💭 Did you know? The Greater Manchester Poverty Monitor details statistics relating to poverty across ten themes, highlighting the scale of poverty and inequality of outcomes both within the city-region and in comparison to the rest of England.

👉 gmpovertyaction.org/access-the-pov…

⚠️ Loan sharks deceive borrowers into blaming themselves for their situation, but it's the illegal lenders who are at fault.

No blame falls on the borrower. Stop Loan Sharks England can help and support anyone dealing with a loan shark.

#StopLoanSharksEngland #SLSWeek24 #noblamenoshame

✍️ We have signed this joint letter from Just Fair calling on the UK Prime Minister to stop evading the scrutiny of the UN on the issue of food poverty.

The UN special rapporteur wants to conduct an official visit to the UK and should be granted access 👇

💡 Poverty is neither inevitable nor necessary.

Our work is underpinned by a number of principles setting out how we understand and approach poverty.

We believe these principles are central to effective anti-poverty initiatives, and they are interwoven into everything we do 👇

🎤 It was fantastic to hear from Datesand Ltd, The Bridge Group, Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter and GM Living Wage on what employers can do to promote financial inclusion at our conference in March.

👉 You can read Datesand's advice for boosting financial wellbeing at: gmpovertyaction.org/what-can-emplo…

⚠ Child poverty in this country has become a fact of life: 'too big to tackle, and too familiar to notice'.

In a new article, Meghan Meek-O'Connor explores Save the Children UK's concept of a 'child lock' and making children a priority for Government.

Take a read 👇 gmpovertyaction.org/introducing-a-…

🔍 Care Full - a new organisation launched by hannah webster and Ruth Hannan - explores what a system that enables us to care for ourselves, each other and the planet, by design, looks like.

Hannah shares their four narrative shifts to centre care 👇 gmpovertyaction.org/designing-syst…

Do you know of any UK based evidence that people experiencing #poverty have been directly involved in that highlights the issues they face & the things they believe should be invested in?

If so, GMCVO & Greater Manchester Poverty Action want to hear from you.

Visit: gmcvo.org.uk/news/call-evid…

🖇 Oxfam's new paper sets out how the systemic undervaluation of care creates and deepens the link between caring and poverty.

Dr Silvia Galandini and Claire Spoors share the charity's six areas for action to transform care and carers' lives 👇

gmpovertyaction.org/under-valued-p…

📢 In today's newsletter, Dr Silvia Galandini & Claire Spoors set out Oxfam's areas of action to transform care, hannah webster explores Care Full's mindsets for care-centred systems, and Meghan Meek-O'Connor introduces Save the Children UK's child lock campaign.

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✍️ Ahead of this Thursday's Greater Manchester mayoral election, we've written to all candidates to seek their commitment to ending poverty in our city-region.

👉 You can read our full letter at: gmpovertyaction.org/letter-to-mayo…

New vlog 👇 My Monday morning thoughts on government plans to reform disability benefits. Yes, they definitely need reform. But threats & income cuts will only make people iller, poorer & less able to work.

✊ As part of the #CarerPovertyCoalition , we are supporting a new petition calling for urgent reform of Carer's Allowance to ensure it properly supports carers and puts an end to the devastating overpayments that carers are facing.

Add your name today 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6604…

Calling Nottingham's voluntary sector 📢...

It's really important that our city is included in providing important evidence to this UK-wide review. If your charity has supported those facing poverty to articulate the issues they face, pls take part here buff.ly/3QlRX0x

Our forth episode of the Cost of Living Crisis Chronicles is now available on our website (no subscription required)! We are extremely grateful to Laura Burgess for coming to our studio in Liverpool and speaking to us about Greater Manchester Poverty Action.
pran.org.uk/podcasts/the-c…

💡 Looking to boost your organisation’s understanding of poverty and how to tackle it?

Through our bespoke training, we share our leading expertise in how to best prevent and reduce poverty.

👉 Design a training programme with us that meets your needs: gmpovertyaction.org/bespoke-traini…

🎙️ Our podcast episode with Poverty Research and Advocacy Network (PRAN) is now live! Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6jU6sS…

💭 Looking to learn about the latest poverty news and research?

Our blog is home to a library of articles from leading voices in the anti-poverty space, on topics from practical advice for employers to local lived experience projects.

👉 Take a read: gmpovertyaction.org/latest-news/

We're pleased to see two Charter-associated organisations be shortlisted in the Living Hours Champion category at the 2024 Living Wage Champion Awards!

Good luck to both One+All and Greater Manchester Poverty Action!

Living Wage Foundation