Area Manager and Senior Organiser Helen is with Dungannon food bank at their #guaranteeouressentials stall today.
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It was great to be able to present to the Alliance Party MLA group on #HungerinNI earlier today and gain more support to #guaranteeouressentials .
Over the last 12 months, the need for our support has grown by 15%.
We need to ensure that the level of social security payments allows people to afford the basics. This is why we’re backing the #GuaranteeOurEssentials campaign.
Learn about the campaign: trusselltrust.org/get-involved/c…
After an injury Steve had to leave the job he loved.
Our #SocialSecurity system should be there to support us when we face tough times. But Steve found benefits don’t cover the essentials.
The #GuaranteeOurEssentials petition closes soon. Sign here: action.trusselltrust.org/guarantee-our-…
Our welfare system should be a safety net supporting everyone in need of help, yet more & more are struggling to make ends meet.
That’s why I’m supporting the #GuaranteeOurEssentials campaign, demanding that the basic rate of Universal Credit at least covers life’s essentials.
Following a recent meeting with EdinburghFoodProject, I raised Joseph Rowntree Foundation & The Trussell Trust's #GuaranteeOurEssentials campaign, which shows 90% of low-income households on Universal Credit can’t afford the basics. The Minister's answer was less than satisfactory…
#CostOfLivingCrisis
We are running out of one item after the other as demand continues to rise. #thiscannotgoon #guaranteeouressentials
We are joining the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Trussell Trust, and other leading charities to call for an “Essentials Guarantee”, a new law to make sure Universal Credit’s basic rate is always at least enough for people to afford the essentials. #GuaranteeOurEssentials
HUNGER IN THE UK: One in seven people faced hunger across the UK because they simply didn't have enough money for the essentials. That’s 11.3 million people in our society who have cut back on food or skipped meals entirely. Join the campaign to #GuaranteeOurEssentials
Universal Credit and the cost of essentials doesn't add up. Together we can move more people to learn about the The Trussell Trust campaign and urge them to join us in calling on the UK government to guarantee our essentials. #GuaranteeOurEssentials
Food banks are seeing the highest ever level of need because incomes are too low for people to afford the essentials.
Lynda our Faith Project Coordinator visited the Trussell Trust stall today to support their #GuaranteeOurEssentials campaign.
No one should go without.
🚨People living in poverty find it harder to live a healthy life, live with more illnesses, and die earlier than rest of population.
New The King's Fund report with @JRF_uk exposes the staggering toll poverty is taking on NHS services.
It’s time to #GuaranteeOurEssentials
Yesterday we joined Joseph Rowntree Foundation The Trussell Trust and other sector colleagues in Westminster, handing in the 150,000-strong petition to #GuaranteeOurEssentials .
Last year across Bristol and South Glos there was a 22% increase in the number of people receiving a foodbank parcel.
That’s why we along with (Bristol North West Foodbank, North Bristol & South Glos Foodbank) are joining @trusselltrust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation in calling on the UK Government to #GuaranteeourEssentials .
Staff attending The Trussell Trust Northern Ireland Regional Forum, Jonny Currie Trussell NI Lead, opening todays workshop #partnership #guaranteeouressentials
We are joining the Trussell Trust and other leading charities to call for an “Essentials Guarantee”, a new law to make sure Universal Credit’s basic rate is always at least enough for people to afford the essentials. #GuaranteeOurEssentials Please sign!
action.trusselltrust.org/nearly-3-milli…
⚠️ New The King's Fund report with @JRF_uk exposes the staggering toll poverty is taking on NHS services.
💵 Rising costs for food, heating, clothes & transport are making it harder for people to live a healthy life. It cannot continue.
⏰ It’s time to #GuaranteeOurEssentials ⬇️
Hot day in #leeds today talking to the public about
The Trussell Trust #guaranteeouressentials campaign with the help of our volunteers 💚