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King’s College Centre for Society and Mental Health

Sharing your Experiences to Improve the Benefits System
We Would Like To Invite You To Take Part In A Major
International Research Project

What is the research about?
We are comparing the experience of
claiming benefits in five countries (UK,
Norway, Spain, Hungary and Estonia)
to understand what makes a benefits
system better. Most research looks at
things like poverty and work, but
we’re also focusing on how benefits
affect dignity, security, and fairness.
The goal is to improve benefits
systems in the UK and beyond by
sharing real experiences from people
who claim benefits.
We’re interviewing 100 people from
the five countries over the next year.

Who is doing the research?
The research is funded by the UK’s
major research council (UKRI), and is
being conducted by independent
researchers from King’s College
London, Oslo Metropolitan University
(Norway), Centre for Social Sciences
(Hungary), Complutense University

How do I take part?
If you take part in the project, you will
engage in two activities over six
months:
1. An interview where you will be
asked about your life history more
broadly, including your history in
claiming benefits.
2. Following this, and for a six-month
period, you will contact us directly
after any interaction you have
with the welfare system. We will
follow up some of these messages
by arranging a short, individual
follow-up digital or phone
interview.

Will I get paid?
To thank you for your time involved in the
project, we will provide you with a series of
gift vouchers throughout the project, a total
of £175.

Want more information?
If you want to ask any questions about the research or want to know more
about taking part, then please contact esca.van_blarikom@kcl.ac.uk
For more info on the wider project: https://welfare-experiences.org/

November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM

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Govt have been briefing this rubbish to right wing rags for the last few days. Forcing people into work who aren’t well enough to work will not cure people or make them better, nor make someone any less depressed or anxious. This is performative cruelty, punishing people for being unwell.

October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM

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October 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM

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Note this specific paragraph…..

October 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM

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Patient gets referred for IAPT, and the first communication they get, in the same envelope as a first appointment, is this…..

October 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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Inspired by an earlier design by the brilliant #rubyetc

October 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM

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Just @mind.org.uk having a bake-off with the DWP, who regularly impoverish people with mental health issues and drive them to suicide. Cake or death? Or let them eat cake? 🤔

October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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October 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM

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DWP War Criminal of the Year: Joint award to Liz Kendall and Stephen Timms

#RITASawards

September 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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Lifetime Achievement Award for Democidal Policies:
Iain Duncan Smith

#RITASawards

September 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM

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Worst co-production Award:
Timms PIP Review
Runners Up:
Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) training programme.
A provider who churns out "co-produced patient lounges" in inpatient wards like there's no tomorrow...
#RITASawards