APLE is a national collective of individuals and organisations with lived experience of poverty.
We aim to create a sustainable, grassroots network across the UK to raise awareness of poverty, challenge the stigma surrounding it and contribute to its eradication. As a network, we promote the voices of those with lived experience of poverty and we work collaboratively with others to influence change.
In line with our commitment to equality and diversity, we actively seek to amplify the voice, challenge discrimination and take action against the oppression of people who hold protected characteristics under the 2010 Equality Act, including socio-economic disadvantage. As such, we align ourselves with JRF’s mission to support the work of anti-racist organisations.
Addressing poverty with lived experience means valuing the power of voice, listening, taking action and making change together. Taking Voice Seriously is key to addressing epistemic justice. Taking Voice Seriously builds on the work of APLE Collective, which has demonstrated the participatory imperative behind lived experience activism.
APLE Collective promotes APLE Month every June to celebrate the voices of those with lived experience of poverty. The 2024 theme, “Taking Voice Seriously,” emphasises the importance of listening and action. Events include a collective gathering, the Dignity For All Conference, Volunteers Week, Empathy Day, and Learning Disability Week, highlighting efforts to address poverty and inequality.
CAP and 16 other organisations have written a joint letter to DWP ministers calling for urgent action to help people in the UK who don’t have enough to live on going into this winter.
Access to technology and the internet remains a major barrier, keeping many disconnected from opportunities. We’re standing firm with our partners and allies to tackle this issue head-on, ensuring no one is left behind. The fight to close the digital gap is not over!
The theme for the 2024 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is “Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment: Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies.” This theme highlights the vital need to tackle the Read more…
It’s Learning Disability Awareness week and once again the APLE Collective is proudly highlighting the event. The Cornwall coastline goes from the Rame Peninsula right down to Land’s End and back towards the Bristol Channel Read more…
All of us carry around scars – whether they are physical, emotional, psychological or mental – they are part and parcel of being human. Very often we look at these scars with shame and failure. Often we Read more…
