By Daniel Oliver, Head of Programmes at Resolve Poverty
Resolve Poverty is working with Cambridgeshire County Council and the local Poverty Strategy Commission to meaningfully engage with people who are living in, or are at risk of living in poverty.
The Cambridgeshire Poverty Strategy Commission is a new, independent initiative to explore how the local system serves those experiencing the consequences of poverty, and how improvements can be made to this system. Initially facilitated by Cambridgeshire County Council, the Commission will draw on the experiences of its commissioners, as well as evidence gathered from people with lived experience of poverty.
Our team at Resolve Poverty are delighted to be facilitating the lived experience elements of this effort, by hosting workshops during the next month in communities across Cambridgeshire. We know from our own experience, including facilitating lived experience engagement to inform Bolton’s anti-poverty strategy, that the meaningful involvement of voices of lived experience is crucial to decision-making.
We are looking to engage with a diverse range of people across Cambridgeshire, to listen to their experiences, priorities and ideas for influencing the anti-poverty policies and strategies that are likely to affect them and others. Participants will be compensated for their time, as well as the VCFSE sector organisations that refer them.
If you are based in Cambridgeshire or can help to recruit lived experience participants then please contact Dan Oliver on daniel@resolvepoverty.org. Thank you.
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