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Category: York

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

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”

This is the best thing to happen on the estate in a long time

Posted on August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

Redesigning how society works can help people and communities do great things

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 had nothing. Then Universal Credit made things worse.

Posted on October 24, 2017July 19, 2018 by Gavin Aitchison

Michael shouldn’t even have been on Universal Credit. He says it made his situation worse.

York: “This election should begin with the little people; the poor”

Posted on May 2, 2017May 19, 2017 by Liam Purcell

In a back room of York’s Central Methodist Church, a hundred metres from the famous Shambles and a few minutes’ walk from York Minster, volunteers are serving breakfast to some of the city’s most disadvantaged residents…

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