Thank you to everyone who took part in the first Challenge Poverty Week England & Wales. We’ve had some fantastic events, discussions, questions and ideas, we’ve built many new relationships, and we’ve been inspired by the shared resolve to speak…

More than 700 lantern kits were distributed in Lancashire as part of a Shine A Light campaign during Challenge Poverty Week. The Raft Foundation in Rossendale asked people to #ShineALight on the causes and impact of poverty, and also to…

Several church groups and Church Action on Poverty have come together to launch the Reset The Debt campaign, which calls on the Government to ease the burden of covid-related household debt. A webinar event was held as part of Challenge…

People from up and down the country came together to discuss national solutions to poverty, inspired by local success stories. The National Solutions Showcase event featured contributions from Cornwall, the North East, Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and South Wales. You can watch…

Two fantastic poetry events were held as part of Challenge Poverty Week London and Challenge Poverty Week England and Wales. The Same Boat? anthology was launched on Thursday evening, with poets reading their works and sharing stories. The anthology brought…

One of the biggest gatherings of the week was on Friday afternoon, for the event: How we can work together to tackle poverty in LGBTQ+ Communities There’s a risk that the experience of people from LGBTQ+ communities is lost when we…

One of Challenge Poverty Week’s biggest and most fascinating discussions was held on Wednesday, at “We need to talk (more) about race, class and gender”. If you missed the event, you can watch it again here: Challenging Poverty: we we…

What is causing or sustaining poverty in Greater Manchester, and what are the solutions? Fifty people joined a discussion event on Thursday as part of Challenge Poverty Week, looking at the answers to those questions. Speakers were: Lizzie and Nadine…

Child poverty has risen most sharply in parts of the Midlands and Northern towns and cities in the past four years, according to research published by the End Child Poverty coalition. The data, published on Wednesday, shows the scale of…

Dozens of people came together online for the premiere of The Same Boat? The short film shines a spotlight on inequalities in UK society, specifically in the context of the pandemic. If you missed it, here it is: The film…

York Food Justice Alliance hosted a drop-in session for Challenge Poverty Week to discuss what needs to change. The event, held with social distancing at the Spark site in the city centre, was a chance for people to talk about…

GROUPS in the North East came together online for Challenge Poverty Week England and Wales, to speak up against systemic poverty and call for solutions. The first of the week’s regional events involved five speakers: Tracey Herrington from Thrive Teesside…