Sustainable livelihood UK
This article focuses on information specific to the United Kingdom. Please see our Sustainable livelihood page for a topic overview.
Resources
- Basic Rights at Work, information from the Trades Union Congress
- The challenges facing Britain’s jobless, JRF publishes the facts, October 2010
- Minimum income standards, microsite from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- WorkSmart, information from the Trades Union Congress
Research
Co-production by people outside paid employment, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Findings, June 2006
Sustainable income standards: Towards a greener minimum? Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Donald Hirsch et al., December 2011
The Work Foundation, not-for-profit organisation involved in research, some of which may concern aspects of sustainable livelihood, eg quality of working life, low carbon jobs, etc. W
Video
News and comment
2020
Oct 19 Wales news: 'Pilot universal basic income and shorter working weeks in Wales' [1]
2019
May 22 UK Climate news: Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis [2]
2017
Nov 1 A basic income for everyone? Yes, Finland shows it really can work, Aditya Chakrabortty [3]
Bread Funds: A pioneering model of self-organising among the self-employed, Apr 25 [4]
The case for a three-day weekend is clear – let’s start planning now, Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, Apr 4 [5]
2016
Preparing for the future of work is where a real Labour revival starts, Dec 27 [6]
What it will take to truly transform the ‘gig economy’, Oct 31 [7]
The fetishisation of work is making us miserable. Let’s learn to live again, Anna Coote, Oct 26 [8]
The future of work as a building block of change, Oct 23 [9]
Meet the real Daniel Blakes – video, Oct 21 [10]
2015
We need a human resource revolution, December 11 [11]
Group of student legal volunteers overturn 95% of DWP 'fit to work' decisions they take on, Sep 2 [12]
Strivers and skivers? We’re all in this together, Elena Blackmore, April 13 [13]
2013
Working isn't working, Matthew Taylor, October 29 [14]
Events
2014
November 2 - 8 Living Wage Week
livingwage.org.uk
Petitions
Allow people who make a living from the land to live where they work. bulworthyproject.org.uk
See also
- Sustainable livelihood
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
- Community and voluntary action UK
- Community resources UK
- Localism UK
- Social inclusion UK
- Towards sustainable economies UK
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External links
- Camerados
- Growing Livelihoods two year (2014/2015) development partnership project involving the Carnegie UK Trust, Plunkett Foundation and the Land Settlement Association Charitable Trust.
- Results for #HackTheJobCentre from twitter
- The Play Ethic
- Public Concern at Work, whistleblowing charity. Established in 1993, Public Concern at Work advises individuals with whistleblowing dilemmas at work, supports organisations with their whistleblowing arrangements and informs public policy and seeks legislative change. W
- RealFare aims to de-myth our welfare system
- Relational Welfare
Work-life balance