As we prepare for the United Nations International Day to #EndPoverty, this is a powerful video from Francesca Crozier-Roche. @socialchoices.bsky.social @atd4thworld.bsky.social @aplecollective.bsky.social

Thanks to my editor for publishing this blog post about our upcoming book, Joyful Revolution!
scarboroughmysteries.com/2025/09/30/j...

The launch event for this new book (both virtually and in London) is coming up on 4 November! www.lse.ac.uk/events/joyfu...

‘Lived experience’ is valued in activism – but is it doing more harm than good? By @jodymooreponce.bsky.social
cc my friends from @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social @justfairuk.bsky.social @grippuk.bsky.social @thriveteesside.bsky.social theconversation.com/lived-experi...

🗓️ June 10, 2025 -Webinar- Focus on Senegal
⏰ 11am (Dakar) | 7am (New York)
🧒🏾💬 “I was born. I exist. Add me to the list.”
Why are so many children still not registered at birth? What obstacles do families living in poverty face?
📌 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We're heading to Frimhurst, Kent for the annual @aplecollective.bsky.social gathering hosted by @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social at Frimhurst Family House.

Always a highlight - bringing together people with lived experience for workshops, reflection and collective action.
Can’t wait to see everyone!

For the International Day of Familes, a thoughtful post about poverty and @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social - www.exchangechambers.co.uk/internationa...

Lutterworth Press will be publishing this book about Mary Rabagliati, co-founder of @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social on 30 October - see below to pre-order now!
www.lutterworth.com/product/joyf...

Can't wait for our fabulous cocktail stick to visit us!

First stop @grainnemcmahon.bsky.social to think about how we capture our learning and impact...

Armed with 30+ questions the whole GRIPP gang have been developing over the last month...

...How do we engage our communities with the #CESCR2025 concluding observations about #Poverty in UK?...How can we be sustainable?...How do we continue to build relationships based on trust and solidarity?...

Lugging more flipcharts and post-its than flannels and pants!

So what do you do when 32 people across the UK want to be part of deciding the next steps for GRIPP and there's no budget for a residential?

Well we send our Cocktail Stick on tour!

Starting today from Bushey to Manchester, then onto Stockton on Tees and Glasgow and then London next week...

Thanks to our ally James Morrison for this excellent article:
"Labour says benefit reforms are a ‘moral mission’ – it looks more like moral panic" theconversation.com/labour-says-...?

In response to the government's announcement today on plans to cut incapacity and disability benefits, we have issued the following statement- highlighting how these cuts could deepen child poverty.

We also share concerns from young people, living in poverty, who will be impacted.

We asked if this was mandated or simply expected, but the Welsh Government declined to respond.

The health board's stance was heavily criticised by social work expert Prof Andy Bilson

He told us: "Removing babies from their parents is likely to cause significant harm to the child and the parents."

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@cpaguk.bsky.social
@resfoundation.bsky.social
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@atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social
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Children's social care & Temporary accommodation.

"There are rises in children placed in care over 20 miles from their communities (an 18% increase 2019 to 2023) and households placed in temporary accommodation out of area (a 77% increase in Quarter 1, 2024-25 compared with Quarter 1, 2018-19)."

In front of UN CESCR, last week the UK Gov Admitted Failure in the Handling of the Separation of Children from Families in Poverty. 🇬🇧 An issue raised by Essex HR Centre @universityofessex.bsky.social with @grippuk.bsky.social & @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social hrcessex.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/t...

Screen printing with the Poverty2Solutions team today, brand new designs in preparation for our launch event coming up #DoYourDutyForEquality

Poem by @julieeasleypoet.bsky.social sums up how we feel about UK Government's response @ #CESCR2025 right now

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Pleased to hear UK Govt agreeing with our #CESCR2025 submission & the work of @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social that too many children experiencing poverty are being taken away from their families.

Now we need to hold them to account in their commitment to work to ensure more families stay together