How to Tackle Poverty with Co-Produced Activism : Knowledge from Lived Experience.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Lynne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2026.

Summary:

Bringing together voices from academia, grassroots activism, NGOs and the UK voluntary sector, this timely and accessible book explores how participatory approaches to activism can drive genuine, inclusive change.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of figures

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

Part I A global human rights perspective on lived experience activism

1 Introduction: Co-​produced activism with people who have lived experience of poverty

Introduction

Definitions and discussions: co-​production, participation and lived experience -​ what do the words really mean?

Knowledge, power and resistance: challenging stigma

Activism

Sharing stories and stigma

The value of lived experience for policy making

Introducing the structure of the book

Conclusion: Inspiring action

Note

References

2 RAPAR: a human rights approach to lived experience activism

Introduction and context

Working collaboratively for rights

Poverty and rights in the UK's 'hostile environment'

Understanding 'poverty'

'This is abuse': lived/​living experiences of poverty

Centring lived/​living experience in human rights activism

3 Ethical and collaborative entanglements in creative co-​production: photography and the politics of representation

Positioning myself in (Good) Relation

Problematic histories of photographic representation

The politics of representation

A decolonising context for documentary photographs

Decolonising methods: an overview

Empowerment in photographic practice: self-​representation

Decolonising methodologies in practice -​ regional alliances

Some concluding thoughts

4 Co-​produced participatory lived experience activism through the eyes of the African philosophy of Ubuntu

Background

An Ubuntu worldview

Emphasis on life stories

The Collective Fingers Theory

Decoloniality and anti-​oppressive practices

Challenges faced in the process.

Corruption and egotism

The African worldview and principles of lived experience activism

Respecting all voices

Participation/​collaboration

Conclusion

5 Valuing people: how to thank 'experts by experience' for their time and expertise

Why should we remunerate?

Mechanisms for payment

Doing it well -​ the basics

Budgeting to say thank you

Talking about saying thank you

Treating everyone as a professional

How does financial remuneration interact with the welfare and tax systems?

Creating a policy

Support with government agencies

Other ways to mitigate the risks

Thank-​you gifts and the welfare system

Employment and self-​employment

How can financial remuneration influence the relationships between the people and the work?

What else might people be getting out of your work?

Offboarding -​ What to do when it's time to end the relationship

Conclusions

6 ATD Fourth World: participatory action research

Knowledge and power in participatory action research

Hannah Arendt's concept of 'power with'

Joseph Wresinski's vision of participatory inquiry on poverty

The origins of the Merging of Knowledge approach

Understanding poverty in all its forms

'Power with': creating an equitable epistemic community

Principles of ethical action for PAR

Notes

Part II Poverty is real

7 Taking Voice Seriously: addressing poverty with lived experience with APLE Collective

Background to APLE's work

Taking Voice Seriously

Taking Voice Seriously -​ when it goes well

Supporting success, and opportunities for growth and to blossom

Taking Voice Seriously -​ challenges that APLE Collective have experienced.

Taking Voice Seriously -​ what would APLE Collective do differently?

Taking Voice Seriously -​ principles for action

Person-​centred practice

Accountable practice

Voice based practice

Experience and expertise-​focused practice

8 Poverty Truth Network: relationships, relationships, relationships

Description

What has worked?

What challenges have we faced?

What have we learned from the process?

What would we do differently?

Principles for lived experience activism

Go beyond story

Embrace creativity

Make small changes -​ personal, organisational and cultural

If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far, go together

Be alongside other ways of working

9 Joseph Rowntree Foundation: learning with the Grassroots Poverty Action Group

Description of the work

What has worked

Having your voice heard

Inclusivity and togetherness

Feeling valued and respected

Confidence and opportunities

Outputs and impact

Practical challenges

Digital challenges

Personal challenges

Remuneration

Facing the stigma

Principles for lived experience-​led activism

10 Trussell: developing a participation strategy with people who have lived experience of food banks

Background to the work

Panel recruitment

Challenge teams

Other participation

Buddies

Ending well

Panel members

Staff

Challenge project's spin-​offs

Being relational in a digital first programme

Packed agendas

Staff experience

Consistent personnel

Panel numbers.

What have we learned from the process?

What would Trussell do differently?

Invest more in stewardship

Participation principles

11 Church Action on Poverty: participatory approaches to addressing poverty with lived experience

Background to Church Action on Poverty's work

2000s: popular education and participatory budgeting

2010s: community organising

Poverty Truth Commissions

12 Co-​operative Councils Innovation Network: co-​operating against poverty in Rochdale

'Where is the power?'

The challenge we face

What we learned

13 Biddulph Town Council: Biddulph works together

Description of work

Community co-​produced participatory evaluation of Biddulph Works Together

Definition

What worked/what didn't?

14 Conclusion

Foundational principles

Tackling poverty with co-​produced activism

The challenges and the value of inspiring action

Lived expertise as a key knowledge form

Bibliography

Epilogue: WE can END poverty

Conceive

Believe

Achieve

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4473-7715-X

OCLC:

1586962777