Life Essentials

When we think of poverty we often think of not having enough money and resources to meet our basic needs of shelter, warmth, food and being able to connect to others. We can also think about relative poverty where the income people have is below the national average, then we have absolute poverty where there is not enough money to meet our basic needs for survival. There is also poverty of hope, where even if opportunities were to present themselves, people can feel so despairing and without a sense of agency that they do not take these opportunities, feeling there would be no positive outcome. Poverty and inequality are incredibly complex areas, however, for wellbeing they need to be addressed.

In 2022 we produced a financial wellbeing booklet, it does not replace professional advice, nor claim to have all the answers, however, it may help a little. Feedback received on this has been positive so during challenge poverty week we were involved in IWO community learning exchange to explore the essentials of life and how to bring them into our lives even against the odds. The results of the exchanges will be written up and shared on our website.