Emma Thorogood
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strategic comms @trusselltrust - working with some brilliant people to change conversations so we end the need for food banks. she/her. views my own
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04-03-2015 18:23:50
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care about compelling storytelling that builds public understanding of structural issues & increases support for societal solutions? The Trussell Trust we're hiring for a stories officer to work w #foodbanks & people w lived experience✨deadline 9am 18th jan trusselltrust.org/about/jobs/sto…
Universal Credit doesn’t add up and we’ve got the receipt to prove it. This is forcing people across the UK to go without the essentials. Join us & Joseph Rowntree Foundation to call on the government to guarantee that Universal Credit will at least cover #OurEssentials 👉 bit.ly/3IYD54I
this is very grim. looking forward to stepping up our work The Trussell Trust to counter this insidious narrative, starting w new research coming out later this month about why so many people at #foodbanks are disabled & not getting the right social security support at the right time
a grim new milestone for The Trussell Trust #foodbank parcels to people on the lowest incomes. the thing giving me hope? 78% of us agree #foodbanks shouldn't need to exist in a modern society & we know the solution: it's in our collective power to update the social security system.
‘seeing someone with different opinions as also human helps draw me towards them. and shared humanity helps build shared purpose, finding solutions together + building bridges across divides’ - this this this! from Chine McDonald’s brilliant keynote to #foodbanks today.
Britain's exceptional surge in homelessness since 2010. Hasn't happened elsewhere. Reversing this must be an absolute priority. Via excellent John Burn-Murdoch piece. ft.com/content/24117a…