Resolve Poverty

📢 400 employees trained in just two months!

We're proud to share that around 400 Sefton Council employees have completed our Poverty Awareness e-Learning Training.

Building on how you can support people facing financial difficulties is an important step towards delivering services that are compassionate, inclusive and responsive to the needs of our communities.

Thank you to all colleagues who have taken part. Find out more about our e-Learning courses and how to we can develop it with your team: https://resolvepoverty.org/e-learning/

Last week, our Lancashire Anti-Poverty Network Coordinator, Patsy Davies, alongside Jon Sands and Rebecca Samuels, held an online webinar to support professionals working across Lancashire in having conversations about money.

Too often, a lack of confidence around money stops people from talking about it, which lets people experiencing poverty to slip through the cracks. In our previous research, we identified opportunities for non-advice professionals to develop their money guidance skills, to be able to support families and individuals facing poverty and low income before crisis strikes. In doing so, households are able to access support earlier and through a greater number of avenues.

Webinars such as these are the starting point to begin to explore what money support can look like from a non-advice professional perspective, and how developing skills and confidence in areas of guidance around topics like money can add capacity to specialist advice services. If you are interested in hearing more about our webinar, please contact [email protected].

Read the full article here: https://resolvepoverty.org/accessing-money-and-benefits-advice-learnings-from-localities/

In a recent report by our Lancashire Network Development Coordinator, Patsy Davies, on how localities deliver money advice and support in Lancashire- an area with some of the highest child poverty rates outside London- highlighted some challenges. The research found out that just under a quarter (24%) of non-advice professionals felt confident in signposting people to services that could help with money and benefits issues.

Having the right knowledge and confidence can make a real difference for people experiencing financial difficulties.

Our Maximising Household Income training aims to equip professionals and volunteers with the skills to identify local and national support, understand the social security system, and use practical approaches to help people build financial resilience.

If you work with people struggling financially and would like to strengthen your knowledge and confidence, book your place here: https://www.resolvepoverty.org/maximising-household-income-2/

Training dates for June and July are open for booking.

Whether you’re working in the public, private, or voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector, our sessions will help you build a deeper understanding of poverty and how to tackle it effectively.

Secure your place here: https://resolvepoverty.org/training/

Today marks a huge milestone as we launch the Warrington Money Advice Referral Tool (MART), our first outside of Manchester.

The MART is a easy-to-use practical tool that is created to help organisations better support people facing financial hardship by making financial support easier to access. From GP surgeries and schools to hospitals and community groups, MART helps frontline staff to signpost and refer individuals to relevant financial guidance, benefits support and local services.

We’re proud to bring this support to Warrington in collaboration with Warrington Borough Council and the Warrington VCSE sector. Excited to see the impact it will have in the community!

Find out more: https://warrington.mart.resolvepoverty.org/

Our Maximising Household Income training is designed to help professionals understand our social security system and the financial support available to help people find and access what they're entitled to.

You will get to learn how to support individuals and households to build financial resilience through a trauma-informed approach and effective approaches to income maximisation.

🗓️ 14 July, 10am–4pm (online)

Learn more and book your place: https://resolvepoverty.org/maximising-household-income-2/

At Resolve Poverty, we believe local action on poverty is crucial, and our latest research shows there is still a long way to go.

Our new report maps strategic local action on poverty across England and finds:

📍 Just 16% of councils currently have an anti-poverty strategy in place
📍 A further 19% plan to introduce one within the next year
📍 Only 10% have formally adopted the socio-economic duty

Councils play a critical role in preventing and reducing poverty, but action remains uneven. That’s why we’re urging government to further empower local authorities and introduce a statutory requirement for all councils to develop well-resourced anti-poverty strategies.

Read the full report here: https://resolvepoverty.org/mapping-strategic-local-activity-to-tackle-poverty/

Want to better understand how poverty affects people and communities across the UK?

Join us for our upcoming “Tackling Poverty With Data” training to understand what data tells us about poverty in the UK, how to find this data and how to use it to build effective responses to poverty. We'll explore UK poverty trends, data analysis skills, and practical tools for presenting insights to stakeholders.

🗓️ 4 June, 10am-4pm (online)

Learn more and book your place: https://www.resolvepoverty.org/tackling-poverty-with-data-2/

When you design poverty interventions without the voices of those who experience it, it is easy to miss vital insights.

Across the UK, millions are forced to decide which essentials they can afford to go without. Behind these numbers are people whose lived experiences can shape stronger, fairer policies and practices.

Join us for our upcoming “Valuing Lived Experience” training to learn how to centre lived experience in your work and help drive change.

🗓️ 14 May, 10am–4pm (online)
🗓️ 18 June, 10am–4pm (online)

Learn more and book your place: https://www.resolvepoverty.org/valuing-lived-experience-2/