Austerity creates poverty
Do any of these things worry you: Not being able to get a GP appointment Needing expensive social care as you get older Not having enough money coming in to pay your bills Having to wait for critical hospital treatment Losing your home if you can’t pay the rent or [...]
Dusty’s story
In this blog post we tell the story of Eggcup member, Trustee and anti-poverty campaigner, Dusty. Dusty is not able to work due to long term health issues and lives on the poverty line, relying on disability payments (PIP). He’s a strong champion of the voices of those with [...]
Food waste cannot solve poverty: why surplus food redistribution is not the answer
Our current food system is extremely wasteful- in fact food waste is built into how many large food businesses and supermarkets operate. In recent years surplus food created through this wasteful system has increasingly been channelled to food support services, such as food banks and food clubs like Eggcup. [...]
Why do people end up in poverty?
In the UK, the rate of unemployment is at its lowest level since 1974 and employers are struggling to recruit. Some people on Easy Street say that people are only poor because they’re lazy and they like living on benefits. But no one who needs to survive the current [...]
Email your MP – Charity cannot end poverty
It's Challenge Poverty Week. Let's make a stand against the inequality that causes so many in our community to suffer. We cannot continue to rely on already over-burdened charities to help the ever increasing number of people who cannot afford the basics. The current system is failing and only [...]
Challenge Poverty Week
More than one third of all children in the UK are living in poverty. According to 2020 official statistics 14.4 million people in the UK were living in families in poverty, with 4.5 million of them in deep poverty. It was optimistically estimated that by 2023 an additional 3 [...]
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