Poverty

Make Manchester Fairer are looking for 12 Manchester residents who are passionate about and have lived experience of poverty to support the delivery of the city’s Anti-Poverty Strategy. They will provide insight and constructive challenge as members of a new Making Manchester Fairer Anti-Poverty Insight Group.

If you have an interest in learning more about poverty in general, or specifically relevant information for Ardwick and Longsight, and find out about local support options Resolve Poverty are delivering two special training sessions for local staff / workers from local organisations and VCSE groups.

The session will be delivered by Resolve Poverty (formerly known as Greater Manchester Poverty Action) at Longsight Library on:
Wednesday 24 July 2024, 10am - 4pm
or
Thursday 1 August 2024, 10am - 4pm

The Trust supports registered UK charities that work with communities in the UK. The funding is intended to support those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are the most limited.

The Trust operates a three-year rotation system, with different fields of interest being funded each year. There are normally four application rounds per year with applications accepted for one month only, usually in February, April, July and September. Charities can only apply for one round per calendar year.

Macc is delighted to announce that, following an open tender process, we have once again been successful in securing the contract with Manchester City Council to deliver infrastructure support to the city's voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. This work enables us to support charities, community groups (including the community work done by faith organisations), voluntary groups, and social enterprises to be healthy, sustainable, well-run and above all, impactful for our communities.

Greater Manchester Poverty Action has rebranded to become Resolve Poverty, as they begin to support places across the country to tackle poverty – as part of a national mission to end it.

Blog post by Graham Whitham, Chief Executive Officer at Resolve Poverty:

Mustard Tree charity will pay homage to volunteers, donors, clients and partners as part of creative showcase on Friday 7 June, 2pm – 5pm, outside Ancoats hub, with music, fashion and art performances from charity’s creative clubs.

Sainsbury’s Nourish the Nation programme, in partnership with Comic Relief, aims to tackle food poverty by helping people access the balanced, nutritional, and sustainable food they need, right now and in the future. The aim of the Fund is to provide school children (up to Year 11) with improved access to summer holiday activity and food schemes.

Nourish the Nation is offering 22 awards of £10,000 in the Greater Manchester area.

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.

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.