Voices of People experiencing Poverty

Four service users from the Relais Social Charleroi in Belgium conducted interviews with three European decision makers for FEANTSA. More videos produced within the framework of the FEANTSA thematic year on Participation in 2009 can be accessed on FEANTSA website (www.feantsa.org).

Euronews short documentary on people facing homelessness in Brussels.

Belgium: Parlons-en ou cause toujours? Le débat, qu’est-ce qu’on y gagne quand on est à la rue ?, arpenteurs/Alpes Presse, 2008 (in French only) Every month, service users and social workers come together at the Relais Social Charleroi and talk about conflicts and issues that arise. This forum is called “Parlons-en” (Let’s talk about it!)

Two persons experiencing poverty, Yvette de Vuyst and Alain Schacht, involved in ATD Fourth-World in Belgium, participated in the press conference of the Coalition of Social NGOs for 2010, on 19 January.

Driss Sadi fled terrorism in Algeria and settled in Spain. He had to cope with many barriers and a lack of financial resources, until he found a way out…

Access to housing is a major concern for People experincing poverty. Participants in the 8th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty in May 2009 described alarming situations.

The European Social Network wants to contribute in the European Year 2010 with this film about different stories in the use of social services. It’s available in English, French and Spanish in their website, just as a collection of people experiences using social services.

The 8th Meeting of People Experincing Poverty whas held in Brussels in May 2009. Participants addressed the issues of access to housing, basic services and financial exclusion. Since 2001, annual European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty are supported by EU Presidencies and organised by EAPN. These meetings are aimed at giving the floor to people concerned by poverty, and at facilitating their dialogue with policy decision-makers at EU and national level.

This short video was produced for the EAPN International Conference on 19 February 2010. Past participants of the People Experiencing Poverty Delegation Offer their views and reflections on what the EU has done for people in poverty and how its role might improve and evolve in the next decade.