Contribute to the fund by clicking here We do not charge those in need for our services and all contributions we receive through the fund will be donated directly to people in the most dire of circumstances. Government policy denies already struggling individuals, parents and children access to essential welfare… Read More
Ordinary crises: what happens to ASIRT’s clients when things go right.
There are presently, to our knowledge, more than 6000 homeless children in Birmingham. 3 of these are ‘Joe’, ‘Daniel’ and ‘Thomas’. Daniel is 11 years old, and has lived in the UK since he was born:. He is now a British citizen, his mother, who is Nigerian, having been helped… Read More
Unsettled Status
With the advent of Brexit, people will doubtless have read of the chaos and uncertainty facing European Union nationals resident in the UK who are seeking to regularise their status under the Home Office’s Settled Status scheme. But if the situation is difficult and confusing for people with clearly demarcated… Read More
Profiting from childhood misery
A little over 3 years ago, we met ‘Sade’ and her mother, ‘Maria’, about whom we’ve told you before. When we met, Sade, who was born in the UK, was a little over 8, and had spent the entirety of her life to date in this country, which is her… Read More
No Such Thing as a Free Lunch?
Access to Free School Meal provision for children denied recourse to public funds in Birmingham. Dave Stamp & Sarina Hussain Introduction. This document will explore the phenomenon of food poverty for children in Birmingham denied free school meal provision as a consequence of their denial of recourse to public funds…. Read More
