Event Category: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Benefits Are An Aid, Not An Answer – A Benefit Agency Worker shares their opinion on benefits, benefit fraud and the benefit system as a whole. Addressing different situations they’ve found themselves in: claimants who lie to gain benefits and young claimers who don’t know the system that well, they offer a deeper insight into benefits.

Help the Poor When You’re Poor – Tearfund’s Student Coordinator talks about how anyone can make a difference to world poverty: ethical shopping, fairtrade and individual actions are small steps that create big change.

Help the Poor When You’re Poor

Video length - 01.37

Published date - Sep 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Planet Poor – Young activist Aled Fisher, for the Green Party, says you don’t have to have green stuff to have a green life: young people can make a difference to the environment even on a budget. Get involved locally and those who are most affected by environmental problems can become the ones empowered to change them.

Planet Poor

Video length - 01.51

Published date - Sep 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Dear Ana – This dramatisation tells the story of a Polish immigrant struggling to make ends meet in London. She writes a positive letter to her sister back home, but living and working alone in the capital is easier said than done…

Dear Ana

Video length - 01.43

Published date - Sep 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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National Children’s Home Real Stories – A film made by the National Children’s Home, presenting the stories of 4 teenagers who have been homeless for various reasons.

National Children’s Home Real Stories

Video length - 06.42

Published date - Jul 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Should You Give? – What do the public feel about beggars? Should we give to them or not?

Should You Give?

Video length - 01.14

Published date - Jul 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Mick’s Story – Mick ended up on the streets after a turbulent time in his life, when his wife died and he found himself in a heap of debt. In this film he explains how the perception of homelessness bothers him, and how he would like to turn his life around if he could.

Mick’s Story

Video length - 02.24

Published date - Jul 2007

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Danny’s Story – Daniel Fagerson came out of university and started working with homeless people. After a number of years he stopped due to the emotional trauma he was experiencing. He shares the lessons he learnt from this work.