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All Poverty

Brick by Brick

19 Apr 2024 - 14:29 by michelle.foster

The Brick Multibank receives surplus goods that would have otherwise been recycled or disposed of from both local and national companies. The items are stored at the warehouse and then distributed to people who need them through local charities, community groups, schools and professionals. These essential items range from bedding and cleaning products to clothes and toiletries.
 
The Brick are looking to expand their coverage more comprehensively into Greater Manchester by collaborating with charities and community groups across Greater Manchester.

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Sector News
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Poverty

Fundraiser: Restaurant Takeover A Gujarati Feast

19 May, 2024 - 17:30 to 20:00

Enjoy a fundraising evening of authentic Gujarati food, with take home lunch for the next day included.

On Sunday 19 May Cracking Good Food are taking over Disorder MCR to raise funds to support their mission to create a fairer food system across Greater Manchester and to directly help Barnabus who provide a lifeline to the homeless in Manchester. For every ticket sold we will provide a nourishing hot meal to support the Barnabus community. Cracking Good Food delighted to be partnering with Disorder for the evening.

Shared Topic Areas: 
Homelessness
Poverty

Call for evidence about the priorities of people with lived experience of poverty in the UK

20 Mar 2024 - 14:19 by michelle.foster

Have you been involved in, or are you aware of UK-based work between 2008 and 2024 that enabled those affected by the economic injustice of poverty to articulate the issues that they face and what they feel are the most important things to invest in?

GMCVO and Greater Manchester Poverty Action have been funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) to conduct an evidence review that collates and themes issues that are repeatedly deemed to be important to address.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Poverty

Why are some parents feeling the need to take out loans to pay for baby formula?

17 Jan 2024 - 16:30 by josephine.mcmeeking

By Anna Tate 

The cost of living crisis is now well underway and has now impacting all communities across Greater Manchester. Unfortunately, the longer a crisis exists the more normalized it becomes. However, the recent headlines that some families have been forced to access loans to pay for baby formula and baby milk for their very young children is and continues to be shocking.

Shared Topic Areas: 
Poverty

Cost of Living Resilience Fund

14 Dec 2023 - 14:49 by michelle.foster

The Cost of Living Resilience Fund supports social sector organisations in areas of deprivation providing services to support people struggling with the rising cost of living. The fund aims to a blue bag with a yellow ribbon around the top and white pound sign on the frontincrease sustainability in these organisations by supporting them to deliver projects which build organisational stability and resilience to deliver.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Capacity Building
Funding
Poverty

Cost of living advice and information for Winter 2023

8 Dec 2023 - 10:34 by michelle.foster

As we come into colder winter months – it is important that we all do what we can to give our residents the information they need to stay warm and well. This includes messages about how to access cost of living support and find free warm welcome spaces near you.

This toolkit from Manchester City Council gives you the social media messages and assets to share across your own channels to support people in your own networks.

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Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Health and Wellbeing
Poverty

Joseph Rowntree Foundation report: Destitution in the UK 2023

26 Oct 2023 - 10:26 by michelle.foster

This study, the fourth in the Destitution in the UK series, reveals approximately 3.8 million people experienced destitution in 2022, including around one million children. This is
Destitution in the Uk 2023almost two-and-a-half times the number of people in 2017, and nearly triple the number of children. There is an urgent need for action to tackle destitution in the UK.

News Type: 
Sector News
Shared Topic Areas: 
Poverty

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