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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.
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…
Tackling poverty together in Oldham
By Jon Sands, Programme Officer at Greater Manchester Poverty Action Greater Manchester Poverty Action (GMPA) is working with Action Together and local partners to promote meaningful lived experience engagement in the Oldham Poverty Action Network. The Oldham Poverty Action Network (OPAN) originated from a range of previous initiatives and organisations…
Deepening poverty across the UK
By Isabel Taylor, Analysis Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation In January, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published its annual UK Poverty report. This used the latest data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)'s Household Below Average Income dataset - which is used for the government's official poverty statistics - and a…
The cost of caps for families
By Lalitha Try, Economist at the Resolution Foundation The combined impact of the benefit cap and two-child limit are set to push the majority of children in large families into poverty by the end of the decade. Over the past decade, various approaches have been implemented to try and bring…