Charity and community venue, The Florrie, has set up a new food union to help combat poverty.
A local group is fundraising this Christmas to support families and help them have a more enjoyable festive period.
LJMU played host to a ‘Reporting Poverty’ conference, with delegates coming from as far afield as Hungary and Spain.
The Frontline Centre in Wavertree shows how food is being distributed to those in crisis.
A campaign in Merseyside is aiming to ensure that no family in poverty goes without a Christmas dinner.
Birkenhead MP Frank Field calls on Wirral Council to help families affected by the new lower Benefit Cap.
Nearly 15% of people in Merseyside have never used the internet, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Plans to slash welfare benefits will force thousands of Liverpool children into poverty, according to two new reports.
Oxfam’s ‘Even It Up’ campaign addresses the economic gap between the rich and the poor.
Volunteers have been packing laundry bags with winter essentials for Liverpool’s most vulnerable people.
Around 25% of young people in Liverpool are unemployed, according to one city councillor.
The head of Liverpool’s Whitechapel Centre for the homeless speaks of the challenges his charity is facing as Christmas approaches.
A share of £32,000 from The Mayor’s Hope Fund has been given to 15 Liverpool organisations in a bid to tackle food poverty.
Liverpool families waste over £600 worth of food per year, despite increasing demand at food banks across the city.
A leading Liverpool centre for the homeless has been kept busy by recent freezing conditions, as well as the economic downturn.
As winter sets in, the pressure put on food banks in the Merseyside area is higher than ever.