Are we in danger of losing our communities?

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  Every day at least one person goes on the WhatsApp group and says, I don't have anything for dinner tonight.

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  Does anyone have anything to donate?

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  And in this neoliberal age where people are told that they can do it all by themselves,

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  there are very profound feelings of inadequacy and shame.

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  5.4 million low-income households across the UK reported experiencing food insecurity in the second half of 2024,

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  as reported by the Joseph Roundtree Foundation,

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  with 7 million, that's 60% of all low-income households going without essentials like food, heating and water.

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  Over the same year, 74% of public sport and leisure centres were deemed to be at risk of shutting down,

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  with closures of local authority-run community spaces now outpacing new openings in some London boroughs.

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  As our needs increase, our avenues to reach each other seem to be shrinking.

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  Welcome to LSE IQ, the podcast where we ask social scientists and other experts to answer one intelligent question.

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  I'm Jess Winterstein from the IQ team.

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  We work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas and talk to people affected by the issues we explore.

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  In this episode, I ask, are we in danger of losing our communities?

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  I want to understand how the cost of living has impacted our ability to connect.

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  We'll find out why a bench is never just a bench,

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  and other design secrets to making neighbourhoods feel safer for women,

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  why those facing the greatest economic and social challenges feel they're being set up to fail,

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  and what tuberculosis has to do with the rethinking of our public spaces.

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  But before asking what can be done to strengthen our physical communities,

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