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Greater Manchester Poverty Action (GMPA) supports our network of stakeholders with information and knowledge about poverty, with a strong focus on policy and practice that reduces and prevents poverty.
On this page you can access our latest articles relating to different aspects of poverty, which have all featured in our fortnightly newsletter.
Please get in touch if you would like to submit an article to be considered for inclusion.
Introducing a child lock: Save the Children’s campaign to secure children’s futures
By Meghan Meek-O'Connor, Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor at Save the Children Child poverty in this country has become a fact of life: ‘too big to tackle, and too familiar to notice’. There are 4.2 million children growing up in poverty, which equates to nine children in a class of…
Designing systems that care
By Hannah Webster, Co-Founder at Care Full Care Full - a new organisation launched this year by myself and co-founder Ruth Hannan - explores what a system that enables us to care for ourselves, each other and the planet, by design, looks like. This is a contrast to the design…
Under-valued (paid and unpaid) care work drives poverty and inequalities: here are six ways governments can change that
By Silvia Galandini, Domestic Poverty Lead at Oxfam GB and Claire Spoors, Advocacy Adviser (UK Inequality) at Oxfam GB  Oxfam’s new paper sets out how the systemic undervaluation of care creates and deepens the link between caring and poverty, and fuels existing inequalities. Every day, millions of people across…
What can employers do to boost financial wellbeing?
By Claire Wood, Director at Datesand Financial wellbeing in the workplace is a necessity. With poor financial health affecting almost one in three employees, it’s crucial that employees feel empowered and supported. By providing this support, you will not only improve your employees’ performance in work but also make a…
No time to wait: An ambitious blueprint for tackling child poverty
By Amanda Bailey, Director at the North East Child Poverty Commission The North East of England has enormous strengths and incredible potential – and can be the most fantastic place to grow up and raise a family. But when a third of children are living in poverty, this is not…
No place for older renters
By Chit Selvarajah, Policy Manager at Independent Age There are more than 400,000 older private renters in England. But despite numbers increasing by about 50% in the last decade, their stories don’t always feature in the housing debate. At Independent Age we are focused on ensuring that older people in…
Child poverty and barriers to work
By Scott Compton, Senior Policy Advisor at Action for Children We are often told that work is the best route out of poverty, but for many of the families we help, this mantra runs into trouble on contact with reality. At Action for Children, we support hundreds of thousands of…
Call for evidence about the priorities of people with lived experience of poverty in the UK
GMCVO and Greater Manchester Poverty Action want to hear from organisations that are working in a participatory way with people affected by the economic injustice of poverty. We have been funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) to conduct an evidence review that collates and themes issues that are repeatedly…