Poverty Unpacked podcast

58. Poverty Unpacked Celebrates - Summer 26 by Poverty Unpacked

Community, not charity. In this episode, we are joined by Jenny Cornfield from Soul Food Edinburgh to talk about how the provision of free, welcoming and nourishing meals offers community and sense of dignity, but is ultimately a sticking plaster for the structural problems of poverty and homelessness. Find out more about this episode and all our other episodes on https://poverty-unpacked.org

Celebrating changemakers in poverty! In the second episode of Poverty Unpacked Celebrates, we celebrate the Equals platform, the Taxpayers Against Poverty coalition, the book Impoverished by Joanna Mack, the Common Ground Naturing Writing Prize, and the event 'Algorithms and Empathy'. Links to all celebrations on https://poverty-unpacked.org

Fragmented, charity-dependent and increasingly more restrictive - this is the US welfare system. . In this episode, social scientist Beth DaPonte gives an overview of social security in the US, discusses the role of charitable giving to ensure support to those in need, and shares her concerns about old age poverty. . Find out more about this episode and all other episodes on poverty-unpacked.org

Celebrating changemakers in poverty! In this first version of Poverty Unpacked Celebrates, we are celebrating changemakers selected for the Big Issue 100 changemakers of 2026, a new immersive event on poverty and an inspiring conversation to mark International Women's Day. Check out full details - as always - on poverty-unpacked.org