I was invited with my fellow commissioners to share our experiences of poverty and the current cost of living crisis with Lord Richard Walker, who is the government’s Cost of Living Champion and Lizzi Collinge, MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale. This felt like a positive action to take, being able to share my voice on …
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‘We haven’t met the Civic Commissioners yet, we do that after the launch event, but already by sharing our issues among the Community Commissioners, it feels lighter, like something we can take action to change. In the community meetings, we’ve laughed and raged and cried. I’m so honoured to call that room of strangers my friends …
Sitting across from Phil, who seemed like a lovely chap, I had the distinct impression that I had bitten off more than I could chew, and I’m not talking about the delicious lemon drizzle slice. A dear friend of mine had put my name forward to him as a potential Community what-now? I was being …
Round two to three by Alison My name is Alison Fisher. I became involved with round two of the Morecambe Bay Poverty Truth Commission in May 2022. I contacted MBPTC during a very challenging period in my life, involving very poor health, family breakdown and general uncertainty about my future. The final issue which provoked …
Joanna on becoming a Civic Commissioner in Round Two I’m Joanna Young, a Civic Commissioner at the Morecambe Bay Poverty Truth Commission. It was a real honour to be invited to participate in this unique project and so far it’s been a joy. I have learned much from working with our Community Commissioners, listening to …
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Community concerns cause concrete concepts by Alison As I left Eggcup, the community food outlet in Morecambe, I felt more than a semblance of annoyance. Their distribution of unsaleable groceries, lauded by local government executives as nothing short of a modern reworking of Jesus’ feat of brilliance with loaves and fishes left me deflated that my …
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Who do you see? You see a smiling woman dressed well and hair brushed. I see a broken soul, every day a struggle, I’m crushed. You see a benefits scrounger. ‘I bet she could work on a till’. I see a desperate life ahead, how will we pay the gas bill? You see me shuffling …
Fiona on the first year of MBPTC round two I first met with Ally, one of the facilitators of MBPTC, along with a group of new Community Commissioners in Regent Park in Morecambe. It was 5th of May 2021. We all sat in a quiet area of the park with some seating and Ally was …
Dusty on MBPTC round one and its impact My name is Dusty Thomas and I have been working in the community locally with various projects since 2009. My friend Simon was part of the MBPTC startup group and invited me to join, which I did in November 2017. I thought it was an excellent project …
Introduction to our blog from our new worker Phil Hello and welcome to our new blog and to the second round of The Morecambe Bay Poverty Truth Commission, which commenced earlier this year. It seems only fitting that, in order for me to promote a wider culture of sharing in this round of the commission, …
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