
Thrive in the media:
DWP: Teesside charity leader criticises ‘horrific’ debt deductions from Universal Credit payments- Teesside Live (2021)
Why the £20 Universal Credit increase is a vital issue for Teesside – and what our politicians say about its future. (2021)
‘Things need to change’: The Stockton organisation using real-life experience to tackle poverty.(2020)
DWP: Raise Child Benefit to £50 a week plea from charity as families struggle with covid-19 impact.(2020)
Debt help charity Thrive expanding across Teesside. (2012)
North-East anti-poverty stars praised in national calendar.- The Northern Echo.(2020)
Fears rise in destitution on Teesside could continue. – The Northern Echo.(2020)
‘Skint Britain does not speak for me or the North-East’ says working mum on Universal Credit. (2019)
Stockton charity joins national poverty project. (2018)
Special report: ‘How are people on zero hours contracts meant to live a decent life?’ (2017)
Poverty report: ’90 per cent of people classed as in poverty just need a chance’ (2017)
‘People cannot afford to feed their children’ – Teesside marchers take to streets to relay anti-poverty message. (2017)
People in poverty must be heeded, not just heard- Church Action on Poverty. (2020)
12 inspiring anti-poverty stars & stories from (2020)
More ‘bold and courageous’ action needed to protect millions from biggest income shock in living memory (2020)
How 5 of our partners are maintaining community from a distance (2020).
Our day in Parliament: The truth about poverty and how to tackle it. (Poverty2Solutions). (2018)
Report & photos from the anti-poverty walk in Teesside. (2017)
How we can unlock poverty. (Poverty2Solutions) (2017)
How life changes – moving to a care home during a pandemic (2021)
Does life continue in lockdown? Hospitalisation and care – OtherFrontLine (2021)
From just about managing to full on crisis – excluded from support due to the digital divide. -OtherFrontLine (2021)
Were local services ever really fit for purpose? – OtherFrontLine (2021)
‘I can only afford heating for two hours a day – soon I won’t even be able to do that’ – Mirror (2022)
“World-changer” Thrive Teesside celebrates charity award. – Chronicle Live (2021)
BBC Radio 4- Positive Thinking- Equitable Leadership (2021)
Thriving Women: Activism through the power of words (2021)
Raise Child Benefit to £50.- WinVisible Blog (2020)
What does participatory research mean to our community, whether in a pandemic or not? Covid Realities (2020)
Top 100 Changemakers 2020: Defeating poverty. Big Issue. (2020)
Shocking figures show child poverty is rising in Stockton. – TFM (2020)
The Shame Game: Overturning the Toxic Poverty Narrative. (2020)
Parenting in Poverty Under Lockdown- ATD Fourth World (2020)
We have been affected by poverty, but our expertise is being ignored in this general election- iNews.co.uk (2019)
Open letter: When the UN calls out poverty in the UK, the government must listen. – leftfootforward.org. (2019)
Fighting inequality in the UK- Fightinginequality.org.uk (2019)
These shows don’t speak for me and don’t explain the grip of poverty.- Voicesfromthemargins.co.uk (2019)
‘Nothing About Us, Without Us, Is For Us’: Reflections on an Undisciplining Workshop (2018)
‘People cannot afford to feed their children’ – Teesside marchers take to streets to relay anti-poverty message. darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk (2017)
Doorstep loan dangers. ITV (2013)
Tackling poverty from the grassroots.- The Guardian (2012)
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Reports and research papers that Thrive have produced or co-produced:

- Stockton-On-Tees Anti-Poverty Strategy 2024-2027
- Welfare Experiences
- Empowering Sanctioned Claimants
- Debt On Teesside: Pathways to Financial Inclusion
- Automated Hardship- How the Tech-Driven Overhaul of the UK’s Social Security System Worsens Poverty (Human Rights Watch)
- Benefit Sanctions in the North East of England
- The Sustainable Livelihoods Handbook- Church Action on Poverty
- Building Financially Resilient Communities
- Tackling the Personal Debt Crisis in the North East
- Invisible Inequalities of Austerity: Everyday Life, Mothers and Health in Stockton-on-Tees- Amy Greer Murphy
- Drowning in Debt- How irresponsible lenders are creating a tidal wave of misery- Church Action on Poverty.
- Socio-materiality of trust: co-design with a resource limited community organisation.

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