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  • Empowering voices, building community: How participating in a lived experience group has provided strength and connection in the drive for better work

    Riah is a member of the Better Work Network’s lived experience group. Read about their reflections joining the group and the difference they hope sharing their experience of work can make.
  • Delivering change through worker voice and representation

    Ava is a member of the Better Work Network’s lived experience group. They live in West London and work as a delivery driver for a well-known online retailer. Read their perspective on the importance of connection and voice in one of the fastest growing roles in the gig economy.
  • Supporting employee wellbeing, performance and progression at work

    Kristal is a member of the Better Work Network’s lived experience group. They live in South West London and work as a teaching assistant. Read about their experience accessing skills development opportunities at work, and how they think improved access to training could help to support employee wellbeing, performance and progression.
  • How is this winter going to be fair for people who earn little money? The government must think about us

    Riya is a member of the Better Work Network’s lived experience group. They live in South London and work in retail. Read about how rising prices are eroding their capability to afford essentials and their concerns surrounding the cost of living crisis.
  • Londoners call on the Mayor to prioritise good work post-pandemic as prevalence of insecure work increases

    New polling of over 1,000 Londoners by Learning and Work Institute’s and Trust for London’s Better Work Network, sheds light on how the quality of work in the capital has been affected by the pandemic.
  • Urgent action needed to support transition to post-Coronavirus economy and protect low-paid Londoners

    Central government, the Mayor of London and local government must work together to support Londoners to adapt to a post-Coronavirus economy, as new research shows low paid workers in the capital have been hit hardest by the jobs crisis.
  • Coronavirus crisis risks deepening inequalities in London as low paid workers hit hardest

    Low paid Londoners have borne the brunt of the coronavirus crisis, according to new research which warns that the capital will be both poorer and less equal.
  • What does coronavirus and the increase in unemployment mean for good work?

    As we move towards the next stage of the crisis, the government should rightly focus on tackling unemployment. However, the issue of good work – that was not long ago at the top of policy makers agenda – must not lose prominence.
  • The sobering reality and growing significance of low-paid and insecure work

    The high levels of interest in our work reflect the sobering reality of the growing significance of the issues of low pay and insecure, poor quality work.
  • In-work support: A provider’s perspective

    While successive governments have touted ‘work as the best route out of poverty’, the rising tide of working poor across the UK tells another story. The growth in high risk, low remuneration jobs – typified by the gig economy, zero-hour contracts and other forms of casualised labour – has meant that work doesn’t always pay.
  • The drive for better work: tackling the causes and consequences of in-work poverty

    The UK is currently experiencing a sustained period of labour market success. Yet, the experience of local authorities, charities and support services from across the country tells a very different story.
  • Stepping up: supporting individuals to progress out of low pay

    Walcot Foundation has made grants for the relief of poverty in Lambeth for more than 350 years but Step Up is the first time we have funded support for people in work.

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