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2010 North West Listening Campaign: Grassroots Experiences of Poverty and Exclusion
30 March 2010
As part of the European Year for Combating Poverty (2010) it is spending the first half of the year uncovering the main issues that keep people in poverty. It will
• Uncover some of the barriers and policy issues that keep people in poverty;
• Identify some of the myths about people in poverty and develop a programme of work to tackle them;
• Recognise and share examples of good practice in tackling poverty, particularly amongst small local organisations;
• Build the capacity of small organisations to campaign on issues in their local area.
To find out the issues and myths needed to tackle and build support across the region, they are asking community groups and organisations to run local activities to listen to people experiencing poverty. The activity can take any form and will identify up to three policy issues, or three myths, that people with experience of poverty think need to be tackled.
Free training available
All organisations who register to take part in the Listening Campaign will be entitled to attend free training from Church Action on Poverty.
Dates and venues for training are as follows:
Manchester – Tuesday 27th April - CAP offices , 35 Dale Street, Manchester
Preston - Friday 14th May GHS Enterprise Centre, Preston
Liverpool - Wednesday 26th May, Glaxo Neurological Centre, Liverpool
All initial training events will run from 10am – 2pm (including lunch). To maximise the benefits of attending, it is recommend that two or three members of your organisation attend.
Additional training events will be held later in the year.
For more information contact Janet Gee by email info@church-poverty.org.uk, or contact Andrea Jones on 0161 236 9321
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