Policy and Influence

Watch The People's Powerhouse recent Racial Justice and Housing event

The People's Powerhouse recent Racial Justice and Housing event heard from diverse perspectives on the intersection of racial justice and housing. Speakers and attendees held in-depth image: videodiscussions on the reality of seeking asylum in the UK and the systemically racist underpinnings of the housing system.

GM Poverty Action newsletter 26 April 2023

The latest newsletter GMPA reflects on the first Parliamentary event after taking the report ‘Local anti-poverty strategies: Good practice and effective approaches’ to London. There is information gm poverty action logoabout the new cost-of-living payments, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell Trusts’ Guarantee our Essentials campaign and the Samaritans' new report on Inequality and Suicide.

GM Poverty Action newsletter 22 March 2023

In the latest GM Poverty Action share Trafford Poverty Truth Commission’s closing report.  There is also an article on deduction lending and a local school raises the issue of travel costs for those newsletteraccompanying students who need special support. If you featured on or are using one or more of the Money Advice Referral Tools (MARTs) GM Poverty Action would like to complete a short survey.

GM Poverty Action newsletter 8 March 2023

The latest newsletter GM Poverty Action share the launch of Manchester City Council’s anti-poverty strategy ‘Making Manchester Fairer’. A recording of their webinar launching their Local anti-image: newsletterpoverty strategies: good practice and effective approaches report. Articles about their Warm this Winter event on 30 March and a call for the expansion of free school meals.

GM Poverty Action New report: Local anti-poverty strategies – good practice and effective approaches

The report explores the strategic approach local authorities and their partners can take to address poverty and identifies the key elements of a local anti-poverty strategy that will maximise its effectiveness.

GM Poverty Action newsletter 22 February 2023

The latest GM Poverty Action newsletter launches their new major report ‘Local anti-poverty strategies: Good practice and effective approaches’. There is an article about the Greater Manchester Consortium of Community Credit Unions, known newsletteras SoundPound who are offering a new loan and an update on GMPA’s Money Advice Referral Tools (MART) that are now providing support in 6 local authority areas.

GM Poverty Action newsletter 8 February 2023

In the latest newsletter GM Poverty Action are celebrating the organisations who have already signed up to be Principal Partners and encouraging others to join them in 2023. There is advance notice of a webinar on 22 February to coincide newsletterwith the launch of their new report ‘Local anti-poverty strategies: Good practice and effective approaches’.