📅 28th of April (Monday)
📍Online
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Big first day back on campus! Speaking about our article on women's experiences of the COL crisis in Northern Ireland this AM & in the afternoon I will be joining an important event on the disability green paper organised by @jrf_uk in NI & @UlsterLawClinic.
📢 Join us for the launch of a Special Issue on the Cost of Living Crisis in the UK, featuring interdisciplinary articles exploring its impact on vulnerable groups and potential solutions. Bookings are now open!
📅 28th of April (Monday)
📍Online
pran.org.uk/events/understan…