Tag: lived experience

Carefully Capacitating? Rethinking Activation for Lone Mothers in Ireland

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A mother drinks coffee while holding her baby, who reaches for a laptop keyboard, with paperwork on the kitchen counter beside them.

This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy by Joe Whelan and Fiona Dukelow. Ireland’s welfare state is often described as moving towards a more “social investment” model – one that seeks to build people’s skills, strengthen their participation in the labour market, and support… Continue reading Carefully Capacitating? Rethinking Activation for Lone Mothers in Ireland

What are we really talking about when we use the term ‘food banks’?

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Basket filled with assorted food items including jars, pasta, oil, and packaged goods on a neutral background.

This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of Social Policy by Maddy Sarah Power and Madeleine Baxter. Over the past 16 years food banks have come to represent much that is wrong and right about the UK: the cruelty of austerity initiated by the Coalition Government and the broader hollowing… Continue reading What are we really talking about when we use the term ‘food banks’?