Islington Parent’s Cost of Living Report

Look at our Cost of Living Report - Created by our Parent Voice Group

The Parent Voice group are made up of 12 Islington parents who trained with The Parent House in community research techniques. They put in a huge amount of work to generate the data used in this report and they share the same concerns as the parents they spoke with. It was sad to hear some of the stories that parents told us, but we have been able to respond by running workshops and offering 1 to 1 support sessions around Cost of Living.

Whilst making the research Parent Voice talked to 64 parents in 9 various groups and schools in Islington.

These were the top three issues that arose for parents at all 9 settings

·         Parents were experiencing high levels of stress, anxiety and guilt

·         Parents wanted advice on how to budget and save money

·         Parents wanted to get support with getting employment that could support their families

In response to this during the Autumn term 2023, The PV group are currently using parents’ ideas drawn from this research to prioritise these actions,

• Set up free relevant workshops in local venues

• Organise an event to influence Islington services Parents and professionals will be invited to hear about the research and the results

• Train TPH workers in the use of Turn2us grant online calculators to teach to other Islington parents at Coffee Mornings

• Train TPH staff and volunteers in the use of Money Helper online calculators

Please read our report and think about the ways that you can do to respond to the needs of Islington families during this terrible Cost of Living Crisis. Follow this link to download

The report comes with appendix which include all the comments made my Islington parents, this adds to the texture and depth of the report and we recommend that you look at these too. Follow this link to download appendices

The Parent House Group have a presentation that they can give, if you would like to know more about this work.

The Parent House’s Cost of Living project is funded by Awards for All Lottery funding