This is poverty.
At this turbulent time, we’re finding out just how much we all rely on each other in our society, and these difficult circumstances have awakened our compassion.
We need to make sure there is compassion, justice and action for each and every one of us when we face hard times.
Around one in five of us were already in poverty before the outbreak began - already boxed in by high rents and growing costs, often while struggling with health conditions and juggling caring responsibilities.
What effect does poverty’s tight grip have on people’s lives?
In this powerful new short film, from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and Connected Pictures, the experiences of seven people from around the UK are boldly illustrated in their own words.
The short documentary shows that while a range of events can lead to people getting locked into poverty, there is commonality in people’s emotional experiences and the impact it has on their well-being.
The film demonstrates that poverty has different dimensions, a contributor puts it: ‘[Poverty] means many things, that will also be different for different people.’
The film also creates an understanding of how people’s circumstances restrict their ability to live their lives freely and fulfil their potential.
It poignantly demonstrates the injustice of being held back by poverty - and that it doesn’t have to be this way.
The unignorable conclusion of the film is that if our economy and services were redesigned for each and every one of us, and if we all work together around a shared goal, poverty can be solved.
If you've been affected by any of the issues raised in this film, the following organisations may be able to offer advice and support:
Citizen's Advice - www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
Samaritans - www.samaritans.org/
Barnardo's - www.barnardos.org.uk/
Centrepoint - centrepoint.org.uk/
NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-...
A massive thank you to all of the participants who took part in the making of this film, and for sharing your stories.
Connected Pictures is an award-winning production company that specialises in emotional, human, storytelling. Our belief is that when people uncover the best and deepest parts of themselves true connections are made. These human stories have the power to change the world.
A special thanks to On Road Media for making this film happen.
#ThisIsPoverty #SolveUKPoverty
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Proves never to judge anyone, you never know what people are going through. Thank you to you all for your bravery in speaking out, these problems are often pushed "out of sight, out of mind" by so many.
@leehamza2943
2 жыл бұрын
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@mathiascase8747
2 жыл бұрын
@Lee Hamza instablaster ;)
@leehamza2943
2 жыл бұрын
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@leehamza2943
2 жыл бұрын
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@mathiascase8747
2 жыл бұрын
@Lee Hamza happy to help xD
Incredibly powerful and moving stories. So much work to do to understand what the lived experience of living in poverty is.
Some of the most impressive people I have heard for a long time - we need to act collectively to improve the life chances for these amazing people .
wow very powerful - thank you for bringing these stories to the public, understanding is so important
AMAZING video, it complitely changed my point of view on poverty. Thank you
Poverty is selling everything you own. Poverty in loneliness, hunger, sickness😢
Alot of strength and bravery indeed,🥺❤️🩹
Is so sad 😞 and heart ❤️ breaking too see those poor vulnerable peoples in this state they must get more help support from local charities and government. No one should face such hard catastrophes dire consequences, situation ever .🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😞😢😢😢
m 33 years old and i couldn't even make 5 dollars or euros the whole weeks so yeah i understand perfectly what these people been throw
If she is 72, she will not be put on Universal Credit and, if she is in social housing, she will not be bedroom taxed. Pension Credit is relatively generous compared to working-age benefits. Can someone please point her in that direction.
@UnknownUser-by4le
9 ай бұрын
Thats incorrect he state pension wouldn’t be enough to cover her rent, she would need to claim a top up through UC
@ro9202
9 ай бұрын
@UnknownUser-by4le You are incorrect. She is 72 and says her husband walked out so as a single person of pensionable age, her income-related top up will be through Pension Credit and not UC. Pension credit is more generous than UC and does not have a work conditionality, so either she has been misadvised, or the video is being wilfully misleading in saying she is being pushed into work. If the video is correct, and she IS being told to claim UC then it can only be because she has a partner below pensionable age so why leave this info out?
We are w/out in the very end of the age
Universal Basic Income.
Here we go. Prego wife, the social service did more harm then help us. Its do sad. We would starve if we would not be from farm.
@DylanM333
3 жыл бұрын
lucky you have farm animals
@ivancerepes6690
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanM333 yes. But it also Take Money. You must have some sort of bigger garden to sow corn for them to eat. We thankfully asked a man who is not using his big garden to sow corn. The corn seeds we took those free sample corns, we paid a friend who owns a tractor and sower to sow the "field". We also poisoned the grass because poison is so expensive its My monthly living so we borrowed it too what was the leftover. We hope we Will have just enough corn for chicken. We are thinking about few turkeys and a dwarf rabbit so our vegetables from garden don't go to waste. When you plant its sometimes way more then you can eat. Selling is not an option, everyone has it. Or in city you gonna pay more for the spot than what you Will earn. Sad.
i was doing good in school always first..but then i went down...my parents expect so much for me they want me to be a doctor but i dont really know..im just waiting for the that god ends my life so that i can stop living in this world i really hope that that day comes its my only way out i thought ppl were just faking depressions..but i feel it now i feel like how do u say this..um i feel crazy, crazy that i want to end myself idk of its right or wrong i feel ill inside
@avon2845
3 жыл бұрын
bruh, life is good
@sergeanttower7291
3 жыл бұрын
@@avon2845 ur right :) I've healed already and ill try to redeem myself again 😊
@nicfa1867
2 жыл бұрын
hey! keep your head up! life is wonderful, just somethig little hard, but nothing that worth will be easy!!
@heatherandgorse6889
2 жыл бұрын
If you live in the UK, there's lots of free support you can get for mental health. I don't know about other countries if you're not from UK, but I'm sure there's something somehow, have hope. Don't hold back, ask for help, and good luck xx
We don't wish to have more than we needed, all we want is a just weight, it's really hard to live especially when you're poor and have these condition (health issues I mean 😓)
I spent 22yrs reoccurring homeless. I now live in public housing. I'm 44. Anyway.. my EFTPOS card declined, (I was buying a beanie.) I said to the saleswoman "oh well... Have you ever heard the saying poverty is a virtue?" She said "yes, yes many times"...ok I think she thought she heard honesty, but wasn't honest enough to say so??? I don't know 👎
@mariaspencer4183
3 жыл бұрын
Poverty is a state of mind.
@standowner6979
2 жыл бұрын
@@mariaspencer4183 Keep thinking that bud!
A controversial activist who tweeted “victory to the Intifada” has been awarded a £63,450 grant by a charity to create a book about black liberation, the JC can reveal. Joshua Virasami was given the grant in July by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) as part of its “Rights and Justice” programme, which aims at “promoting rights and justice for minorities who face the most severe forms of racism”.
i wanted to donate to charity but i have no money
3:53 4:00
Porc trees 🌲.
She’s going on universal credit at 72 is that correct?
This need to be more popular so people can stop this!
There is no reason for people in such a wealthy country should be living like this. Courtesy of the morally bankrupt system of capitalism.
just keep telling yourselves that
I like cheesecake
I don't think people had seen poverty
@ezzokenan1943
2 жыл бұрын
i didnt seen it i live it
i wanted to live in a castle guess i am just a mental case who isn't a princess now
@clairbradshaw1351
2 жыл бұрын
because i cant afford one
@standowner6979
2 жыл бұрын
Are you into poetry?
i was also going to pay to get all the homeless off the streets but oh well
Just steal. It’s not even stealing..
Well, they seem have enough to eat to maintain their obesity.
@amberseventers
7 ай бұрын
ikr
Is anyone else watching this in a English lesson?😂
Stop funding 'Detention Action' and give more to Britain's poor!
Shite_w/I duobt
Go to Salvation Army.. beg..