Some stats and key facts about poverty

http://www.independence.co.uk/issues-online/topics/economics-and-welfare/poverty/key-facts

Assignments from this website - http://www.independence.co.uk/issues-online/topics/economics-and-welfare/poverty/assignments


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Neds film (non-educated delinquents)

Neds (2010) is a feature film directed by Peter Mullan, that tells the story of John McGill (Conor McCarron), a teenager growing up in 1970s Glasgow, Scotland. The story line follows John's involvement with his city's ned culture and the consequences of it on his teenage years.
Neds won Best Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival in January 2011.

^{The film shows that  sometimes in poorer neighbourhoods, even when you have a bright child, there are temptations to get in with the wrong crowd and this can lead to a downward spiral and bleak future, for what otherwise could have been a much more promising outcome.}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPLf887QSi0

Film overview - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neds_(film)

Premiere review - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTurAKFEFw4

Breadline Britain

A special edition of Tonight reports exclusively on the shock findings of the biggest and most in-depth study into poverty levels in Britain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkmhBISVmcg

Impoverished Britain documentary

'Newtown' just outside Birmingham is looking dirty, rundown and old. 50 % of its citizens are unemployed, living in grey towerblocks overlooking the urban devastation. The flats are poorly equipped with basic furnishings. All people can do is watch television. As the rich people get richer, the poor get poorer. Chris Pond from the Lay Pay Unit blames poverty and hardship on the Conservative Government's free market economy and their opt out from the social chapter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTk8JPXQi_s

Panorama - the big squeeze

With the cost of living rising fast and wages falling behind, Panorama unveils new research which shows that most of us are significantly poorer than we were two years ago. Reporter Andrew Verity reveals which jobs are being hit hardest, just how many of us are likely to be tipped over a financial cliff if interest rates go up, and he gets tips from the experts on how we can fight The Big Squeeze.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOC69QYWPB8

Britain's hungry children

Channel 4 news investigates the impact of persistent and deep poverty on the lives and hopes of children in thousands of households.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekHA8_SDwjA#t=71

Child poverty in Britain documentary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ASzbOKJPbI

Documentary series - the Estate

Fly-on-the-wall documentary series charting a year in the lives of the residents of a Coleraine housing estate in Ballysally, Northern Ireland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQXWLkpP0VI

Panorama - trouble on the estate

Drugs, anti-social behaviour, family break-ups and joblessness: all part of life on Britain's poorest housing estates. Filming with families, kids and police, as well as undercover with drug dealers, Panorama spent months on one estate in Blackburn finding out what it's like to live and grow up there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sm5VSo43JM

UK poverty video clips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk0BWoEzH4o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsLH2HUS1e8&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh6G0rzuLIw

How more equal societies tend to do better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XEVkVCqinc&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Powerpoint presentations on Poverty, Inequality

Poverty and Inequality:
http://app.sliderocket.com/app/FullPlayer.aspx?id=d144e5ac-fdac-43dc-bc6a-2f60963744f1

Causes of poverty and inequality:
http://app.sliderocket.com/app/FullPlayer.aspx?id=20b136d7-ffe0-473e-bf61-0ce68db14d75

Poverty - govt policies:
http://app.sliderocket.com/app/FullPlayer.aspx?id=d2747112-ea68-4027-a152-fc4d6fc9945f

Mindmaps on Poverty and Income and Wealth

Poverty:
http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=1e1fbe9d3d1a41729dec71fe3d644e0c

Income and Wealth:
http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=1d5da6bbead847e391c562e97624aa99

Poverty in the UK

The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate standard of living in a given country.In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed countries than in developing countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_threshold

Youtube - UK poverty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsLH2HUS1e8

UK poverty - what does it mean?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk0BWoEzH4o

Barnardo's - the trap of child poverty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgX9SMwpNDY

Impoverished Britain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vp9B5VcWZs&feature=fvw

The government must keep its promise to end child poverty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGRtcPshM_M&feature=related

The official 'Poverty' site (including income inequality)

Home page: http://www.poverty.org.uk/index.htm

UK poverty

BBC video clips:
Pensioner poverty unacceptable - Some two million pensioners in the UK are living in poverty, a figure MPs say is unacceptable. Although the figure has dropped by a third since 1997, the Work and Pensions Select Committee says more needs to be done.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8175850.stm

Bill aims to cut child poverty - Efforts to wipe out child poverty in the UK are going to be enshrined in law, under new plans from the government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8096484.stm

Call for action to help UK's poor - Charities want the government to take steps to help people in need ahead of the Budget in April.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7989128.stm

Call for action to help UK's poor - Charities want the government to take steps to help people in need ahead of the Budget in April.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7989128.stm

'Millions' of UK young in poverty - Millions of children in Britain are living in - or on the brink of - poverty, a report by a group of charities says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7643424.stm

UK poverty levels on the rise - The number of pensioners and children living in poverty has risen, a government report shows.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7446535.stm

Cartoons tell of kids' poverty - Over 3.4 million children are reportedly living below the poverty line in the UK and more than a million are in poor housing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6190000/newsid_6198200/6198230.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=6198230&bbcws=1

Poverty, inequality and government intervention

http://www.scribd.com/doc/21388687

Mindmap - Poverty

http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=1e1fbe9d3d1a41729dec71fe3d644e0c

What does it mean to be poor in the UK today?

Radio programme discussing what it means to be poor in the UK today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7652000/7652228.stm

Minmap of Poverty

http://mindomo.com/view.htm?m=1e1fbe9d3d1a41729dec71fe3d644e0c

Ending child poverty - everybody's business

Government paper on how to ending child poverty
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/bud08_childpoverty_1310.pdf

Shelter - the housing and homeless charity

More than one million children in Britain live in housing that is overcrowded, temporary, run-down, damp or dangerous.
http://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_issues/Creating_better_neighbourhoods/supporting_families_and_children?gclid=COKQoN3YpJcCFQU_MAodKRBn-w