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      Briefing paper: from poverty to flourishing - bringing psychology into action on poverty

      The BPS is seeking to provide insight into the psychological impact of poverty and the ways in which psychological research can help to effectively reduce it.

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      From poverty to flourishing: agency and empowerment

      The objective of this briefing is to help policy makers understand how poverty can diminish people’s ability to exercise agency and empowerment in their lives

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      From poverty to flourishing

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      Psychology’s role in tackling poverty through the lens of drug treatment centres

      Professor Philip N Murphy, a member of our Expert Reference Group for our Poverty to Flourishing campaign, explores the role psychology can play in tackling poverty and addiction.

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      Obesity, Poverty, and Health Inequality

      At the beginning of National Obesity Awareness Week we are pleased to present this extract from 'The Truth About Fat', by professional chef and food blogger Anthony Warner.

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      Briefing paper: from poverty to flourishing - foundations for the best start in life

      This introduces psychological frameworks which, if embedded in wider social contexts, can increase policy makers’ understanding of how poverty affects people's experiences.

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      Supporting families and children living in poverty and driving change in government policy and public opinion

      Professor Greta Defeyter, Director of the Healthy Living Lab at Northumbria University details how they have been providing meals via holiday clubs to support vulnerable children.

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      Re-thinking pupil absence by using psychological perspectives

      Alex Jones, a member of our Poverty to Flourishing Expert Reference Group and director of Attendance Plus, discusses his experiences.

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      The Psychologist, Summer 2021

      Our 'from poverty to flourishing' issue

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      The first 100 days

      Our Policy Team is back with a new blog discussing the government’s first 100 days in office and how the BPS can continue to influence public policy.

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      Making a difference

      The BPS responds to calls for evidence on a regular basis, but our recent submission to the House of Lords’ Covid-19 committee felt particularly significant.

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      Fulfilling Black Children’s Lives - Dr Mamie Phipps Clark

      To celebrate this year’s Black History Month, the History of Psychology Centre will be releasing a series of weekly blogs highlighting the lives of pioneering Black psychologists.

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        • From poverty to flourishing

          09 October 2020

          Links to updates on the BPS ‘From Poverty to Flourishing’ campaign

          • BPS updates
          • Poverty

        • Supporting poverty-stricken populations

          15 June 2021

          The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation: Challenges in Developing Countries by William Ascher (Cambridge University Press); reviewed by Chrissie Fitch.

          • Poverty

        • From poverty to poetry

          14 June 2021

          For our annual poetry competition we asked for entries related to the BPS policy theme, ‘From poverty to flourishing’. We present the winning poem followed by three runners up… plus a poem commissioned by the BPS from member and spoken word artist Sanah Ahsan.

          • BPS updates

        • Poverty and aspiration

          15 June 2021

          Punam Farmah watches White Tiger, written and directed by Ramin Bahrani, available on Netflix.

          • Poverty

        • No poverty of the soul

          07 June 2021

          Kate Johnstone (Associate Editor for Culture) watches Nomadland.

          • Poverty

        • The landscape of poverty

          07 June 2021

          Rhiannon Cobner, Jen Daffin and Sarah Brown with a psychosocial ecological approach to flourishing.

          • Poverty
        • Eva Selenko

          ‘Poverty doesn’t rest’

          13 July 2023

          Jon Sutton reports from a Division of Occupational Psychology keynote at the European Congress of Psychology, from Professor Eva Selenko (Loughborough Business School).

          • Poverty
          • Work and occupational

        • Social identity in poverty

          03 August 2021

          Jim Wood writes.

          • Poverty

        • The hope and tragedy of poverty

          17 June 2021

          'Shuggie Bain' by Douglas Stuart (Picador; HB £14.99) reviewed by Christopher Boyle.

          • Poverty

        • From poverty to flourishing

          05 November 2019

          Ella Rhodes reports on the British Psychological Society’s priority for 2020, voted for at the Senate.

          • Poverty
        • Legs wearing a pair of worn and torn shoes

          Poverty shapes how children think about themselves

          20 May 2015

          A review from the University of Massachusetts has highlighted a different way that poverty can leave a lasting impression on children.

          • Developmental
          • Social and behavioural

        • How poverty shapes confidence

          17 June 2021

          An extract from 'How Confidence Works: The new science of self-belief, why some people learn and others don’t', by Ian Robertson (Bantam Press).

          • Cognition and perception
          • Work and occupational