As a national collective of people with lived experience of poverty and organisations which support them, we stand together with others to acknowledge that racism is here in the UK and raise our voices to say, it is not acceptable to believe that some human beings are worth less than Read more…
I was asked to write about my thoughts on digital exclusion and you would think I would immediately think of all the lockdown stuff and how so many people are being left out of this whole ‘new normal’ world. Instead my first thoughts were more aligned to how much this Read more…
Under lockdown, most people are using the internet more than ever before. For those who cannot afford the devices and wifi that could connect them, the digital divide feels wider than ever. The BBC notes that only 47 per cent of people on a low income have broadband internet at Read more…
‘The New Normal’ – a statement many of us will now relate to Zoom calls instead of team meetings, FaceTime instead of family gatherings and phone calls instead of a drink in the pub with friends. Since the Coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown, it has turned our worlds upside down, Read more…
We all know what young people are thinking and feeling and worrying about just now, right? We remember what it was like to be at school – we can guess, we can imagine? Right? This week The Poverty Truth Community caught up with 8 young people in Glasgow aged 11-16 Read more…
The APLE Collective have been mentioned in an article on the BBC website. “Coronavirus has forced people around the world to change the way they live their lives. In Britain we have been spending most of our time at home, attempting to educate our own children and leaving the house Read more…
The APLE Collective have been mentioned in an article for the LGC website, written by Helen Barnard. “@HartActionLab and @ThriveTeesside, members of @ApleCollective, say local government should work more closely with those using key services so they are designed and delivered as accessibly as possible” To read the full article:
The APLE Collective have been mentioned in an article featured on the ‘Rethinking Poverty‘ website- written by Katy Goldstraw and John Diamond. “The unprecedented challenges created by the global COVID-19 pandemic have brought about many examples of human kindness, compassion and value-driven policy responses. Painted rainbows in windows across the Read more…
In this digital age we now live in the world seems so much smaller and accessible than ever before, but only for some. For those not riding high on the wave of new technology, the digital divide is an ever-growing expanse of exclusion, isolation and despair. Coronavirus has taken Read more…
Charities warn of ‘devastating effect’ as most vulnerable households left without access to web. The APLE Collective has been quoted in a piece in The Guardian on the ‘Digital Divide’ and the affect it’s having on low income communities. From the article, Yet anti-poverty groups such as the Aple Collective, a network Read more…