Tackling Homelessness with Unconditional Cash Transfers: 22 February 2024

Tackling Homelessness with Unconditional Cash Transfers: 22 February 2024

“Despite the valiant efforts of many individuals and organisations, the rate of homelessness in Greater Manchester is still increasing.

A study by Shelter published in January 2023 stated that the three local authorities with the worst homelessness rate in the North West were all within Greater Manchester: Manchester, Salford and Oldham.  Both the total number of homeless people and the rate of homelessness in Manchester have been steadily increasing over the last five years, according to Shelter’s annual reports – despite homelessness prevention schemes by local authorities like Manchester City Council.

So what is to be done?  Are there any radical ideas we could try to turn this tanker around?

To learn more about this online event including the speakers and link to register, click here.

Workshop on Guaranteed Income Experiments – February 22-23: Call for papers

Workshop on Guaranteed Income Experiments – February 22-23: Call for papers

“This workshop is presented by the History and Philosophy Department of the University of New Orleans in collaboration with the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, at the University of Minho, and the Justice Studies Program at the University of New Orleans. It will be held at the University of New Orleans, February 22-23, 2024 at the Dougie Hitt Conference Room, at the Library, room 407, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70148.

The workshop is organized by Sara Bizarro (University of New Orleans) and Roberto Merrill (UBIECO project at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society/University of Minho).”

Read about the speakers and solicited paper topics here.

Report on the 2023 BIEN Congress held in Seoul, South Korea

Report on the 2023 BIEN Congress held in Seoul, South Korea

by Annie Miller

“When I was invited to give the Opening Address, I wondered ‘What could I talk about?’. However, I realised that, even after more than three decades in the business, I am still learning new things that I could share.

I had also had the privilege of attending the first of the current wave of Basic Income (BI) conferences, in September 1986, in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, organised by the Collectif Charles Fourier. I reflected on how things have changed over the last 37 years.”

To read the full report, click here.

UBI FOR FARMERS: CAMPAIGN LAUNCH, REPORT INSIGHTS AND DISCUSSION

UBI FOR FARMERS: CAMPAIGN LAUNCH, REPORT INSIGHTS AND DISCUSSION

When: Friday 5th January 2024, 14:00 – 15:30

Where: Oxford Real Farming Conference 2024, Blue Boar House, INTER-VARSITY ROOM

Facilitators: Hamish Evans, Dot Tiwari, Jake Richardson & Kathleen Pollitt
Speaker: Guy Standing

“From labourers to landowners, livelihoods in agriculture are often precarious. A lack of funded pathways into farming makes careers in producing food both hard to access and difficult to sustain. Finding ways to support these livelihoods will be critical to building the resilient, sustainable and just local food systems we need. This is an interactive workshop as well as the launch of the campaign, with initial insights from a year of hosting conversations with farmers around the UK. BI4FARMERS is a campaign created by a fresh working group of growers, farmworkers, farmers, academics and union co-ordinators. The aim of the campaign is to encourage farmers and food producers to discuss possible solutions to the financial barriers they face.”

To learn more and book online tickets, click here