🤝 Thank you to everyone who attended and engaged with our Annual Conference last week.
We hope the conversations that were had and the connections made will catalyse genuine change.
Here are some reflections from attendees following the day 👇 #PlacesAgainstPoverty
Afternoon session on the role of regions and localities in the national mission to end #poverty John Hudson from York Uni introducing a joint research project. Results due to be published shortly. @resolvepoverty.org #PlacesAgainstPoverty
Listening to Sarah Woolnough from @thekingsfund.bsky.social presenting on 'A whole system approach to tackle #poverty: where does the health system fit?' 'The health of the nation has deteriorated from a society in distress' says Sarah @resolvepoverty.org #PlacesAgainstPoverty #NHS
And we’re off…our Senior Policy Officer @pennyrimmer.bsky.social is chairing a session with Carey Oppenheim & Danny Sriskandarajah focusing on what a renewed focus on poverty at a national level could mean for localities. #PlacesAgainstPoverty @resolvepoverty.org
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'Civil society are the pioneers of building power and how do we bring people back into local services' says keynote Danny Sriskandarajah at today's @resolvepoverty.org national event. #PlacesAgainstPoverty
'Income is critical, it can both prevent and cause #Poverty' says key note Carey Oppenheim and when reflecting on previous decades policy says 'We didn't listen enough to the voice of lived experience.' @resolvepoverty.org #PlacesAgainstPoverty
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Picture shows a leaflet entitled Our award winning Better Off Platform
Photo shows leaflet from Salford University Giving info on MSCs in social research on offer
Packed hall of 200+ attendees from across the UK at today's @resolvepoverty.org national conference in Manchester today. Interesting stands and agenda. #PlacesAgainstPoverty
See you folks soon. Lots to learn at today's Conference in #Manchester #Placesagainstpoverty
📣 Today’s the day! We’re looking forward to welcoming nearly 300 people from across the country to our Annual Conference today. See you all soon.
#PlacesAgainstPoverty
On my way to the @ResolvePoverty.org #PlacesAgainstPoverty conference. Today, Sarah Woolnough will consider if the NHS can play any role in tackling poverty? Spoiler alert…yes.
Find out more in this @TheKingsFund.org analysis – published this time last year. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Resolve Poverty Annual Conference: A conference on working locally to end poverty nationally. Thursday 13 March 2025, Manchester Hall.
📆 Two days to go...
We're looking forward to welcoming over 270 of you to our annual conference this Thursday.
Thank you to @greatermcr.bsky.social for sponsoring the event and helping to keep delegate fees low.
Full agenda and FAQs 👉 resolvepoverty.org/conference/
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