Tameside Poverty Pilot Information Session

We would like to invite you to a meeting to share our new pilot project. The project is led by GMPA (Greater Manchester Poverty Action) and has brought together a working group including foodbanks, TMBC (Tameside Council), Action Together and Citizens Advice Tameside.

The working group have designed a referral tool that we hope will provide clearer referral routes for those experiencing food poverty.

The aim of this is:

• To move away from emergency food aid as the main response to food poverty
• To ensure that people are maximising their incomes e.g. through benefits, grants, or energy saving advice
• To ensure people who may be in debt or other crisis are able to access the right organisations for support.
• To start to identify any gaps in support and advice in Tameside for those experiencing food poverty.

We are holding 2 information sessions to show you how the tool works, get your feedback on the process, and hopefully start to work together to embed this approach to food poverty across Tameside – we want Tameside to be a place where people are free from poverty and are not having to rely on food banks to feed themselves or their families.