In this Winter Edition, we recap highlights from our funding strategies workshop, share details of the 2025 event The Manc Kitchen: A Social Dining Pilot, and spotlight our blog, A Very Dickensian Christmas, on inclusive reporting and poverty. Thank you for your support!
In our seventh Cost of Living Chronicles Podcast episode, we talk to Mick Blakeley, Head of Operational Development at Citizens Advice Liverpool, the city’s leading provider of free, confidential, and impartial advice and advocacy services.
The Manc Kitchen, inspired by MP Ian Byrne’s Scouse Kitchen, showcases how social dining can combat hunger, foster connections, and restore dignity amid Greater Manchester's rising food and fuel poverty.
The Dickensian Christmas inspires media stories of poverty, often silencing those affected. Rachel Broady urges inclusive reporting, amplifying voices to tackle stereotypes and year-round poverty.