Responding to today's Scottish Budget, JRF Associate Director for Scotland Chris Birt said: “While this budget won't eradicate child poverty, the First Minister’s stated driving purpose, it does show ...

Most people are concerned about the shortage of decent and affordable homes in the UK and support the broad idea that we need to build more. Yet we can sometimes face opposition when making the case ...

Relative and absolute poverty can be presented before and after housing costs (these include rent or mortgage interest, buildings insurance and water rates) and are presented after direct taxes and ...

One of the greatest challenges we face is the way we’ve come to see our current economic and social models as fixed, even as they are failing us and the planet. We’re living through times of hardship ...

Not enough food. Can’t heat the house. No bed. Can’t pay the rent. Can’t afford the bus fare to go into town. Can’t afford to have a friend over for tea. Living in fear of the washing machine or ...

He outlined these ideas in his 'Founder's Memorandum' - a blueprint for his early charitable work. Although it was written in 1904, many of its aims remain at the heart of our work. Written from his ...

Over 100 years ago Joseph Rowntree created us to provide housing in communities and to tackle the root causes of the major social problems afflicting the UK. We continue to draw inspiration from our ...

In line with JRF’s focus on specific directional change, we have advocated and promoted the real Living Wage within the social investment sector, resulting in an extension of the Living Wage Funder ...

We are an independent social change organisation, working to support and speed up the transition to a more equitable and just future, free from poverty, where people and planet can flourish. JRF ...

Tracking the impact that rising prices and interest rates are having on the finances, spending, health and wellbeing of low-income households. We aim to make sure that media, government and other ...

JRF's work to be an anti-racist organisation and our insights on structural racism in housing, work and health, as well as the heightened risk of poverty experienced by many ethnic minority groups.