In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter you will find an update on the campaign to make Greater Manchester a Real Living Wage City region and the most recent child poverty figures in the UK with details for the GM boroughs.
There is information about a report from Groundwork GM on the inequalities in access to parks and greenspace and CPAG’s briefing on extended schools provision.
In the latest newsletter, GM Poverty Action report on two issues of Social Security. The first is the challenge of the Government in the High Court, about whether it was lawful not to give people on legacy benefits the same uplift as those on Universal Credit have received and the second is looking at the people who could have claimed Universal Credit over the past year and yet didn’t do so.
In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter, following the publication of the Greater Manchester Independent Inequalities Commission’s report, GM Poverty Action look at the work of the Poverty Reference Group and their recommendations as well as the need to embed socio-economic duty in future plans for the city region.
In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter CEO Graham Whitham looks at the latest official poverty statistics and the scale of inequality in the UK. GMPA have also shared their Impact Report 2017 – 2020. Dr Andrea Barry from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation writes about gender parity and David Bradley reports on the cost of learning in lockdown, updating the research carried out by the Child Poverty Action Group and Children North East.
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has published proposals for a 'Gender Based Abuse Strategy: The Greater Manchester Strategy to Tackle Violence Against Women and Girls'.
A new briefing by women’s rights charities highlights that over 60,000 women and girls in Manchester have experienced extensive violence and abuse in their lifetime. It calls for all local authorities in Greater Manchester to work together to ensure the most marginalised women are included and involved in its Covid-19 recovery plans.
The latest GM Poverty Action newsletter announces the appointment of four new non-executive directors to the GMPA board. Reflecting on the ‘Strengthening the role of local welfare provision’ report – GM Poverty Action consider what the next steps should be and share a report on the rising costs of childcare as providers struggle to remain sustainable.
In the latest newsletter from GM Poverty Action, Action for Children’s Imran Hussain writes about the continuing Universal Credit fight and Jo Evans from GMCA raises the issue of gambling related harm. There is an article about Manchester Credit Union as they celebrate their 30th anniversary and brief information about the Census 2021.
Leaders of voluntary sector organisations in Gorton and Levenshulme have shared their experiences and views of working at a neighbourhood level during the Covid-19 crisis in a new Macc publication, No Going Back - Gorton and Levenshulme:
Rishi Sunak's first proper Budget as Chancellor broke from tradition, with most of the big announcements being made in the press from last weekend.
You can read NAVCA’s response (disappointment) to this budget here 'All aboard the Budget Bus' written by Clare Mills, Head of Communications and External Affairs.