Bristol Poverty Institute

 

Bristol Poverty Institute presents

Poverty and Social Justice in a post COVID world

The Seventh Peter Townsend Memorial Conference

5-6 June 2024

 

Dr Lauren Winch, Manager of Bristol Poverty Institute, University of Bristol, UK

• Introduction Day 1 (PDF, 900kB)

Professor David Gordon, Director Bristol Poverty Institute, University of Bristol, UK

• The State We're In: Contexts (PDF, 3,236kB)

Session 1: Education, Employment and Escalating Inequalities

Professor Sharon Collard, Personal Finance Research Centre, University of Bristol, UK

• Inequalities in Financial Wellbeing in the UK (PDF, 523kB)

Professor Jane Millar, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, UK

• Ending Child Poverty, Why and How (PDF, 530kB)

Dr Will Baker, School of Education, University of Bristol, UK

• The Rise of Food Banks in Schools in England (PDF, 868kB)

Session 2: Mental Health, Poverty and the Pandemic

Ms Tricia Jessiman, Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST), University of Bristol, UK

• Evaluating Universal Free School Meal Provision in Two London Secondary Schools (PDF, 637kB)

Dinithi Wijedasa, Associate Professor in Child and Family Welfare, Children and Families Research Centre,  School for Policy Studies
University of Bristol, UK

• Mental Health of Children and Young People in Care in England (PDF, 987kB)

Laura Howe, Professor of Epidemiology & Medical Statistics, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK

• Poverty, Adversity & the Life Course Development of Physical and Mental Health (PDF, 741kB)

Session 3: Structural Inequalities and Social Justice

Professor Saffron Karlsen, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, UK

• Light in a Very Dark Time (PDF, 893kB)

Ann Singleton, Associate Professor in Migration Policy, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK

 

Closing Session

Mr Peter Matejic, Chief Analyst, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

• The Deepening of UK Poverty (PDF, 1,271kB)