Jackie from the Welfare Change Lived Experience Group outlines the challenges for people accessing benefits, and what the public need to know to best support others.
“People are hurting and their voices need to be heard”
Hello there, may name is Brian Scott and I live in Glasgow. I’ve been a volunteer/anti-poverty activist with the Poverty Truth Community in Glasgow for almost 4 years.
“A constant cycle”
This month, the Welfare Change Lived Experience Group discussed debt; the experience of being in debt and how DWP can change practices to support people ‘out of the cycle.’
Addiction and the DWP
This is the story of someone in recovery and his experiences of engaging with his local JCP. Every one working for the JCP should listen to this. You fill a...
Forms & Health – Paul Atherton (FRSA), member of Expert Link’s Welfare Change Lived Experience Group
Forms & Health - Paul Atherton (FRSA) discusses the issues of form filling and the impacts on health that DWP engagements have - as a member of Expert Link's Welfare...
Letters and shame
I feel it's relevant to share my thoughts and feelings on DWP letters and actions required consistently. shame, guilt, loss of presence in society and the labels. These stick with...
“Cheap Ice Cream and Pasta”
Mark B, a member of the Welfare Change Lived Experience Group, shares his experience of claiming benefits
National Advisory Panel Report: 28th February 2021
Vaccine roll-out, experiences of people begging, experiences of staff in homelessness and related services Click to read our report
Why?
Our last post “The glass ceiling” came out of a conversation at our National Advisory Panel whose members are from around the country, all having lived experience of homelessness and...
“The Glass Ceiling”
We must remove the employment barriers faced by people with lived experience of homelessness.