Very pleased to be joining the Association of Charitable Organisations CO today #ACOConf2021

💙 Our fourth promise to Bristol: 4️⃣ We will develop evidence to mobilise further change. 👉 Find out how we'll do it: brs.tl/wywh

🚨WARNING🚨 Prepare to be inspired, empowered and moved by @Ellishowiee in this short performance about his work with Church Action on Poverty and Food Power shared at #FoodPowerFest earlier today. Share the love and give it a RT! youtube.com/watch?v=vBirXL…

As the world begins to open up, remember it's okay to take things at your own pace and say 'no' if you need to 💚

New vlog👇Parliament debates ⁦MR14⁩ bid to #EndChildFoodPoverty But food poverty is just poverty. We can’t solve it with food. We solve it with better jobs, affordable home & strong social security. ⁦Joseph Rowntree Foundation⁩

"As funders, we have an opportunity now to listen to what organisations are telling us and to respond to their needs now and in the future." Important reading from Rosa Fund for Women !

🥳 Wow! We're extremely pleased to anniounce that TAP for Bristol - our contactless fundraising initiative in partnership with Bristol City Centre BID has raised over £40,000 for people facing homelessness thanks to more than 13,000 individual donations from generous Bristolians!

Work should be something we can be proud of – something where we truly get out what we put in. But as today's report from IPPR shows, for many of us, jobs aren’t working. Instead of opening up a route out of poverty, they’re trapping people in hardship. ippr.org/research/publi…

This comes as Turn2us - Tackling Financial Insecurity Together reveals research that more than 7.1 million people are missing out on £15.1bn of benefits left unclaimed and 45% of people have never checked what benefits they are eligible for.

#SmallCharityWeek is taking place next week 14 – 19 June as an opportunity to highlight the fantastic work small charities do and with free events, resources and activities planned throughout the week. Find out more: smallcharityweek.com @SCWeek2021

We are seeking new Trustees! ACO is looking to appoint several committed and skilled individuals to join our Board to help navigate the organisation as it continues to support charities throughout the sector. Find out more: bit.ly/ACOtrustees

Three new 'Worrying about money?' leaflets will be published any day now for #Enfield #Lewisham and #Sheffield Looking forward to seeing these resources being used & added to our #CashFirst referral leaflet page - bit.ly/3tCVGcz

Very exciting news. We launch our new Improving Lives Fund for organisations supporting people experiencing poverty (or hardship) in Wiltshire & Swindon on Monday

Very pleased to welcome Ali Russell CEO to a schools heritage day at Oxenwood yesterday. The National Benevolent Charity kindly funded sessions for young carers supported by YAW, along with PPE costs + a new marquee. It was wonderful to meet you and thank you for your support❤️