<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Stigma Free Futures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stigma Free Futures]]></description><link>https://stigmafreefutures.wixsite.com/stigma-free-futures/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:52:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Can stigma help to eradicate poverty?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this blog Dr China Mills, from JRF's Exploring Poverty and Stigma design team, explains how stigma is a force that entrenches poverty. But can it be used as a short-term strategy to change those who have power? As a tool in the abolition of poverty? I applied to join the JRF-hosted Exploring Poverty and Stigma design team because I know how fatal stigma can be. In my work leading the Deaths by Welfare project at Healing Justice Ldn, I see every day the violent ways that successive...]]></description><link>https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/post/can-stigma-help-to-eradicate-poverty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e407353dd17c774cd92b6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:11:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6e936d4240a9412eb008e46e15b857dd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>stigmafreefutures</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stigma and poverty — why and how we are investing in this work.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flipping the usual dynamic of income first approaches Last month we kick-started our work on Stigma in Poverty. A design team of 10 people were brought together to do a deep dive into the drivers of stigma, to learn from current and historic initiatives to tackle it and to do the difficult work of prioritising themes to develop a concerted call for action. Why are we investing in this work? Quite simply, it is an issue that is repeatedly prioritised in work that puts the thinking and...]]></description><link>https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/post/stigma-and-poverty-why-and-how-we-are-investing-in-this-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7e3ffbd791ff6850b5a745</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:08:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3cfbfc_2d71ae51eb034be5b676a6edd30fff5d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_935,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sarah Campbell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Manifesto - Four Priorities for Ending Stigma Poverty]]></title><link>https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/post/the-manifesto-four-priorities-for-ending-stigma-poverty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7b0b58bb2b410376bc1ee2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:46:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3cfbfc_c98d3cac08ec4e339814bb1c917cc626~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>stigmafreefutures</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stories: What has our work together made possible? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steve: “When I joined the SFF team, I brought my lived experience of poverty and a desire to change stigma around that. This work has made me look at my past and deal with a lot of things I blamed myself for that was not my fault, it made me apply a stigma free lens to everything I do. Our work has made me look at everything so differently, its made me realise that you have to challenge stigma to be able to conquer it. You can say, ‘wait, stop, think about what you’re saying’. Our work has...]]></description><link>https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/post/stories-what-has-our-work-together-made-possible</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7a68942ea6eb4d2c71d23f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:11:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4553fad8856f4089ab29637646e65335~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>stigmafreefutures</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the 'frontline' of poverty: how public services reinforce stigma]]></title><description><![CDATA[This piece was originally published on the JRF website. The Stigma Free Futures Design team is a diverse group of people, with lived and learned experience of the issue we’re working to change. Through either our professional or personal lives, and mainly, through a combination of the two, we have engaged with poverty, alongside issues like unemployment, homelessness and mental health. In doing so, we have witnessed or experienced stigma at play.It was early on in the project that we realised...]]></description><link>https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/post/on-the-frontline-of-poverty-how-public-services-reinforce-stigma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7a6864feb46c460532bcab</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:10:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_58746e743578744b303345~mv2_d_4000_2667_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>stigmafreefutures</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visual Empathy – Reflections on Capturing Poverty Through a Stigma-Free Lens]]></title><description><![CDATA[This piece was originally published on the JRF website. Introduction In this article, we share the process of how photography and imagery can be developed through an “anti-stigma” lens. We also outline how we went about working in coalition between the Stigma Power and Poverty Design team, JRF teams and alongside photographer Sukhy Hullait, and how we built in learning as a key objective and output of this project. At the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) imagery plays an important role...]]></description><link>https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/post/visual-empathy-reflections-on-capturing-poverty-through-a-stigma-free-lens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7a684becb2cb929ff7f9cf</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:09:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3cfbfc_17b97b65bed94bdea93d8fa792cb3351~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_867,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>stigmafreefutures</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unveiling the Real Causes Behind the 2024 UK Riots: Stigma, Racism, and the Economic Injustice of Poverty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Close your eyes and empty your mind for a second, and imagine walking down a street, and it is peaceful… no sirens, no shouting, you can hear the birds tweeting.You turn to your left, children playing in the street, off-ground tIg, rialio, double dutch, skipping, headers and volleysYou turn to your right, you see smiles and echoes of laughter, neighbours sharing stories and fist pumpsFurther down the street, you smell food, Indian, Chinese, Kurdish, Polish, English, African, jerk chickenYour...]]></description><link>https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/post/unveiling-the-real-causes-behind-the-2024-uk-riots-stigma-racism-and-the-economic-injustice-of-po</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7a6785feb46c460532ba28</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_1f7ada2d183142328f707939cf5e7c5c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>stigmafreefutures</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve's Poem (Rap)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poverty: how do we tackle it? We need to speak to the people that constantly battle it! How do they live with Stigma? How do they move? Do they have the tools to try and manage the abuse? Tramp, dosser, scrounger you live on benefits! All this anger and blame who does it benefit? Systemic boxes pushed into by the big machine. Designed policies to keep the poor underneath. Narrative shift we need to challenge current designs Paradigm shift: how does it look from the outside? Awareness lift...]]></description><link>https://www.stigmafreefutures.com/post/steve-s-poem-rap</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7a6757ecb2cb929ff7f717</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:06:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4e5b2accfaf7431b9755e135bf79da5a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>stigmafreefutures</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>