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Unlocking poverty when you’re on £34 a fortnight

Posted on April 11, 2018July 19, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

What traps people in food poverty? What can unlock it?

I became trapped, waiting two months for support

Posted on March 20, 2018March 22, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

What is it that traps people in food poverty? What can help to unlock it?

I can see now how people end up trapped

Posted on March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

What is it that traps people in food poverty, and what can help to unlock it?

How poverty is changing: Lessons from 8 years in a soup kitchen

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

“It’s very distressing. I think MPs should come down my street sometimes.”

There was frost on my blanket but the help in York changed my life

Posted on January 19, 2018January 25, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

Joe suddenly found himself homeless. But he found help, and now has a message for others.

I survived thanks to reduced-to-clear food

Posted on January 19, 2018January 23, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

“This shouldn’t be the way to live; it shouldn’t be that way. It’s very wrong.”   

Our city is unlocking the poverty trap. Yours should too.

Posted on December 13, 2017February 8, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

This way of tackling poverty works and can bring tremendous hope

I had a double-stroke. Then benefit delays cost me everything I’d worked for

Posted on November 7, 2017September 24, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

David McCarthy put everything into becoming a self-employed lorry driver, even sleeping in his truck so he could save for… Read more I had a double-stroke. Then benefit delays cost me everything I’d worked for

This was a lifeline when I was swept into poverty

Posted on September 28, 2017February 8, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

My name is Shirley Eaton. This is my food bank story.

This is why zero-hours contracts should be banned…

Posted on August 30, 2017September 1, 2017 by Gavin Aitchison

My name is Anne. I am a nursery worker and I am in poverty. This is my story…

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