#warmbanks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #warmbanks, aggregated by home.social.
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The Tories have created a new poverty – one so deep and vicious it requires Victorian vocabulary | Frances Ryan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/24/tories-poverty-destitute-history-politics#Tories
#Poverty
#Victorian
#Destitution
#BedPoverty
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Charity
#WarmBanks
#BabyBanks
#Cooper
#PovertyIsAPolicyChoice
#PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
#CostOfLiving
#Sanctions
#SocialHousing
#2ChildLimit
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Councils spending £3.8m on coronation despite facing funding black hole | openDemocracy
#Coronation
#FoodBanks
#Tories
#Bromley
#WarmBanks
#Ealing
#Labour
#Southampton
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/coronation-38m-costs-local-councils-barking-bromley-ealing/ -
We still have family in the UK, so this is heartbreaking to read.
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FIND WARM AND SAFE LOCATIONS NEAR YOU
Some warm banks offer free or paid food and drink, children's toys, magazines/books, friendly volunteers, free or paid wifi, public toilets, baby changing facilities, disability access, and information about local food and clothes banks as well as signposting to other support.
#community #support #help #volunteer #volunteering #energy #EnergyCrisis #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingCrisis #WarmBanks #UK #britain
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Hot drinks, free coats, cold, hungry children: the shocking reality of Britain’s winter ‘warm banks’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/13/hot-drinks-free-coats-cold-hungry-children-the-shocking-reality-of-britains-winter-warm-banks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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If anyone in #Cornwall is struggling to stay warm during the day at the moment, here are the locations of free #WarmBanks that have been set up across the duchy 👇
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The Guardian view on local libraries: a resource that must be protected https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/04/the-guardian-view-on-local-libraries-a-resource-that-must-be-protected?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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As people head towards #warmbanks and #JeremyHunt ushers in the next round of #Austerity, can the Conservatives at least have the decency to stop pretending that “we’re all in this together”? #budget2022 #r4today https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/15/wealthy-drinking-dry-lvmh-champagne-luxury?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Good point being made in this letter to the Big Issue re #WarmBanks #FoodBanks