A reflection on our first year as members of the Addressing Poverty with Lived Experience (APLE) collective – by Hartlepool Action Lab. It was the end of September 2019, scrolling through our social media notifications, when we found a post from a local advertising page about the International Day for Read more…
What does it mean to hear the voices of lived experience and why should we listen? Covid-19 has introduced a lot of people to some new terms which are becoming commonplace in the boardrooms of Britain. Terms such as the new normal and build back better are quickly being recited 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…
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…