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Here you can find newsletters featuring the latest news updates from PRAN. We also feature blogs by PRAN and contributors from our network.
If you have information about projects, new research or want to share an experience, please get in touch.
A year of connection, collaboration and impact: PRAN in review
This year has been a vital and energising one for PRAN. Through events, podcasts, blogs and the launch of our Early Career Forum, we’ve brought people together for critical conversations on poverty, inequality and social justice — laying strong foundations for what comes next.
Rethinking End-of-Life Support
What if we had a social policy for the end of life? As hundreds die in poverty daily in the UK, a new call urges state support—like early pension access—to ease the financial burden of terminal illness. It's time to make dying with dignity a national priority.
Introducing the Early Career Forum: Strengthening Networks, Building Resilience
Starting out in social justice work can be tough—short contracts, emotional strain, and little support. That’s why PRAN is launching the Early Career Forum: a new space to connect, share, and build resilience among early career anti-poverty and justice workers. #SocialJustice
The class politics of debt
New blog: The Class Politics of Debt by Dr Ryan Davey explores how debt fuels class inequality, how the working class resists it—and why ignoring debt might just work. Based on his research in The Personal Life of Debt. Davey lectures at Cardiff University.
Women’s Experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in Northern Ireland
A new report by the Women’s Regional Consortium in Northern Ireland reveals the severe impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on women. Many face hunger, debt, and mental health struggles, with 78% going cold or hungry and 41% relying on foodbanks. The findings highlight urgent financial hardship.