Henry Wilson MBE

"A root and branch review required of Universal Credit" an excellent interview with Gordon Brown on @Channel4. We at our #foodbank at @reachHaverhill have seen a 56% increase in food parcels for children since 2019!

This is absolutely heartwarming. Imagine an employer who believes in fairness, who gives a £4 million gift to his employees, fights inequality & injustice & even provides holiday homes for staff Meet @RicherSounds Julian Richer! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Caroline Lucas, "Water companies had no debt when privatised. They have since borrowed £52 billion and paid £72 billion in dividends. Meanwhile we have a sewage scandal. Privatisation of water was a serious mistake and it needs to be permanently rectified."

Haverhill homelessness service and REACH Community Projects team up to help people in need suffolknews.co.uk/haverhill/news…

Why not! A great idea that is community minded. Not everyone uses internet banking BBC News - Branch closures prompt calls for high street bank hubs bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

My @guardian story: Stigma and bureaucracy means lower income UK households miss out on £19bn a year in unclaimed welfare benefits - in the middle of a cost of living crisis theguardian.com/society/2023/a…

Cash or food? What’s the best way to provide dignified support to people facing hardship? After several months of research, @FoodbanksAPPG have found that a ‘cash-first’ approach would help make sure that no one has to turn to a food bank in the future ⤵️

Government needs to extend the Energy Price Guarantee at its current level beyond April when it is due to go up from £2,500 to £3,000. Yesterday Andy Manning explained to the @CommonsPAC that this is a winter like no other.

Free school meals for every primary school child in London from next September! What a brilliant life changing, future shaping, health creating decision from the Mayor of London! As the research already proves it works, the wise move now would be to make it a national policy!

👏 Thank you @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan for extending #FreeSchoolMeals to all primary school children in London! 270,000 pupils will benefit from this decision. We now need central govt to end the postcode lottery of access to this safety net. Read more: bit.ly/3S7biCn

Record highs for the foodbank were hit in 2022: suffolknews.co.uk/haverhill/news…

We're looking forward to hearing @jamieoliver guest editing @BBCr4today tomorrow! He's promised to cover health campaigns, obesity prevention policies, and the importance of extending #FreeSchoolMeals 🎧 Click here to listen: bit.ly/3BHQnP7

@ReachHaverhill @JHRTrust Thank you for your amazing generosity and kindness. This will make make a huge difference to the many families feeling the impact of the cost of living

If you’re struggling with your housing costs and you receive Housing Benefit or Universal Credit including Housing Element, you may be eligible for a Discretionary Housing Payment. For more info visit angliarevenues.gov.uk/services/housi… - and for other support visit westsuffolk.gov.uk/cost-of-living…

@ReachHaverhill @AtalianServest Thank you very much for all your help!

Just hearing from a colleague @ReachHaverhill who visited an older lady in her home who's so afraid to put her heating on! It was warmer outside in the sunshine. So sad!

"It’s hard to enjoy being with family and friends when you are cold and hungry." suffolknews.co.uk/haverhill/news… #foodbanks #Christmas @ReachHaverhill #CostOfLivingCrises

Seem extraordinary that 800,000 children living in poverty are not eligible for free school meal support? Even more so when you know that we subsidise MPs meals to the tune of £17 million... Help us, help others - email your MP writetoyourmp.click/link #FeedTheFuture

Our annual appeal has been extended and renamed - Suffolk Cost of Living Surviving Winter Appeal to help address the difficulties that many are already facing in Suffolk. Please consider donating if you can. Find out more 👇 bit.ly/3UZHpUy

Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger as 100,000 frozen out of free school meals theguardian.com/education/2022…