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A better future is possible.

At the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, we work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.

UK Poverty 2025: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK

This report sets out the nature of poverty in the UK in the run-up to 2024's General Election. It also sets out the scale of action necessary for the Government to deliver the change it has promised.

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Cost of living

Savings, debt and assets

A year of Labour but no progress: JRF’s cost of living tracker, summer 2025

A year into the new Labour Government, key hardship measures show no improvement - over 7 million low-income families are still going without essentials.

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Report

Care

Moving in circles: supporting carers navigating the care system

A national care strategy must put unpaid carers at its centre, supporting their choice to care or not through well-funded services, and valuing their skills to improve care quality.

Report

Imagination infrastructures

Climate change

Interrogating imagination infrastructure

As climate changes, economies stagnate or slow, and colonial patterns of exploitation continue — can creative, critical imagination navigate beyond today’s multiple crises?

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Funding

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation funds and works in partnership with other organisations to unlock the UK from poverty

Our people

Meet our leadership team and our teams of experts. You can also learn more about our trustees.

Careers

Do you want to help build a fairer future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.