4in10 conduct a range of research on topics relating to child poverty in London. This research is either commissioned by 4in10, or directly undertaken by 4in10 itself. Our research priorities are to produce robust evidence and findings which is beneficial for our members and to also support and produce research on subjects we are made aware of by our members. Please get in touch if you’d like to know our current research plans.
We are currently engaging in research centred on parents living in London on low incomes with experiences of accessing early years education and childcare. We are asking parents who live with their families in London to help us by completing an online survey and/or engaging in one to one interviews.
To complete the survey, please follow this link – you will be entered into a draw for a £50 cash voucher
For the interviews, we are seeking individuals to participate in one-to-one interviews with Emily Barker, our Research and Learning officer. The interviews would focus on parents’ recent or current experiences of using government-funded schemes offered in the form of funded hours as well as their experience seeking early years education and childcare for their young children when self-funding in London. If you have experiences as a parent related to the early years sector within the last 5 years, please consider participating.
Participants will be compensated for their time. The interviews would last a maximum of 2 hours and participants can take a break or end the interview at any stage. All information will be kept confidential, and individuals would have the right to withdraw at any point. The information and experiences shared in these interviews would be used to inform 4in10’s work to campaign for improved support for families balancing low-incomes and the high costs of living within London.
To learn more or express an interest in participating, please email Emily at emily.barker@childrenengland.org.uk
If you are a 4in10 member, and you are interested in conducting research on an area linked to child poverty – get in touch with 4in10 to see how we may be able to enable or support you!
To mark the start of London Challenge Poverty Week 2021 and against the backdrop of the biggest cut to benefits since the welfare state’s creation, 4in10 and the Greater London Authority published new participant-led research, commissioned from ClearView Research, looking at Londoners’ attitudes and perceptions about poverty in their city.
Key findings of the research included:
The representative polling is accompanied by qualitative research which provides a detailed picture of what it is like to live in financial hardship in London today. Participants describe how they feel their lives are defined by a constant sense of instability and concern about money which leaves them feeling anxious, frustrated, isolated and often lonely. Londoners spoke often of their aspirations and ambitions that they managed to keep alive despite the barriers put in their way by the inadequate welfare system and rising cost of living; one participant described navigating these pressures as feeling as if they are “flying against gravity” – the title of this research.
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