Changing through doing: funding a better system for care workers
Exploring how our capabilities and funding could speed up the transition to a more just care system, with workers at its heart.
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Abby Jitendra
Principal Policy Adviser
Abby is a Principal Policy Adviser at JRF and is working on developing a new programme of work on care, family and relationships. Her areas of expertise include energy policy and regulation, destitution, household debt and social security. Abby previously worked at Citizens Advice, leading a team of policy researchers and campaigners to stand up for consumers as energy companies failed and costs increased. Before that, she had oversight of policy and research at anti-poverty charity the Trussell Trust. She is a trustee of Quaker Social Action.
Contact
Twitter: @abbyabhaya
Email: abby.jitendra@jrf.org.uk
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