Voices for change Article Swipe
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· 2022
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447364719.fm002
· OA: W4316925016
The COVID-19 pandemic changed all of our lives, in fundamental and often difficult ways. But, for families already in poverty before the pandemic began, and for those pushed into poverty by the pandemic, there were often very particular pressures and struggles. The demands of lockdown, home schooling and food shortages, for example, created additional challenges for families struggling to get by. This book charts an extraordinary year in a pandemic for families living on a low-income. It shares diary entries from over 100 parents and carers who documented their experiences - their COVID Realities - as part of efforts to create a better, different future for all of us. The book sets out what life was like for families between March 2020 and March 2021, sharing sometimes devastating accounts of everyday struggle and the harm this does. And - vitally - it sets out how and why things can and must be different. The book concludes with a manifesto for change - change that is needed for all of us.
