Church Action on Poverty
A national Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK and the root causes.
We have collaborated with this organisation over a few years now, helping to deliver workshops, assisting in running events and attending a number of All-Party Parliamentary Groups.
We enjoy linking up with them, especially their media guru, Gavin, who helped us to co-create and frame our ‘Unheard Voices’ series of published stories with YorkMix, where we shared ‘system stories’ through the lens of individuals we have supported, rather than their personal stories which are sometimes dismissed by places as one of incidents rather than systemic failure which is more the reality of peoples struggles at points in their lives
This new approach we are continually developing will hopefully, in time, showcase how media currently communicates narratives through to ‘how it should’ which is essential in our view as they currently influence public opinions in a very stereotypical, negative framework that’s simply untrue of many peoples situations where they’re seen as the problem/issue