by Tracey Herrington, of Thrive Teesside and the Poverty2Solutions group Contributing to the road map out of the pandemic –… Read more A message to all policy makers, from people who know poverty
Author: Gavin Aitchison
How a new approach is helping mums like Sandra
“Families going hungry just shouldn’t happen in this day and age”
Power to change: our hopes for the 2020s
How can we unlock our shared potential in the 2020s?
Play: Foodbank choir sings poignant & powerful Beatles rewrite
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.
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
We need a more flexible system to support people on low incomes
Loosening poverty’s grip: ideas in the North East
Those who have experienced poverty know what needs to be done
How to unlock poverty for dads like Martin
Universal Credit isn’t working for people in Martin’s position
New romance left us with £1.86 a day to live on
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
Tony & Sue’s shocking story shows why the system needs to be more flexible
Voices from the Margins 