Thrive Teesside, which works with people on low incomes in Stockton, has teamed up with other organisations and stakeholders around the UK to urge the Chancellor to act and immediately raise CHILD benefit to £50 a week to ease the strain on families during the coronavirus crisis. A number of reports this week alone have […]
Thrive Teesside were involved in some creative sessions as part of the Welfare Imaginaries Seminars, which resulted in the creation of the Welfare Imaginaries Zine- To check out the full Zine:
“@HartActionLab and @ThriveTeesside, members of @ApleCollective, say local government should work more closely with those using key services so they are designed and delivered as accessibly as possible” To read the full article:
Thrive Teesside have signed a letter calling on the chancellor to raise Child Benefit to £50 per child a week, helping families facing the #COVID-19 crisis. We believe it is a simple, efficient and cost effective way to provide urgently needed help. Read the full letter below:
The daily realities of the digital divide in the North East of England – a call to connect our community members ‘As an organisation that responds to the needs in our low income communities by, in the first instance, developing trusting relationships with people who live in very difficult circumstances, I never imagined a world […]
Thrive Teesside, as part of the APLE Collective, have released a blog post on the JRF website- describing the impact of digital exclusion on low-income communities. Crossing the digital divide is essential to ensuring that the response to COVID-19 includes us all, say the Addressing Poverty with Lived Experience (APLE) Collective. For the APLE Collective, […]
To coincide with International Women’s Day 2020, Thrive Teesside have released a special edition of our women’s book #ThrivingWomen. The theme for this years International Women’s Day is “#EachforEqual”. From the official website, “An equal world is an enabled world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day. […]
‘The Spirit Of Teesside’ a short film created by Ron Everett to coincide with our ‘Thriving Teesside’ book launch is now available to watch now. This video was produced to coincide with our book launch ‘Thriving Teesside’, this video is a visualization of one of the poems within the book titled ‘The Spirit Of Teesside’, […]
Poverty2Solutions have been included in the top 100 changemakers of 2020, featuring in The Big Issue! Thrive Teesside and the Poverty2Solutions team are honoured to have been included in this list and can’t wait to see what 2020 brings. From The Big Issue website: In this week’s Big Issue magazine, we recognise those doing what […]