🪙 The Living Wage Foundation plays a vital role in addressing low pay and boosting household income. There were just 26 Living Wage accredited employers in Greater Manchester when the Greater Manchester Living Wage Campaign Campaign started. Now, there are 829. Learn more 👉 resolvepoverty.org/gmlivingwage/

Whilst we welcome the news that the Government is aiming to investigate 100% of overpayments alerts, it is disappointing that they will not halt the creation of new overpayment debts until the review has concluded. theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

⚖️ Join us on 29 April for a free session which will inform and equip those who would like to respond to the Government’s call for evidence about the socio-economic duty. Book your place 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/have-your-sa… The Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social Equally Ours Just Fair - justfairuk.bsky.social Laura Burgess

💭 Looking to better understand our social security system and the financial support available to people? Join our Maximising Household Income training course on 1 May. You'll be trained by our Chief Executive, Graham Whitham. Book your place 👉 resolvepoverty.org/maximising-hou…

📢 In today’s newsletter, we share our new research on the role of regions and localities in a whole-system approach to tackling poverty, undertaken with University of York colleagues. End Furniture Poverty also introduces its Make a House a Home campaign. 👉 mailchi.mp/resolvepoverty…

⚖️ Join us on 29 April for a free session which will inform and equip those who would like to respond to the Government’s call for evidence about the socio-economic duty. Book your place 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/have-your-sa… The Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social Equally Ours Just Fair - justfairuk.bsky.social Laura Burgess

Three anti-poverty online training courses from Resolve Poverty are available in May to help you understand how poverty affects people: - Maximising household income, 1 May - Tackling poverty with data, 8 May - Valuing lived experience, 29 May gmpcb.org.uk/anti-poverty-t…

Austerity didn’t end. It got rebranded.

🪑 End Furniture Poverty are trying to help the millions of people living without essential furniture and appliances to access the items they need. Director Claire Donovan shares why they're campaigning for at least 10% of social homes to be let as furnished 👇resolvepoverty.org/make-a-house-a…

Live in Greater Manchester? A NIHR-funded study is looking for people to join its advisory group. The research will assess how new policies could lower the intake of unhealthy foods and how this could improve people’s health. Contact [email protected] to get involved 📧

📈 Our North West Poverty Monitor has recently been updated with several new indicators, and national poverty data has been updated following the latest release of Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data. Learn more and explore the data 👇 resolvepoverty.org/updates-and-ad…

⏳ Ahead of the Child Poverty Strategy, English Devolution Bill, and national commencement of the socio-economic duty, our new research examines how regions and localities can take a whole-system approach to tackling poverty. Join our launch webinar 👉 tickettailor.com/events/resolve…

🔍 Information on where to refer people experiencing poverty for appropriate support is not always easy to find. We worked with Trafford Council to develop a Money Advice Referral Tool for Trafford, so frontline staff can better help residents. 👉 resolvepoverty.org/money-advice-r…