At this session we will be sharing how you can get involved with the Keep the Lifeline campaign as a small and local charity .
In October, £20 a week is due to be cut from Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit - meaning six million low-income households face an overnight cut to their incomes of £20 a week, or £1,040 a year. The cut risks further weakening social security support, pulling people into poverty, and causing severe hardship for families who are already struggling to stay afloat.
The Keep the Lifeline campaign, led by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and backed by many charities, think tanks and leading organisations (including Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales), is calling for this cut not to go ahead, and for those on legacy benefits not to be excluded.
While other organisations might be raising the issue at a national level, MPs are much more likely to respond to issues raised by local people and organisations – so your voice really matters. You don't need to have lots of knowledge around benefits or social security - as a small and local charity, you will have a first-hand understanding of what this cut will mean to people in your community, which is really important.
This session will cover:
- What the Keep the Lifeline campaign is all about
- Why your voice matters
- How can you get involved and raise this with your MP
It will also be a chance to discuss the campaign with other small and local charities and share ideas.
Who is this session for?
If you're working or volunteering at a small and local charity and are passionate about stopping the £20 a week cut from Universal Credit taking place in October, then join us to find about how you can support the campaign. Whether you're the CEO, you deliver services or you're a trustee, anyone is welcome to come along, meet other charities and find out more.
About the session host?
Rachel Cain, Public Affairs and National Programmes Officer, will be leading the session. At the Foundation Rachel focuses on amplifying the voices of small and local charities, using their expertise to influence policy and practice to address the root causes of complex social issues. Before joining us, Rachel managed the Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s Social Change Project, and was previously a Senior Researcher at the Directory of Social Change.
More about this workshop
We aim to make all our events accessible. If you have any accessibility requirements you would like to discuss for this session, please let us know on the registration form, and we will get in touch.
If you can't make this date, we are running the same workshop on Tuesday 24 August.
If you have any questions about the workshop, do get in touch at policy@lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk