The furore over whether people in poverty can be trusted with vouchers reminds me that, over the years, I’ve come across many people, some in low waged jobs and some, for various reasons not working. A thread about poverty, taking responsibility and budgeting. 1/n

⚠️New, 1 minute watch📺 Sometimes, we choose to pay more: for quality, for service. This feels fair: paying more to get more. But what if you have to pay more for the same essentials? Like energy, insurance, or credit? This is the #PovertyPremium 👇 📽️Revealing Reality

8,000 children across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough don't have a laptop/PC and over 3,000 currently don't have internet access How the #DigitalDrive campaign is set to addresses laptop shortfall for students: cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/digital-d… Cambs Youth Panel Cambridgeshire County Council Cambridge2030

We're one step closer to making affordable uniforms a reality for all 👔 It's time to #CutTheCost of school uniforms for good ✅

Made to Measure: how measurement can improve social interventions | by Toby Lowe | Centre for Public Impact | Medium ⁦Stephen Hills 🇵🇸🍉⁩ ⁦Gerry Cano⁩ medium.com/centre-for-pub…

Andrew Church Stephen Hills 🇵🇸🍉 Yes, wonderfully articulated piece on the importance of measuring for learning and improvement. Check this out - getting the balance right between learning and performance ted.com/talks/eduardo_…

Brilliant! Thank you Neil Crowther ' proposition, rather than protest', you'll enjoy this charlotte k Caline Easey @OJGarling John Wade Andrew Church Brigid Russell Leigh Abbott caroline lee Rob Fountain Maureen Swannie socialcarefuture.blog/2021/04/05/rea…

If, like us, you think it takes a village to raise a young person then please consider voting for us in this public vote: hopkinshomes.co.uk/charity-cambri…. You'd enable us to set up a mentoring scheme in #Cambs. Many thanks

Thank you to everyone who has already voted in the @HopkinsHomes Cambridgeshire Charity Vote - we need as many votes as possible so we can help more young people like 'Josh' facing #homelessness so please click on the link and vote for CHS hopkinshomes.co.uk/charity-cambri…

We are delighted to announce Heidi Allen is joining us as Chair of the Board. Huge thank you Nicola Scrivings for your exceptional contribution over the past 8 years & wish you all the best in the future #socialhousing #cambridgeshire #supportedhousing chsgroup.org.uk/group-news/chs…

“Hope … means another world might be possible” — Sophia Parker link.medium.com/gWIYwuHFdjb some living in hope pointers, timely and personally helpful - thanks Sophia Parker

If only this were true. A Universal Credit claimant on the National Living Wage will take a home as little as £2.24 from an extra hour’s work. A small increase in working hours will be nowhere near enough to cover the £20 a week cut coming their way next month.

How long would a Universal Credit claimant on the NLW have to work to make up the £20 cut? NINE hours if they pay tax and NI. Ask yourself if you could do more than another day's work each week?

1/2 Whilst we heard plenty of policy announcements in the Chancellor's spring statement last week, there are significant gaps still to be addressed, importantly the lack of mention for #UKSPF.

Thanks Jeremy Sallis BBC Cambridgeshire for your #CostOfLiving special feature yesterday and speaking to our #NewHorizons advisor Amanda who explained the support we offer to help people get back into work (1:53) - if you are looking for support have a listen bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

We are delighted to share that our team at Corona House #Cambridge has received a £42,000 grant from the lovely people The Evelyn Trust to help us support more vulnerable women in the Cambridge community. chsgroup.org.uk/uncategorized/… 🧡

Thrilled to announce Regulator of Social Housing has upgraded us to the highest rating possible for #governance & #financialviability! This rare move recognises our well-governed & financially stable organisation in the context of the #CostOfLiving & economic uncertainty. chsgroup.org.uk/announcements/…

Recently, our CLAS Project Manager, Gerry Cano, featured in @HousingDigital_ talking about the rising levels of child poverty across the UK, and why we must not let our MPs continue to ignore this issue. Learn more: housingdigital.co.uk/child-poverty-… #SocialHousing #ChildPoverty

Great to see our Tenant Committee Chair Jane attend the Tpas England national tenants conference this week. I'm sure she will be bringing back lots of really useful information and suggestions on how we can improve our engagement with tenants

We want to give all of our tenants the opportunity to achieve a better quality of life. That is why we’ve set up our When It’s Needed Fund, giving our tenants the chance to afford the same opportunities as their peers. Learn about the fund: chsgroup.org.uk/supported-hous…