To understand Britain’s malaise, visit Shildon – the town that refused to die by ⁦Aditya Chakrabortty⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great to see the Made in Britain series continuing to reframe how we report on Britain’s communities, stories and social problems.

You can read about our past work on this here: theguardianfoundation.org/programmes/mad…

But more importantly, give the latest film a watch! 👇

📢 We're very keen to keep reporting on the DWP's prosecution of unpaid carers. If you know anyone affected, or have inside knowledge of the system, please do get in touch with myself or Patrick Butler in confidence.

DMs open. Email is: [email protected]

Keir Starmer is facing new calls to end the two-child limit on benefits, tomorrow’s Observer reports. New data shows the policy is pushing large numbers of families with disabled children, and single parents with babies, into poverty. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

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The past few months i have been working with Guadian newspaper on this project. please share

If you have 10 minutes this weekend & want to be uplifted by the power of communities please 🙏 watch this great video of the ace work of ⁦The Elephants Trail⁩. The women breaking through the silence of the asylum experience. This is real community power theguardian.com/uk-news/video/…

Women in Rochdale refusing to be silent about their experiences of the hostile environment.

A radical idea to reform the job centres in greater Manchester from Andy Burnham theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our film made w/ The Elephants Trail demonstrates how broken the system currently is youtube.com/watch?v=6L0vlt…

'women are not hiding anymore because there is no change in hiding.' (Folashade Alonge)

The latest film we have made in collaboration with the Guardian looks at the reality of passing through Britain's asylum system.
The Guardian Caring and Sharing Rochdale Shirish Kulkarni youtube.com/watch?v=rVM195…

New Film!! The Elephants Trail is all about exploring the hardest issues. These amazing women let us into their lives to explore the immigration system and how it impacts their community. Support and Action For Women's Network-SAWN GMHAN
GMSystemsChangers Fatou Jinadu Unlimited Potential theguardian.com/uk-news/video/…

The latest from our Made in Rochdale series, in collaboration with women living in the asylum system across greater Manchester. As Agatha says: 'we have trapped and silenced for so long, but there is a power in speaking out' theguardian.com/uk-news/video/…

Britain's broken welfare system is leaving our community on the brink – short The Guardian film shot in Rochdale by community reporters, looking at people's experiences of universal credit, benefit sanctions and zero hours work. theguardian.com/uk-news/video/…

The Guardian has been working with community reporters in Rochdale to turn the lens on how the benefits system is “unfairly penalising vulnerable people” in their town.

An important 14 minutes, giving voice to people routinely ignored by the media. theguardian.com/uk-news/video/…

This is such an important, moving film on Britain’s broken benefits system, made from within the community + by uber talented colleague Maeve Shearlaw

WC voices telling own stories is vanishingly rare in media geared towards extractive journalism:

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Watch: moving film about precarious work and benefits. So proud of The Elephants Trail team for latest in our Made in Britain series. Each one is a collab between people with lived experience and The Guardian (@MaeveShearlaw) youtu.be/6L0vlt_sJ1c?si…

Most of us will need help and support at some point in our lives. Our benefits system has been a lifeline for so many, but we saw how a system that was intended to help had started hurting people we love and care about. We made this film for them.
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