People suffer hugely because they have no recourse to public funds (NRPF), and supporting families to access accommodation and money is a practical way of alleviating some of that suffering.
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Section 17: Valuable safety net, but no justification for NRPF
People suffer hugely because they have no recourse to public funds (NRPF), and supporting families to access accommodation and money is a practical way of alleviating some of that suffering.
Honouring Valentina Glockner
It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Valentina Glockner, a member of the Shadows project advisory team, passed away on 7th December 2023.
The changing face of NRPF
In this blog, we consider the changing groups of people affected by NRPF and show how new legislation is rapidly altering the policy landscape.
A conversation on ‘welfare bordering’: From Mexico to the UK
In this blog, Valentina Glockner, one of the Shadows project advisors, and Rachel Rosen, Shadows co-lead, discuss the concept of ‘welfare bordering’ across contexts.
Why are we doing ethnography?
In our previous blog post, we explained that we would be taking a decolonial view in our long-term ethnographic research with families and unaccompanied young people with no recourse to public funds (NRPF), to help us better understand and explain the purposes, persistence and expansion of NRPF.
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What’s in an age?
What's in an age When I was a youth worker, I had a whole repertoire of ‘get to know you’ games. I always carried around an imaginary ‘tool box’, so to speak, consisting of games and activities that helped participants to get to know each other, which according to me...
Section 17: Valuable safety net, but no justification for NRPF
Section 17: Valuable safety net, but no justification for NRPF People suffer hugely because they have no recourse to public funds (NRPF), and supporting families to access accommodation and money is a practical way of alleviating some of that suffering. However, in...
Honouring Valentina Glockner
Honouring Valentina Glockner It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Valentina Glockner, a member of the Shadows project advisory team, passed away on 7th December 2023. I met Valentina two days before the first Covid-19 lockdown. She had come to London...
The changing face of NRPF
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A conversation on ‘welfare bordering’: From Mexico to the UK
A conversation on ‘welfare bordering’: From Mexico to the UK In this blog, Valentina Glockner, one of the Shadows project advisors, and Rachel Rosen, Shadows co-lead, discuss the concept of ‘welfare bordering’ across contexts. Rachel: Thanks so much for speaking with...