GM Poverty Action Newsletter 20 May 2020
In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter it reports on a joint call for national action on child poverty and a letter to the Chancellor from GM VCSE groups. There is an article on the LockdownLIVEs project and another letter to the Government about holiday hunger. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation share a guide on framing the poverty message during the Covid-19 pandemic, and there is information about a fund for unpaid carers.
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Chairs of GMCVO, the GM VCSE Leadership Group, the GM BAME Network and GM BAME SE Network and the GM Social Enterprise Network have written to the Chancellor, the Rt. Hon. Rishi Sunak asking for more support for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
In their latest report, Local Heroes: How to sustain community spirit beyond COVID-19, Vidhya Alakeson and Will Brett examine how community businesses can play a key role in harnessing all the goodwill that has been unleashed.
In the latest GM Poverty Action newsletter they look ahead at post-pandemic Greater Manchester and consider the impact on the real Living Wage campaign and share Tom Skinner’s response to the Government’s inquiry on the food supply during the crisis.
The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) have released two papers that outline the challenges facing local governments as they begin to formulate their economic response to the Covid-19 crisis, the necessity to build back better and practical actions for local leaders as they move towards just recovery and profound reform.
22 April is national Stephen Lawrence Day, celebrating the life and legacy of Stephen Lawrence, a young man with a bright future ahead of him who was tragically murdered in a racist attack at just 18 years old. Although short, his life has had a profound impact, including bringing about changes to UK law.
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