We are pleased to publish the Hidden Hardship Devotional Study Guide If you would like free paper copies of the devotional study guide posted to you, please contact Dr Stephanie Denning at stephanie.denning@coventry.ac.uk with how many copies you would like, who they are for, and the postal address (UK only). This guide Read more
This month we have a new resource on the Hidden Hardship website – a short storybook to accompany the Hidden Hardship Exhibition which is at Coventry Cathedral this month. Click here to read the book. The short storybook shares some of the key findings from the Hidden Hardship research on Read more
This week the Hidden Hardship Exhibition has arrived at Coventry Cathedral. The exhibition is free to attend and is suitable for all ages. It runs from 20th January to 26th February 2024 in the Chapel of Unity in Coventry Cathedral. For more information on how get to the Cathedral and Read more
The Hidden Hardship Briefing for Policymakers and Community Leaders is now available to read, share and act on to tackle hidden hardship in rural communities. The 2-sided briefing accompanies the longer Hidden Hardship Report for Community Leaders and Policymakers. The briefing is written for national and local policymakers and community Read more
The Hidden Hardship Report for Policymakers and Community Leaders is now available to read. The report is written for national and local policymakers and community leaders to better understand hardship in the North Cotswolds: experiences of rural hardship, coping strategies, and barriers to improved wellbeing. It is based on this Read more
The Hidden Hardship Exhibition will be featured in Coventry Cathedral in 2024. Running from 30th January to 26th February 2024, the exhibition will be hosted in the Cathedral’s Chapel of Unity. For details on how to reach the Cathedral and opening times, click here. The exhibition provides an insight into Read more
Our next guest blog comes from a rural foodbank volunteer, who is also a foodbank trustee and chairman. They reflect on volunteering in a rural foodbank: There are many challenges working in a rural foodbank which does give it a unique feature in the national foodbank network. The most obvious Read more
The Hidden Hardship Event for Policymakers and Community Leaders takes place on 24th November 2023 in the North Cotswolds (full details below). At the event we will launch the Hidden Hardship Report, and premiere the Hidden Hardship exhibition (to then be featured in Coventry Cathedral in 2024) which is formed Read more
This month the Hidden Hardship blog post is written by Revd Canon Dana Delap, team vicar of several churches in the North Cotswolds. Dana writes: The true paucity of provision for those experiencing hardship in the North Cotswolds was revealed during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. I arrived in Blockley in Read more
This month I’ve been asked how to talk to people about hardship? One of the reasons that this project uses the language of ‘hardship’ rather than ‘poverty’ is that hardship can be a less stigmatising term for people for people to identify with. However, it can still be difficult for Read more