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Voices from the Margins

Alternative voices in the 2017 General Election

Play: Foodbank choir sings poignant & powerful Beatles rewrite

Posted on December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 by Gavin Aitchison

People with experience of going hungry have captured the anger and anguish of food poverty in song, with a moving… Read more Play: Foodbank choir sings poignant & powerful Beatles rewrite

Hunger here has trebled in 2019. Let’s talk about compassion and community.

Posted on November 29, 2019November 30, 2019 by Gavin Aitchison

Volunteers at this food bank have provided 1,000 food parcels in a month for the first time

These shows don’t speak for me and don’t explain the grip of poverty

Posted on March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 by Gavin Aitchison

We need a more flexible system to support people on low incomes

Loosening poverty’s grip: ideas in the North East

Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 by Gavin Aitchison

Those who have experienced poverty know what needs to be done

How to unlock poverty for dads like Martin

Posted on December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

Universal Credit isn’t working for people in Martin’s position

New romance left us with £1.86 a day to live on

Posted on December 7, 2018December 19, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

Craig & Vicky were let down by a system that needs to change.

This was our home for 7 weeks after UC swept us into poverty

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

Tony & Sue’s shocking story shows why the system needs to be more flexible

UC doesn’t leave me enough to buy food

Posted on October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

If it was not for this place, I would not eat.

How to fix UC? Pay enough for me to afford good food

Posted on October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

Paul says Universal Credit isn’t giving the support it should

How York is tackling holiday hunger, and the long-term answer

Posted on August 29, 2018November 14, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

“People come for the food but they get so much more”

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