On Wednesday 26 August, we brought West View Together to life, and what a day it was! What started as an idea from the Hartlepool Poverty Truth Commission to bring people together, celebrate West View and create a space for neighbours to connect turned into a brilliant community day, with more than 300 people attending throughout the day….
Back on the 19th September, the community came together for the West View Clean-Up Day, and what a wonderful morning it was! The event was full of litter picking (and our silent disco litter picking), crafts, community conversations, soup, and cuppas, bringing neighbours of all ages together to care for our area and celebrate the strength of community…
Ghosts By Thriving Women Ghosts is a compelling new anthology of poetry by Thriving Women, a collective of women with lived experience of poverty and exclusion. Facilitated by Thrive Teesside and Tees Women Poets, the book explores the realities of poverty, inequality, and systemic injustice, giving voice to stories often overlooked. The poems reflect on daily…
Back in 2022, Thrive Teesside created a Top Tips Guide to Local Decision-Making for the Stockton Poverty Truth Commission- offering key principles for building relationships where local people have genuine influence over the decisions that affect their lives. As Tracey Herrington reflects, “Taking stock and reflecting on our learning to date, we’re always inspired by the community…
Ode to the French things seen on train journeys through France (Teesside to Geneva) Oh, dear French things in Franceso magnificently magically French.French windmills standing statuesque and serene, arms reaching to the clouds, waiting for the weather to turn their heads.French sun drenching English faces through windows of French trains, defying the isolationist ideals of separation –this French day…
Two women from Thrive Teesside, a grassroots organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and inequality, are amplifying their communities’ voices on a global stage. Julie Easley, poet and facilitator of the Thriving Women group, and Tracey Herrington, Thrive Teesside Manager, have travelled to Geneva, Switzerland to present powerful testimony and incredibly important GRIPP (Growing Rights Instead…
This new collection of essays, from Amnesty International UK and the Labour Campaign for Human Rights, looks at key human rights issues, from global atrocities to the growing homelessness crisis in the UK. It highlights the responsibility of governments to protect everyone’s rights but notes that recent years have seen a worrying rollback of these…
“We are all used to governments which don’t look anything like us: politicians who are privately educated, Oxbridge graduates who often have more private wealth than we can ever dream off. Starmer’s Labour government is different. His cabinet is a bit more representative of ordinary Brits, and includes people who have experienced child poverty, who have…
A statement from Thrive Teesside on behalf of our staff and trustees, regarding the comment made in the House of Commons on Wednesday 22nd November by the Home Secretary, James Cleverly MP.
Thriving Women Manifestos
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