Resolve Poverty: Tackling Poverty With Data
Understand what data tells us about poverty in the UK, where to find this data and how to use it to build effective responses to poverty.
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Resolve Poverty: Maximising Household Income
Understand our social security system and the financial support available to help people find and access what they're entitled to.
What you'll learn:
- How to understand the social security system
- Sources of financial support for people on low incomes and how to access them
- How to develop your organisation's approach to help maximise people's income
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Your voice matters: Help shape emergency planning in Greater Manchester
Emergencies like floods, wildfires, civil disorder and pandemics don’t affect everyone in the same way. Communities already facing inequality experience the greatest impact but their voices are often missing from emergency planning.
Salford CVS, on behalf of 10GM, is running a series of focus groups to hear directly from VCFSE organisations about what’s needed to make emergency preparedness more inclusive.
The focus groups are to understand:
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Sheila McKechnie Foundation: Understanding local power - insider perspectives on councils, mayors, and grassroot impact
It is a big moment
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Have your say – Strengthening partnerships for emergency preparedness
The government is currently running a public consultation on how organisations involved in preparing for and responding to emergencies (such as local councils, health bodies, and emergency services) work with voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations.
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The Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter
The Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter is a new initiative to raise housing standards in Greater Manchester. It will support landlords to deliver a good service to their tenants, and help tenants find a landlord who is committed to setting an example to show that renting can be better.
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Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter – Friends of the Charter lunch and learn
Join this event for a lunch and learn webinar about the Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter.
This lunch and learn webinar will introduce you to the Good Landlord Charter, covering the background and plans for the future. The Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter are looking forward to working with individuals and organisations to improve the rental experience of the city-region.
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Including the voice of lived experience in policy making
The Greater Manchester VCFSE Leadership Group are excited to invite you to a workshop to hear more about including the voice of lived experience in your work.
This 2-hour workshop for public sector colleagues in Greater Manchester will cover key principles to including the voice of lived experience in your work. It's an opportunity to find out more about:
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