We believe that workers deserve security & stability of hours alongside a real #LivingWage

Living Wage Foundation ’s #LivingHours scheme is a way employers can provide this to their workers

Credwn fod gweithwyr yn haeddu sicrwydd a sefydlogrwydd oriau ynghyd a #CyflogByw go iawn

📢 In today's newsletter, North East Child Poverty Commission shares a new blueprint for tackling poverty in the North East, using the vehicle of devolution, and Datesand Ltd explore what employers can do to boost their staff's financial wellbeing.

👉 Take a read: mailchi.mp/gmpovertyactio…

💷 Trafford Council is one of the 762 Living Wage Foundation employers in Greater Manchester.
The real Living Wage plays an important role in addressing low pay and boosting household income.
👉 Learn more in our podcast with Cllr Tom Ross, recorded last March: gmpovertyaction.org/gmlivingwage/

💷 Trafford Council is one of the 762 Living Wage Foundation employers in Greater Manchester.

The real Living Wage plays an important role in addressing low pay and boosting household income.

👉 Learn more in our podcast with Cllr Tom Ross, recorded last March: gmpovertyaction.org/gmlivingwage/

Good to know we are and always have been on the right side of history 💙 #LivingWage

The same arguments were used then for the minimum wage as they are today for the Living Wage Foundation they were wrong then and they’re wrong now #LivingWage #livinghours

We need a national mission to end poverty in the UK, not piecemeal, short term, sticking plaster responses.

Greater Manchester Poverty Action

✊ It was really exciting to have so many people from the anti-poverty space at our conference, and we hope the conversations that were had and the connections made will catalyse genuine change.

Here are some reflections from attendees following the day 👇 #PlacesAgainstPoverty

📍 Do you know of work that has enabled those affected by poverty to articulate what they feel are the most important things to invest in?

Help feed into a ‘knowledge bank’ of meaningful intelligence from those directly affected by issues.

Learn more 👇 gmpovertyaction.org/call-for-evide…

📢 In today's newsletter, Isabel Taylor delves further into Joseph Rowntree Foundation UK poverty stats, Action for Children share research on work-constrained families and Chit Selvarajah explores Independent Age data on older renters in financial insecurity.

👉 Read at: mailchi.mp/gmpovertyactio…

💚 We were delighted to welcome over 170 of you to our conference last week, The Power of Place in Tackling Poverty, at Science and Industry Museum. #PlacesAgainstPoverty

Great intro to our vision at Care Full by hannah webster at the #placesagainstpoverty Greater Manchester Poverty Action event

A brilliant conference organised by Greater Manchester Poverty Action - well done to the whole team! #PlacesAgainstPoverty

#GMLivingWage co-ordinator hacking4chorlton had a great day at the Greater Manchester Poverty Action conference today. Really great attendance and brilliant speakers. He delivered a workshop on Good Employment with great contributions from Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter Datesand Ltd The Bridge Group

I had a great day at the Greater Manchester Poverty Action conference today in #Manchester . Really great attendance and brilliant speakers. I delivered a workshop on Good Employment with great contributions from GM Living Wage Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter Datesand Ltd The Bridge Group

I’ll be talking all things devolution, regional inequality & looking beyond the general election on the afternoon panel at this event tmrw 👇

💭 The prevalence of low-paying work in the UK means that many working people lack the money to meet their basic needs and participate fully in society.

The Real Living Wage plays an important role in addressing this.

👉 See Living Wage employers in GM: gmpovertyaction.org/gmlivingwage/

End Furniture Poverty Cash Perks University of York IFAN Next door, we have ‘Potential not Poverty - Children telling their stories on their terms’ run by Julie Wilson, Gemma Munday and Meghan Meek-O’Connor from Save the Children UK.

Now into the first lot of our breakout sessions - ‘Designing effective local welfare systems’ in the main room, with Claire Donovan End Furniture Poverty, Gareth Evans Cash Perks, Dr Jed Meers University of York and Abby Preston IFAN.

Really pleased to have Kate Green, Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester kick off the day with a plenary on devolution and poverty.