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Ultimately, the inability to choose; to “live freely” and “roam”, which comes with the limiting conditions of poverty, contributes to Lorraine’s unsafe surroundings as well as the negative impacts on her health and well-being, For Lorraine, poverty isn’t just a lack of income, it is a poverty of choice, freedom, safety, heath, well-being, and ultimately, a chance at a good life. [...] Lorraine recently finished her Sociology degree at the University of Leicester and currently works for a youth culture agency that has a mission to transform the lives of young people through culture, community and storytelling. [...] During wave 1 of the qualitative research, which took place between Sep- tember and October 2021, 10 residents from 10 areas in east London, were employed and supported by east London community organisations: Compost CIC, Hackney Quest, and Leaders in the Community, to engage in 3-months of part-time research and training. [...] Managed by the Institute for Global Prosperity’s (IGP) Prosperity Co-lab- oratory UK (PROCOL UK) in partnership with the UCL Centre for Longi- tudinal Studies, the study was co-designed with members of the London Prosperity Board – a cross-sector partnership between the IGP, UCL East, London government, public agencies, businesses, the third sector, and local communities in east London, to change. [...] The study was co-designed with members of the London Prosperity Board and is jointly funded by: Royal Docks, Lendlease, London Legacy Development Corporation, Hill Group, Poplar HARCA, and the London Boroughs of Hackney, Waltham Forest, and Barking and Dagenham.