Families to get a say on tackling child poverty

8:13am Friday 17th May 2013

FAMILIES across East Yorkshire are to be given the chance to air their views on how child poverty can be tackled in the county.

Poverty projects urged to contact city leaders

10:10am Friday 3rd May 2013

PEOPLE involved in tackling poverty in York are asked to contact city leaders to help compile a picture of work and identify possible gaps.

Recession pushes more young single people below minimum income standard

2:05pm Thursday 25th April 2013

Living standards are being squeezed – and single people without children are the group to be worried about, says Katie Schmuecker.

Grandma of tragic baby thanks well-wishers

June Davis

10:29am Thursday 25th April 2013

THE grandmother of a baby girl who died after spending all her life in a damp and overcrowded York flat has thanked people for their overwhelming kindness in the wake of the tragedy.

Food bank planned to be set up in Malton

9:54am Thursday 25th April 2013

RYEDALE now looks set to be the latest area to have its own food bank.

Experts join in #povertyforum twitter conference

Gavin Aitchison, left, news editor of The Press, takes part in the online poverty forum at the offices of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation at the Homestead in York, with the group’s Chris Goulden and Helen Barnard

8:03am Thursday 25th April 2013

CAMPAIGNERS, experts and York residents came together online as York hosted a pioneering digital conference on poverty and inequality.

Rich-poor health gap widens in York

Campaign to help stamp out poverty is launched

7:45am Wednesday 24th April 2013

HEALTH inequalities in York are responsible for 76 deaths a year in the city and the rich-poor divide is widening, new research has revealed.

Debate’s focus on poverty

7:55am Wednesday 24th April 2013

A UNIQUE digital conference is being held today to highlight poverty and inequality in York and the surrounding region.

Social pioneer put spotlight on city

Seebohm Rowntree

7:49am Wednesday 24th April 2013

POVERTY in York has been in the spotlight since the end of the 19th century.

Live LIVE: #povertyforum as it happens

Campaign to help stamp out poverty is launched

8:20am Wednesday 24th April 2013

Join us today for #povertyforum as local charities, experts and the public discuss what can and should be done in York.

Debate to focus on inequality issues

Campaign to help stamp out poverty is launched

9:49am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

A UNIQUE digital conference is to be held tomorrow to highlight poverty and inequality in York and the surrounding region.

Join us for #povertyforum

Campaign to help stamp out poverty is launched

3:04pm Friday 19th April 2013

POVERTY and inequality in York and the surrounding region will be discussed in a unique digital conference next week.

City funding fear for ‘hidden poor’

Coun Ian Gillies

8:52am Tuesday 16th April 2013

CHANGES to the way York community schemes are funded risk missing out the city’s “hidden poor”, a leading councillor has claimed.

York homes survey

9:33am Thursday 11th April 2013

THE Labour Party in York has encouraged city residents to take part in a survey of those experiencing housing problems.

York plea for council tenants over ‘bedroom tax’

7:46am Saturday 6th April 2013

CALLS have been made for city leaders in York to ensure no council tenants are evicted through having to pay the controversial “bedroom tax”.

Family of five living in one room at relative’s house

Steven Forward with wife Leanne and children Holly, left, aged six, Robyn, 15 months and Charlie, front, eight

8:32am Thursday 4th April 2013

A FATHER says his entire family of five is living in one room at a relative’s house in York – and he has been told they are not entitled to council accommodation.

‘Bedroom tax’ misery: disabled woman’s flat fears

Joanne Finney, of Clifton, who is worried about the bedroom tax forcing her to leave her adapted flat

9:19am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

A SEVERELY disabled woman fears she will have to leave her purpose-built York home of more than two decades because of the “bedroom tax.”

'Benefits changes have created a two-tier system’

Diane Reid and daughter, Rachael, of New Earswick, who have been hit hard by benefit cuts

9:15am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

THE mother and full-time carer of a 29-year-old disabled York woman has called for changes to the so called “bedroom tax,” which she says has created an unfair two-tier system.

Government says cuts are needed

9:09am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

The Government is removing a subsidy for working age tenants in social housing who receive housing benefits and have a spare room.

York focuses on poverty battle

Campaign to help stamp out poverty is launched

9:02am Thursday 28th March 2013

THERE should be no let up in York’s fight against poverty as thousands of residents continue to struggle, campaigners and city leaders have said.

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