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A posed group photo for the Neighbourhood Voices event at YMCA North Staffordshire in Stoke

Stoke voices: We want opportunity and hope

Stoke on Trent hosts the third of our Let’s End Poverty Neighbourhood Voices conversations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTiw_H0OQyQ We’re in Stoke-on-Trent, where eight local residents are discussing the city, its challenges, and their hopes. As it happens, the conversation took place the day

6 people holding cut-out numbers, reading 150,000

Merseyside Pantries reach big milestone

The Merseyside Your Local Pantry conference was a big success Merseyside’s network of neighbourhood Pantries have now been visited 150,000 times, and can be springboards for renewed hope and strength across the region. Dozens of Your Local Pantry coordinators, volunteers,

A photo of two volunteers in Your Local Pantry aprons, beside a photo of two members shopping

Partner focus: Meet Community One Stop in Edinburgh

The Your Local Pantry network has led to new partnerships and connections all over the UK. This blog tells of an exciting organisation doing brilliant work in Edinburgh. Community One Stop Shop (COSS) is a project based in Broomhouse, an

Thank you Pat! 40 years of compassionate action

Pat Devlin, one of Church Action on Poverty’s most experienced supporters and activists, is stepping down after almost 40 years. Sometimes, we can see exactly where a powerful wave of change began – the single action that started the ripples

The Halifax Unity building, with a Neighbourhood Voices logo on top

Halifax voices: on housing, hope and scandalous costs

This Neighbourhood Voices story comes from West Yorkshire We’re in Halifax. Queen’s Road to be precise – in a former betting shop that is now home to Halifax Unity, a group seeking to co-create a vibrant, diverse and resilient community,