Delighted that #Sunderland are becoming a #livingWage city! At the launch, we heard Cllr @graememiller19 & Cllr Stewarts' commitment: "This is simply the right thing to do" in the #CostOfLivingCrisis "The hard work starts tomorrow - to drive poverty pay out of the city"

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Great to be at the @GMCitizens cost of living delegates assembley. Powerful testimonies and positive energy to make change. Lovely to meet our neighbours!

Another really great turnout for our Introduction to Community Organising training @LSCFTCollege . Powerful stories and experiences building relationships to make change for the common good. Let's keep talking and watch this space for more dates coming in the new year!

Exciting plans coming together for our Listening events which we will be holding soon. watch this space for further details. #locallistening #commongood #communityorganising @LSCFTCollege Peter Lumsden Preston Community Network @HannettJoe @BigLocalFAM @cgasharond Suzie Smith💙 Anna Hindle

It is here. It is exciting. An opportunity for local people to have a say and make change! Preston Citizens' Love to Listen 👇 #communityorganising #CitizensUK

We had our first 'Love to Listen' meeting this morning. We spoke to lots of residents at Preston Community Hub. Many issues and experiences were shared. Looking forward to the next one! @LSCFTCollege Peter Lumsden @BigLocalFAM Preston North End Community and Education Trust Preston Community Network Home Start Central Lancashire

A great training session was had today at PMF. Equipping local leaders with the tools of community organising to support our Love to Listen in the coming weeks.

Local people gave us a rich insight into what affects their wellbeing Preston Muslim Forum last night. We are looking forward to welcoming many more residents at our Love to Listen meetings in the coming weeks. Peter Lumsden @LSCFTCollege @BigLocalFAM Home Start Central Lancashire UCLan Students' Union - INACTIVE Preston North End Community and Education Trust

Attending the refugee week conference The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) with a theme of compassion. Heartwarming to hear about all the positive work in the area. Sponsor Refugees Citizens UK #CompassionIntoAction #refugeeweek

Fantastic to meet some inspiring local leaders today at our Introduction to community organising training. Thanks to PrestonSalvationArmy for hosting the morning. @LSCFTCollege Peter Lumsden Suzie Smith💙

Here at Lancashire Citizens, leaders from the alliance have got the wheels in motion on Citizens UK Northern Bus Tour to listen to our communities on their experiences of public transport, and how we can shape better services that leave no one behind and don’t cost the earth.

I have to wait in a library all day for my kids to finish school thanks to the buses lep.co.uk/news/transport… Barrow URC Primary Lancaster Uni SU Edge Hill University @UCLan Community Roots LSCft Caritas Salford Peter Lumsden Dr. Sakthi Karunanithi 🌎🧘🏽‍♂️❤️☮️ Citizens UK Matthew Brown Cat Smith MP Martin Tugwell IPPR North

☀️ Today, the Town Hall hosted an event to celebrate Preston becoming the first Real Living Wage city in Lancashire. 🔗 To find out more, read all about it here; pulse.ly/v6zt0egiox #PrestonLivingWageCity #RealLivingWage #LivingWageWeek2024

Well done to Preston City Council and the Living Wage Action Team for making Preston the first Living wage Place in Preston! Congratulations! Lets now get more to follow in Lancashire! Living Wage Foundation Citizens UK

Students, staff and members of the local community came together Edge Hill University to listen to each others experiences of public transport as part of our local and regional listening campaign. Public transport is having an impact on education. Citizens UK Martin Tugwell Lancashire County Council

Really inspired by Liverpool Citizens Founding Assembly last night; launching their strong alliance in the city and building power and relationships. This is what we are working towards in Lancashire - get in touch to know more. Citizens UK

Our first fringe event was a great success on Wednesday with over 200 citizens from across the North coming to Lancashire to agree our Citizens statement Lancashire and we have delivered our statement to leading politicians and decision makers to agree to have further meetings.