Lancashire Anti-Poverty Network Bulletin

Please see below for the latest information and events relevant for professionals and organisations tackling poverty across Lancashire:

📌 The Lancashire Anti-Poverty Network is continuing to collect information about organisations delivering money guidance across Lancashire, as well as insights to inform where this support is most needed. The survey should be completed by professionals working with household experiencing poverty, or who may come into contact with households experiencing poverty through the course of their work.

Respondents are also able to enter a raffle to win a £50 Love2Shop voucher. The survey is linked here: Mapping money guidance, advice and activity across Lancashire – Fill in form
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📌 Resolve Poverty are hosting an online webinar on 10th December looking at what the upcoming Child Poverty strategy means for your area. The webinar is suitable for people working in local and regional government, as well as public and voluntary sector partners. You can book tickets here: Select tickets – The National Child Poverty Strategy: What It Means For Your Area – Microsoft Teams

📌 The most recent Indices of Multiple Deprivation have revealed that 7/10 of the most deprived neighbourhoods are in Blackpool. 16% of neighbourhoods in Blackpool, and 10% of neighbourhoods in Burnley rank as 'highly deprived' according to the IMD. In Blackburn, 37.2% of households are income deprived.

You can read the full statistical report here: English indices of deprivation 2025: statistical release - GOV.UK

📌 Trussell and Policy in Practice new report presents recommendations for the new Crisis and Resilience Fund to ensure it delivers effective support to people faced with a financial crisis and plays a role in ending the need for food banks. The full report can be found here: Resetting local crisis support in England | Trussell

📌 Radio Lancashire have now launched Lancashire Carers Sing Christmas. Organisations are encouraged to tune in for the main event or host a venue listening party. Further details can be found on the attached flyer.

📌 Early bird tickets have gone live for the Resolve Poverty annual conference, taking place on 18th and 19th March in central Manchester. We’ll be centring the conference on the role localities can play through practical interventions that maximise the financial resources available to households as the bedrock to living a good life. We will consider how local action can raise expectations for society, particularly children and young people, linking the anti-poverty agenda to realising the potential of people and places. 

Details for the tickets, speakers, and more can be found here: Resolve Poverty Annual Conference 2026 - Resolve Poverty