We've created a rich archive of over 2,000 experiences of families living on a low-income during the pandemic. People have shared aspects of their everyday lives through diaries and answers to video questions, as well as through group discussions, zine-making, audio recordings and media appearances.
We've grouped these experiences into common themesWe also regularly publish rapid-response reports and briefings.
Read our latest rapid-response piece, Fixing Lunch: The case for expanding free school meals
There are so many ways you can explore our living archive. You can use our timeline feature to explore key moments in the pandemic, read our zine, or listen to people directly sharing their experiences of the past year
or search by any text you like
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You might like to find out more about how we're conducting this participatory research, or find out about our other work, bringing together 14 research projects all with an interest in families and poverty and Covid-19.
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Covid Realities
is a collaboration between the Universities of
York and Birmingham, and
Child Poverty Action Group. The project has been funded by the Nuffield Foundation
but the views on this site are those of the project team and not necessarily the Foundation.
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