A year ago today, we launched our Stamp Out Poverty campaign. Here's a quick recap on what has happened in the past 12 months.

• November 2012 – York Food Bank opens in Acomb. A day later, news emerges of the tragic death of Telan Carlton, an 11-month-old baby who died in a council flat in Chapelfields. Her mum, Kia Stone, believes damp in the flat may have been a factor. The Press launches its Stamp Out Poverty campaign.

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• December - Following a huge public response to food bank appeals, The Press office becomes an overspill warehouse for supplies.

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• January 2013 – York Citizens’ Advice Bureau says it expects 250 local people to become bankrupt in 2013 and a further 125 to take out debt relief orders.

• March – Stewart Halliday, City of York Council’s head of policy, calls for more action to tackle the stigma around poverty, which he says is unfair and unhelpful. In a report, he says 4,575 York children – 13 per cent – are enduring poverty.

• April – We co-organise #povertyforum, a digital conference in which people share their experiences of poverty and discuss potential aproaches. Politicians, charities, various media outlets and dozens of local residents take part.

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• May – York Food Bank announces it is to add sites in Tang Hall and Clifton.

• June – Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals living costs have risen by 25 per cent in five years, and says a quarter of UK households fall short of the income required to meet minimum living standards.

• July – We launch a series of videos to help counter stigma. Julia Unwin, chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, guest-edits The Press and oversees a hard-hitting edition highlighting the extent of poverty today and the attempts to address it.

The same day, City of York Council’s ruling cabinet approves a ground-breaking anti-poverty strategy compiled by the York Poverty Action Group, which includes The Press, the JRF, the church, NHS, Citizens’ Advice Bureau, South Yorkshire Credit Union and the York Economic Partnership. Also in July, a food bank opens in Malton.

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• August - A study is launched to find why so few people entitled to free school meals are claiming them. Entitlement is a key measure of families’ economic situation and council officials fear stigma deters some from accepting the meals.

• September – Readers respond in huge numbers to the York Harvest appeal, run by The Press and City of York Council. Donations of food, clothing and toiletries go to Carecent, which gives breakfast and support to homeless and vulnerable people in York. Donations supplement those from school and church harvest festivals.

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• October – York Food Bank wins the best community project award at the York Community Pride Awards.

• November – A food bank opens in Pickering. The Press reports on research by Harrogate and Ripon Centres for Voluntary Service, showing there were 4,000 instances of food poverty in North Yorkshire from January to June. North Yorkshire County Council enlarges its emergency food parcels and offers new utility bill credit support.