Fringe panel discussion, WLGA Annual Conference
The cost-of-living crisis is a major challenge for our communities and is hitting the poorest in society particularly hard. The need for help with basics such as food, fuel and clothing has never been higher. For example, the Trussell Trust network food banks distributed 41% more food parcels in the year to March 2023 than in the previous 12 months. But council budgets are under severe pressure.
So realistically what can we do support communities through this crisis?
We are joined at this fringe event by a panel of expert speakers from local government and research organisations. We will discuss:
- What are councils doing to support people in poverty?
- What more can they and their local partners do?
- And what do we know about what works best?
Chair: Dan Bristow, Director of Policy & Practice, Wales Centre for Public Policy
Panel members:
Amanda Hill-Dixon, Senior Research Fellow, Wales Centre for Public Policy
Councillor Lis Burnett, Leader, Vale of Glamorgan Council
Councillor Nia Jeffreys, Deputy Leader, Gwynedd Council
Jo Harry, Wales Network Lead, Trussell Trust
CLICK HERE to read more about WCPP’s poverty and social exclusion work
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WHAT NEXT? Our recent research on the lived experience of poverty and social exclusion in Wales has highlighted the need to tackle poverty stigma. Join us in Wrexham later this autumn for a Poverty Stigma workshop – CLICK HERE to find out more and to register
For further information, please get in touch:
Liz Clutton WCPP Communications Officer liz.clutton@wcpp.org.uk tel 07736 056669
Amanda Hill-Dixon WCPP Senior Research Fellow and Inequalities Lead amanda.hill-dixon@wcpp.org.uk
Dan Bristow WCPP Director of Policy and Practice dan.bristow@wcpp.org.uk