Take a look at the diverse variety of APLE member organisations located throughout the United Kingdom. From small community-based groups to larger national organisations, APLE’s members work tirelessly to combat poverty in the UK. Each organisation brings its unique strengths and expertise to the network, allowing for a collaborative and comprehensive approach to addressing the root causes of poverty.
Thrive Teesside
Thrive is an award-winning organisation working in Teesside aiming to close the gap between the rich and the poor by supporting low-income communities to enact change.
We do this through research, mentor support and by taking local action: bringing together local people and institutions, supporting them to take action and campaigning for social justice.
- “No one knows how to help and people just judge us; Notes on a social security system that isn’t working”
- The changing landscape of the digital divide- Disconnected and well and truly left behind.
- Thrive Teesside #APLEMonth2021
- Thriving Teesside- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Special Edition book launch.
- Putting meaning to the ‘Digital Divide’ in the North East of England (Thrive Teesside)
Expert Citizens
Expert Citizens are an independent group of people who have all experienced multiple needs – combinations of mental ill-health, homelessness, addiction and offending behaviour. We all have powerful stories to tell, and we use our unique skills and experiences to be a voice for others.
We give our ideas to services of Stoke-on-Trent and nationally to help guide and shape them to improve the care of multiple needs citizens. We act as a support network for each other and engage in team-building and promote healthy lifestyles.
- “No one knows how to help and people just judge us; Notes on a social security system that isn’t working”
- Phil Parkes- Expert Citizens #APLEMonth2021
- Reflections from our participatory webinar- Phil Parkes
- Phil Parkes- A reflection on being an APLE member in 2020. (Expert Citizens)
- What does poverty mean to me?- By Phil Parkes #IDEP2020 (Expert Citizens)
ATD Fourth World UK
ATD FOURTH WORLD is a human rights-based anti-poverty organisation, with over 50 years of experience in tackling inequality and promoting social justice in the UK.
Working in partnership with people affected by poverty, ATD Fourth World has, since 1968, concentrated its efforts on supporting families and influencing policy through work at Frimhurst Family House in Surrey and our National Centre in London.
- “No one knows how to help and people just judge us; Notes on a social security system that isn’t working”
- Reintroducing: ATD Fourth World UK
- APLE and the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Financial Insecurity, Financial Exclusion, and Debt- ATD Fourth World
- Addressing Poverty with Lived Experience- Artur and Aida’s Story (ATD Fourth World)
Poverty Truth Community
“It is our conviction that we cannot hope to understand, let alone address, the causes and symptoms of poverty unless we involve the experts. In this context, the experts are those who have a direct experience of poverty; living with the reality day in and day out.
To use our motto, taken from the South African post-apartheid process, “Nothing about – without us – is for us”. We believe real progress towards overcoming poverty will be made when those who experience poverty are central to the development, delivery and evaluation of solutions.”
- Culture Wars- Brian Scott writes for #IDEP2023
- Human Rights for #IDEP2022
- My Story of Hope- Poverty Truth Community
- Volunteer Stories- Davy (Poverty Truth Community) #VolunteersWeek
- Poverty Truth Community Member- Brian Scott #IDEP2020
Lived Insights (LIFE)
Lived Insights works alongside by people with direct experience of homelessness, addiction, mental ill health and the criminal justice system. We seek to address poverty, health inequalities and financial exclusion, by listening to those closest to the problems and placing them at the heart of the solutions.
We provide a critical overview of what works and what doesn’t within the current support systems relating to poverty, health inequalities and financial exclusion.
We seek to address homelessness, addiction, mental health and the criminal justice system by involving those who have direct experience to help improve the services available to them.
RAPAR
RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Participatory Action Research) is a human rights organisation based in Manchester, UK, primarily concerned with displaced people, and issues relating to displaced people.
RAPAR was founded in Salford in 2001. Initial membership comprised academics, researchers, displaced people, 2nd/3rd generation migrants, and practitioners in the fields of community development and statutory services.
All the Small Things are:
- a locally rooted organisation, accountable to local people, socially responsible with funds used only for social good.
- committed to positive social change and working for a more socially just, caring and cooperative society
- a local hub for Community Organising, community asset sharing and peer mentoring in North Staffordshire.
We are a Social Action Hub funded by DCMS as part of the National Community Organisers Expansion programme. We train and support people to reach out and listen to people, connect and motivate others to build collective power to take action for social justice.