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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.
PRAN NEWSLETTER ISSUE 31: October 2026
This month’s PRAN newsletter explores rising child and fuel poverty through a new podcast on baby banks and a blog on ending fuel poverty. November is Early Career Month, featuring forum speakers. It also highlights the UK Data Service’s £3,500 Data Impact Fellowship and JRF’s new housing insecurity research.
Out in the Cold: 7 Ways to End UK Fuel Poverty
Around 12.1 million UK households live in fuel poverty, worsened by geopolitical gas price shocks, record energy debt and soaring energy-company profits. Before the Budget, the End Fuel Poverty Coalition urges debt write-offs, a bigger Warm Home Discount, extreme weather payments, social tariffs, cheaper electricity and retaining the windfall tax.
PRAN NEWSLETTER ISSUE 30: September 2026
Our September issue is packed with news! Picture This reaches thousands at the Museum of Liverpool, we announce a collaboration with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and our blog explores invisible poverty. Plus, a podcast from an inspiring musical gathering, a research call for parents, and a glimpse of what's ahead.
Building Better Evidence Together: Meet the JRF Insight Infrastructure Team
Meet JRF's Insight Infrastructure team, sharing updates with PRAN members. The team makes poverty data, research and lived experience easier to find, share and use, including through its Grounded Voices programme. It plans a spring 2027 conference on voice and power in evidence, with ideas welcome until 19 October 2026.
PRAN NEWSLETTER ISSUE 28: June 2026
In this month's newsletter, we explore new ideas for tackling poverty and strengthening the welfare state, highlight an opportunity to contribute to important research on disability, rest and free time, and remind members about our forthcoming public discussion on Poverty & Social Justice at the SPA Annual Conference in Liverpool. We hope there's something here to inform, inspire and encourage further conversation.
PRAN NEWSLETTER ISSUE 27: May 2026
The latest PRAN newsletter reflects on the Forging Connections forum, shares details of an upcoming public discussion on poverty and social justice at the SPA Annual Conference in Liverpool, and presents new research on food insecurity. We also highlight a petition on water poverty worth your support.
PRAN NEWSLETTER ISSUE 26: April 2026
PRAN’s April newsletter highlights the Picture This exhibition, sparking vital conversations on poverty and inequality, alongside a new blog on precarity in education. Join our upcoming Against All Odds event at Liverpool’s annual literary festival, celebrating working-class creativity. Plus, opportunities to access resources and participate in new research on youth activism.