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.
Category: Lived experience
“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.
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.
“It’s a humanity thing.”
An independent evaluation of the Homelessness Reduction Act has recommended local authorities to get feedback on service user experiences. We ask ‘Why?’ ‘Why Not?’ and ‘How do we make this happen?’
Employing the experience
Employing someone who has experienced support from services directly can be seen as an opportunity by some and a challenge by others.
“Beggars can’t be choosers!”
Attitudes around 'choice' need changing. People with lived experience of disadvantage tell you why and how.
Does the ACEs framework traumatise and stigmatise those it should support?
David Ford is the Founder and Head of Expert Link, a national organisation with a network of people around the country, predominately with lived experience of multiple disadvantages.