Atd Fourth World Uk
Tuesday: 09:30 - 17:00
Wednesday: 09:30 - 17:00
Thursday: 09:30 - 17:00
Friday: 09:30 - 17:00
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About Atd Fourth World Uk
"GIVING POVERTY A VOICE. " To donate: http://www. justgiving.com/atd "ROLES WE PLAY" to donate: http://www. globalgiving. co. uk /projects /the-roles-we-play /
Atd Fourth World Uk Description
ATD FOURTH WORLD is a human rights-based, anti-poverty organisation with more than 40 years' experience of engaging with individuals and institutions to find solutions to eradicate extreme poverty in the UK.
Working in partnership with people affected by poverty, ATD Fourth World has, since 1968, concentrated its efforts on supporting families and influencing policy through work at Frimhurst Family House in Surrey and our National Centre in London. Read more. . .
A member of the International Movement ATD Fourth World, we work in more than twenty-five countries throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. We work with affiliated organisations in 90 other countries and have over 100, 000 members worldwide.
As part of our commitment to representing people living in poverty at an international level, ATD Fourth World has a permanent delegation at the European Union and holds general consultative status with UNICEF, UNESCO, ECOSOC, the International Labour Organisation and the Council of Europe.
On 17 October 1987, ATD Fourth World was at the root of the laying of a Commemorative Stone honouring the victims of extreme poverty, violence and hunger on the Parvis des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertes in Paris. Five years later, the United Nations recognised 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and called on all nations to renew their commitment to fighting poverty and to show their solidarity with the poor.
Since then, more than thirty similar Commemorative Stones have already been laid around the world, from the European Parliament in Brussels to the Gardens of the United Nations in New York. Each one bears the words of Joseph Wresinski, the founder of the International Movement ATD Fourth World: "Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated. To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty. "
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It’s time MPs and the media use their power to end #UKpoverty. @ATDFourthWorld @ThriveTeeside @doleanimators are bringing people together who’ve experienced poverty to share ideas on how to #solveUKpoverty and make our voices heard. Share if you agree.
"The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG ) said arbitrary rules built in to the way universal credit is calculated leave some families unable to predict how much they will be paid each month, leaving households in debt and unable to budget."
https://www.theguardian.com/…/universal -credit-flaws-leavin…
A few of us from ATD Fourth World had the chance to say goodbye to Derek today with his family and friends. It was a great service, he would have been proud. Rest in peace x
A unique place.. worth a read
"People's health should not be defined by their social class," she said. "It can change, and it will change. Our children have got just as much of an innate ability, potential and talent. If we don't recognize that, we're losing this resource. The country is losing so much potential."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-4498565 0
Cooking up quiche in the Community Lunch today. All welcome, come in and enjoy the conversations, food and company.
A film from a few years back ... but still very very relevant today
“They Deserve the Stars”: A #StopPoverty video continuing the story of Mary Rabagliati on her years founding @ATDFourthWorld in the UK http://www.atd-fourthworld.org/deserve-st ars-convincing-fa…/ … via @atd4thworld
A new blog post by Seamus Neville Recently Seamus Neville, a participant in ATD Fourth World's 1997-2000 ArtSpeaks project, looked back on it to speak about his memory of it
We are very sad to share the new that our friend Derek passed away today. Such a wonderful man who campaigned for social change relentlessly with such dignity and generosity. Here is something he wrote as part of the Roles We Play project: People say life begins at 40, not 65 like it did for me. I’m a pensioner with a young wife who is now in a wheelchair. Being a lifetime carer, I need to enable her to be happy and independent, especially when I’m not there or when I am bus...y taking part in ATD Fourth World projects. ATD Fourth World helps people participate in the community in spite of the drawback of poverty. Through them, I had a personal chat with the Dalai Lama on behalf of other excluded families. I was impressed at how he also overcame exclusion in a really big way! It made me realise that if he can, and I can, then you can, too! I also sing my emotion and love by busking for a local hospice. Several friends have died there, and it raises hundreds of pounds for them when they count up the boxes. I love singing Frank and Bing and the old favourites from a bygone age. A big supermarket wanted to make our home into a car park. They wanted to move us away and take away our home but we stood up for our rights. We wanted an acceptable housing replacement. After a seven year-long legal struggle we succeeded and a new block of flats was built for us and the other residents. My wife cut the ribbon to open the new flats. Together, we achieved something special and were no longer excluded, but proud of our new-found dignity. Out of exclusion and into dignity. The thing about The Roles We Play is that it says everybody should be treated with dignity and everyone should have respect for each other. I believe that we’ve got to practice it, not just say it and put it down on paper. It’s so important. No matter whether people look poor or whether people look sad, you have to give them a smile and make them feel that they are wanted and that they matter to each other. It’s about people like us caring about each other. Rest in peace Derek from all at ATD Fourth World
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ANTI-POVERTY PRACTICE FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIAL WORK IN NORTHERN IRELAND referencing the important texts from @ATDFourthWorld and The Roles We Play: Recognising the Contributions of People in Poverty
Poverty is the Elephant in the room and should be seen as core-business in social work practice
... https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/pub…/doh-a nti-poverty-framework
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Thursday: 09:30 - 17:00
Friday: 09:30 - 17:00
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