Registration for our Zine making workshop closes in 10 days! We would love to see you there!

*REVISED DATE*- Wednesday 12th May at 4pm Come and join Dole Animators Leeds and @Jeanmcewan for zine making. If you live in Leeds and have experience of the welfare benefits system, we would love you to get involved! Register on eventbrite.. eventbrite.co.uk/e/dole-animato…

Are you West Yorkshire based with experience of the welfare benefits system? Join Dole Animators with artist Jean McEwan in a FREE online zine workshop on 12th May to make your own one page mini zine exploring your experiences. Book via Eventbrite here eventbrite.co.uk/e/dole-animato…

Poverty is intrinsically linked with discrimination creating a vicious cycle whereby single parents face challenges in multiple areas of their lives Single parent discrimination creates high poverty levels. KWood Single Parent Rights aplecollective.com/2021/04/single…

We're really excited about supporting this scheme. With so many hills in the valley we think e-bikes are key to active travel in our area🚲🚵

Unity is strength with Poverty2Solutions : Read our latest blog post here! ATD Fourth World UK Prof Ruth Patrick @_danfarley_ Thrive Teesside Dole Animators Leeds poverty2solutions.org/newsupdates/20…

We thought we'd kick off #APLEMonth2021 with a little APLE Collective history! In February 2018, a number of groups led by people with direct experience of poverty were invited to meet up with the Poverty2Solutions alliance (ATD Fourth World UK, Dole Animators Leeds and Thrive Teesside).

Today, we would like to share a blog post from Phil Parkes @ExpertCitizens #APLEMonth2021 aplecollective.com/2021/06/phil-p…

So great to see the work of groups putting the voice of lived experience at the forefront of their work. #APLEMonth2021

Whoop whoop thanks APLE Collective A fab team ATD Fourth World UK Dole Animators Leeds Thrive Teesside @_danfarley_ Prof Ruth Patrick Daisy Sands Joseph Rowntree Foundation Sarah Campbell #APLEMonth2021

Awesome to be joined by Prof Ruth Patrick from @yorkuniversity & Daisy Sands from Joseph Rowntree Foundation for Poverty2Solutions campaign shoot Thrive Teesside Dole Animators Leeds ATD Fourth World UK aspire to more #equality #poverty #endpoverty #EqualityforAll with @scottakoz Kev Curran #film #coproduction

Two-thirds (62%) of those on #UniversalCredit are either in work, or not expected to work due to ill health, caring for a baby etc The govt's narrative that cutting the £20 uplift is all about getting people back into work is a deliberate & pernicious falsehood #KeepTheLifeline

"There is near universal opposition to this cut, including from prominent Conservatives. It is time the government saw sense, backed struggling families and cancelled their cut to universal credit". #keepthelifeline bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

The Spirit of Teesside is a collaborative piece., sharing insight and reflections APLE Collective Thrive Teesside

“They [UK govt] made that boost to Universal Credit at the start of the pandemic because they knew UC was not enough to live on, and they still know that. Covid is not going to take poverty away with it, so families, wherever they are, need that lifeline to stay.”