HMS awarded Small Grant.
Hear My Story/Adur Worthing, “HMS” are delighted to be awarded a small grant by the Worthing Lions Club to update our website and help with promotion of our community group within the area of Adur & Worthing. We look forward to working with the Worthing Lions club in the near future.
Hear My Story Go National
On a national scale it is good to see HMS getting known.
We were invited to offer evidence to the APPG on Poverty regarding the £20 uplift to UC and extended other legacy benefits such as Job seekers allowance. All of this work with the others led to a debate on the subject nationally on the news and national media. . Again, HMS were invited to participate in a national consultation hosted by Church Action on Poverty and Coventry University as part of their research project on the Breadline. This national zoom consultation focused on poverty and theology, how to unify the churches, all faith groups with civil society towards a new social movement and to seek a Poverty Charter. A project CAP suggests will run for 10 years. The theme of the consultation was “what do we mean by……. Dignity, Agency & Power”. Do view.
BREADLINERESEARCH.COVENTRY.AC.UK
Hear My Story Zoom coffee Morning Chat.
HMS at our last zoom coffee morning round table chat included a cllr and two local people in forms of poverty.
It was nice to have former Mayor of Worthing and cllr Hazel Thorpe attend for the second time to Hear My Story coffee morning.
We covered the areas of what we mean by empathy and what do local people think is important to them. How do local civic leaders empathise in with local AWDC, what do we mean by a sharing community. What do we mean by expertise regarding local communities. And what is important in the areas of poverty? What is poverty?.
Interesting to note that Hazel had attended Worthing Council and promoted the work of what we do and how important she felt it is and also asked the council to support our work and suggested that they would seek to open this space up .
We had a very informative lively zoom round table and could have gone on for two hrs. But it was very pleased to see full engagement and honesty with each other.
Finally they all agreed that they had built up a sense of trust and bond with each other and this was so important . Hazel has spoken with the NHS trust and they are wanting to engage with us and so next time we will seek to get all involved with the DWP regional manager.
Hear My Story To change day of Zoom Coffee Morning Event.
HMS, aims to change the Coffee meeting Zoom events to Saturday morning 11am 12noon. This is due to the fact that school has started and others are now working during the week ans so would be more convenient to local people to engage. So Watch this space.
Hear my Story Coffee Morning with Cllr.
Hear My Story had the pleasure of a local Worthing Cllr attend one of our Zoom coffee morning chats with us and chatting to single mother. It was brilliant to see both gave an insight into their lives one struggling in poverty and the other talking about the difficulties of being a local cllr, and also is human with empathy. Key areas discussed were UC and work and payment structures, Housing benefit issues. It was also good to know the cllr would take the information back to Worthing Adur District Council. What was good to see barriers being brought down and a sense of trust was being built in these these very trying times. We aim to hold more of these events in small zoom coffee morning round table chats with local people and cllrs. Watch this space.
Hear My Story plan zoom coffee morning with local cllrs
Hear my Story are delighted in having planned for two local cllrs to join local community members in a Zoom coffee chat 27th August 2020. One cllr from Worthing and one from Adur. Hear my voice aims to engage local civic leaders with local people in zoom coffee morning chats to get to know each other and learn a little more of what is important locally.
Hear My Story Plan Zoom meeting PTC founders
Monday 3rd August 2020.
Hear My Story have planned a zoom meeting Monday 3rd August with the PTC founder and national coordinator Rev Dr. Martin Johstone and with the national and Leeds coordinator Andrew Grinnell with our own planning group with a few local community commissioners of Hear my Story, AWPTC.
Hear My Story Zoom Coffee Mornings
First zoom coffee morning get together will be 11am -12pm Thursday 16th July
Hear my Story is now back after lockdown
Due to current Covid 19 restrictions we are now working on new ways of working and adapting to online use of working. We are now developing a coffee morning program for local community commissioners commissioners to meet and chat online via Zoom.
Hear my voice, first zoom coffee morning get together will be 11am -12pm thursday 16th July and will look to run every two weeks.
To receive the Zoom Logon Code just fill out the to contact form or email [email protected]
Hear my Story mentioned at Local Husting.
The AWPTC was mentioned at the East Worthing and Shoreham Husting at Ropetackle last week attended by all local party candidates.
Do view on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgNylODzY5g timeline 1.53.40 onward.
Hear My Story meet with 4sight in Shoreham.
Hear my Story had a small meeting to offer an overview to 4sight charity for those suffering vision impairment to consider joining our commission. The meeting was very positive and they will promote us across their network.
Hear My Story to attend Worthing AGM
Community Works in Worthing will be holding their AGM 21st and Hear my Story have received an invitation to attend as we are members of their network. This meeting will offer all to promote their work and network with each other and for Hear My Story to seek access to people interested in working with us.
Hear My Story Seek talks with Southern Housing Group.
This week Hear My Story have been kindly introduced to Southern Housing Group with regards to our work. Southern Housing Group are one of the largest housing associations and have more that 27,000 homes and 72,000 people across London and the South Coast. Our aim is to start a conversation with regards to possible mutual interests within the Adur Worthing Area with regard to Hear My Story project.
Hear My Story Coordinator invited to London to Speak.
Hear My Story Coordinator, has been invited by Church Action On Poverty to attend and participate in the South East Regional meeting in London titled "Truth to Power" and will be meeting with the East Surrey Poverty Truth Commission who will be attending 20th. Nov 2019, do view https://www.church-poverty.org.uk/truthtopower/
Hear Story in further talks with Wate Construction.
Hear My Story has now had further talks with Wate Construction after their executive meeting with Community Rep, Jennie Ellis who relayed to hear My Voice it was felt that as Wate Construction are the building contractor for Southern Housing Group it would be logical for Southern Housing to engage in sitting on any Commission. Hear My Story suggested that we stay in communication with Wate's Community representative Jennie Ellis as they seek to develop their community engagement in Adur while contracted to Southern Housing. Wate's Community Rep Jennie Ellis has promised to pass us onto Southern Housing.
Hear My Story attends meeting local Food Bank.
Hear My Story had the pleasure of meeting with the Shoreham Food Bank who have kindly offered a space on Fridays to promote our work and seek interested local people to join as community commissioners.
Hear My Story in Worthing.
Hear My Story held the first community commissioners meeting in Worthing at the Salvation Army last Saturday 10.30am to 11.30am. And will be held very two weeks for local people to engage and every two weeks Shoreham.
Hear My Story meet with Wate Construction.
Hear My Story, last week had a very positive informal meeting with Wates Construction Community Rep, Jennie Ellis at the Shoreham Centre. Wates are the building contractor for Southern Housing Group and Southern Housing are clients of AWDC. We were very interested in seeking their interest as a business to sit on the Poverty Truth Commission. We offered an overview and ambitions of "Hear My Story" and how we came about. We aim to meet with them again.
Hear My Story Meet with Adur Head Teachers Forum
Hear My Story, were delighted to be invited last week, to a Head Teachers of Adur Forum in Lancing to offer an overview of our work and the role of a community commissioner. Our aim was to seek school heads to offer access to those interested to promote and networks and refer parents to engage with experience.. As we know it is schools that are often on the front line of poverty issues dealing with families struggling in life. We were asked to send details of our work for them to distribute. This has now been sent.
Hear My Story planning meeting the business sector
Hear My Story wish to let you all know that we are planning a meeting with a large business to seek shared interest in our project this September 2019.
Hear My Story to meet with Adur Head teachers Forum.
Hear My Story are pleased to be invited to the Adur Head Teachers Forum on 12th September at Sir Robert Woodward Academy to offer an overview of the project and to seek parents interested as community Commissioners.
Hear My Story Crowd Funding.
Hear My Story, are pleased to let all know our crowd funding campaign has received a third donation. Please don't forget to share the sight with your networks and friends to jump on board for a worthy cause and support. Do view https://www.spacehive.com/hearmystory. We only receive the donations if we meet our target of £5k in full.
Hear My Story in talks with Salvation Army, Worthing.
Hear My Story are in talks with the Salvation Army in Worthing. They now have offered a shared space for meetings Saturday Morning 10.30am-11.30am in Worthing at their building on the margins of the town centre up to Dec. They are also offering possible access to their clients, older persons and carers. So very positive step forward. We shall be meeting with them next Thursday 3pm for further talks and confirmation.
Hear My Story Crowd Funding.
Don't forget Hear My Story Crowd funding campaign. We have been pledged by Adur and Worthing West Sussex Councillors £2k and need to raise another £3k. Don't forget to ask your friends to donate what they can from 50p £1 to large pledges towards a worthy cause. Do view https://www.spacehive.com/hearmystory
Worthing Tabernacle Cafe.
Hear my Story met with the the Worthing Tabernacle, opposite the town Hall to seek interest to use their coffee shop for meetings in Worthing. Waiting for a reply to our request.
Community Works in Shoreham.
Hear My Story had the pleasure to attend last week a Community Works networking lunchtime event at the Shoreham Centre to promote our work. We were well received with keen interest from other local groups.
Hear My Story & Worthing BAME Wellbeing.
Hear My Story, AWPTC, last week attended the Worthing BAME Wellbeing morning and lunch at Victoria Park, Worthing to promote our work. it was nice to meet BAME members from Brighton and Worthing area.
Hear My Story, New Flyers.
New Hear My Story flyers have now arrived and distributed across Adur and Worthing. Anyone wishing for a few to put about the community contact us.
Worthing Councillors & Crowd Funding.
Worthing West Sussex Councillors voted to support Hear my Voice AWPTC and pledged £1000 towards our crowd funding campaign for £5k. This means we have full support by West Sussex Council and Adur and Worthing Councils.
Hear My Story Crowd Funding.
Hear My Story a project by AWPTC will be attending the Worthing West Sussex Cllrs meeting to get support towards our crowd funding for £5k this Monday in Worthing 7pm at Chatsworth Hotel (Cissbury Room), The Steyne, Worthing, BN11 3DU
Hear My Story- new Flyer.
Hear My Story new handout/flyer are to be printed and distributed across Adur and Worthing from the 19th July 2019.
Hear My Story.
Adur West Sussex Councillors last night in Shoreham voted to support Hear My Story, crowd funding Campaign, via the West Sussex Space Hive crowd funding platform. We were awarded £1000. And they suggested we go next Monday evening to Worthing and seek a matching award from Worthing West Sussex Cllrs. So we are ready to go live for a new crowd funding campaign with West Sussex Council support. Don't forget tell your wealthy friends to donate toward our campaign. Hear My Voice, IS NOW live on space hive, Hear My Story. https://www.spacehive.com/hearmystory
Hear My Story
AWPTC have titled the poverty truth commission project, Hear My Story. AWPTC have held the first commissioner meeting attended by the a local young person expert community commissioner, the DWP and local Adur Cllrs. The meeting proved how important it is ho to break down barriers and perceptions towards a better understanding by all. This roundtable commissioners meeting is the start of a series of meetings to lead to two larger public meetings in Adur and Worthing.
AWPTC distribute flyers across Worthing and Adur
AWPTC are pleased to have now handout printed and distributed across Worthing and Adur to inform those local people interested in joining as community Commissioners. Handouts/flyers have been put in Adur and Worthing Libraries, Coop store in Shoreham, Guild Care Worthing, charity shops in Worthing and Adur, food banks in Worthing. Lancing and Shoreham. The Shoreham Centre, CAB in Worthing and Adur and Community Works to offer to their networks in with local church organisations.
AWPTC meet with Local Royal British Legion.
AWPTC were pleased to be invited to meet with a community representative of the Shoreham British Legion and discuss areas of mutual interest in regards to those in forms of poverty and exclusions interested in joining as Commissioners and to also look at promoting the community services offered to members and their families in times of need and distress by the Royal British Legion.
Leader Of West Sussex Council meets with AWPTC.
AWPTC were pleased to meet with Louis Goldsmith, Leader Of West Sussex Council at her office at WSCC in Chichester. The meeting was very positive with mutual interests shared with regard to the work of AWPTC. The main aim was to seek support. Louis Goldsmith recognised the aims and ambitions of AWPTC and looks to seek how WSCC could engage. AWPTC highlighted they are aware of the good work by all local Councils within our area such as Going Local Project and the Wellbeing Program and stated that Poverty Truth Commissions work with evidence from other regions to bring about stronger communities at the local level in engagement with local decision makers and civic leaders.
AWPTC attends meeting with Worthing BAME Wellbeing Group.
Worthing has a new BAME Wellbeing Group and AWPTC have been invited to attend the meetings, promoting our work to all BAME members who come from across West Sussex.
AWPTC meet local charity Esteem & Young People.
It was a pleasure for AWPTC to receive an invitation by Esteem a local Shoreham by Sea based charity working with young people to meet in an informal setting and chat about our work and seek interest from young people.
AWPTC Seek meeting with West Sussex Lord-Lieutenant.
AWPTC have recently been in communication with the office of the West Sussex Lord-Lieutenant, Mrs. Susan Pyper to seek a meeting. AWPTC can confirm dates have now been offered. The aim is to offer an insight into the work of the AWPTC.
AWPTC confirm meeting with leader of West Sussex Council.
AWPT are please not announce they have now confirmed a meeting April 17th with the leader of WSCC to discuss the work of AWPTC and seek areas of mutual interests.
Adur Worthing Poverty Truth Commission “AWPTC” meet Community Works in Worthing.
AWPTC are pleased to announce that we have now met with Community Works new Relationship and Development manager Emma Barr. We are also delighted to be part of the CW, Wellbeing network and look forward to attending key events and networking with other local organisations.
AWPTC to meet with leader of West Sussex Council.
Since our very successful business and local civic leaders’ forum inviting business and councillors to join as commissioners at the Shoreham Centre 23rd January 2019.The Adur and Worthing Poverty Truth Commission (AWPTC) have now arranged a meeting with The leader of West Sussex Council. This meeting will offer AWPTC a briefing of our project and to seek mutual interest and support from WSCC executive.
AWPTC speak with West Sussex Lord Lieutenant Office.
Adur and Worthing Poverty Truth Commission (AWPTC) have also now been in contact with the Office of the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex and are in the process of arranging a meeting with the West Sussex Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex within the next month.
AWPTC meet with Adur and Worthing Chamber of Commerce.
Adur Worthing Poverty Truth Commission executive are please to highlight meetings have occurred with Tina Tilly the CEO of the Worthing Chamber of Commerce with a view to holding a briefing meeting with business to engage with the AWPTC.
AWPTC Business and Civic Leader Forum 23rd January 2019
At the Shoreham Centre 23rd January 2019 AWPTC held a business and civic forum. The meeting heard from Commissioners working with the Chester and Wolverhampton Poverty Truth Commissions- the CEO of Black Country Chamber of Commerce, the former CEO of URENCO and the Queen’s Representative, The Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire who attended with the kind support of the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex. The Lord Lieutenant spoke very highly and very passionately about the important role of Poverty Truth Commissions as a unique forum for effective collaboration between civic and business leaders with those with lived experiences of poverty and social exclusion living within the local community.
The meeting ended with an open discussion and with councillors across all parties offering to engage with the Commission- as Commissioners and as supporters.
Hear My Story/Adur Worthing, “HMS” are delighted to be awarded a small grant by the Worthing Lions Club to update our website and help with promotion of our community group within the area of Adur & Worthing. We look forward to working with the Worthing Lions club in the near future.
Hear My Story Go National
On a national scale it is good to see HMS getting known.
We were invited to offer evidence to the APPG on Poverty regarding the £20 uplift to UC and extended other legacy benefits such as Job seekers allowance. All of this work with the others led to a debate on the subject nationally on the news and national media. . Again, HMS were invited to participate in a national consultation hosted by Church Action on Poverty and Coventry University as part of their research project on the Breadline. This national zoom consultation focused on poverty and theology, how to unify the churches, all faith groups with civil society towards a new social movement and to seek a Poverty Charter. A project CAP suggests will run for 10 years. The theme of the consultation was “what do we mean by……. Dignity, Agency & Power”. Do view.
BREADLINERESEARCH.COVENTRY.AC.UK
Hear My Story Zoom coffee Morning Chat.
HMS at our last zoom coffee morning round table chat included a cllr and two local people in forms of poverty.
It was nice to have former Mayor of Worthing and cllr Hazel Thorpe attend for the second time to Hear My Story coffee morning.
We covered the areas of what we mean by empathy and what do local people think is important to them. How do local civic leaders empathise in with local AWDC, what do we mean by a sharing community. What do we mean by expertise regarding local communities. And what is important in the areas of poverty? What is poverty?.
Interesting to note that Hazel had attended Worthing Council and promoted the work of what we do and how important she felt it is and also asked the council to support our work and suggested that they would seek to open this space up .
We had a very informative lively zoom round table and could have gone on for two hrs. But it was very pleased to see full engagement and honesty with each other.
Finally they all agreed that they had built up a sense of trust and bond with each other and this was so important . Hazel has spoken with the NHS trust and they are wanting to engage with us and so next time we will seek to get all involved with the DWP regional manager.
Hear My Story To change day of Zoom Coffee Morning Event.
HMS, aims to change the Coffee meeting Zoom events to Saturday morning 11am 12noon. This is due to the fact that school has started and others are now working during the week ans so would be more convenient to local people to engage. So Watch this space.
Hear my Story Coffee Morning with Cllr.
Hear My Story had the pleasure of a local Worthing Cllr attend one of our Zoom coffee morning chats with us and chatting to single mother. It was brilliant to see both gave an insight into their lives one struggling in poverty and the other talking about the difficulties of being a local cllr, and also is human with empathy. Key areas discussed were UC and work and payment structures, Housing benefit issues. It was also good to know the cllr would take the information back to Worthing Adur District Council. What was good to see barriers being brought down and a sense of trust was being built in these these very trying times. We aim to hold more of these events in small zoom coffee morning round table chats with local people and cllrs. Watch this space.
Hear My Story plan zoom coffee morning with local cllrs
Hear my Story are delighted in having planned for two local cllrs to join local community members in a Zoom coffee chat 27th August 2020. One cllr from Worthing and one from Adur. Hear my voice aims to engage local civic leaders with local people in zoom coffee morning chats to get to know each other and learn a little more of what is important locally.
Hear My Story Plan Zoom meeting PTC founders
Monday 3rd August 2020.
Hear My Story have planned a zoom meeting Monday 3rd August with the PTC founder and national coordinator Rev Dr. Martin Johstone and with the national and Leeds coordinator Andrew Grinnell with our own planning group with a few local community commissioners of Hear my Story, AWPTC.
Hear My Story Zoom Coffee Mornings
First zoom coffee morning get together will be 11am -12pm Thursday 16th July
Hear my Story is now back after lockdown
Due to current Covid 19 restrictions we are now working on new ways of working and adapting to online use of working. We are now developing a coffee morning program for local community commissioners commissioners to meet and chat online via Zoom.
Hear my voice, first zoom coffee morning get together will be 11am -12pm thursday 16th July and will look to run every two weeks.
To receive the Zoom Logon Code just fill out the to contact form or email [email protected]
Hear my Story mentioned at Local Husting.
The AWPTC was mentioned at the East Worthing and Shoreham Husting at Ropetackle last week attended by all local party candidates.
Do view on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgNylODzY5g timeline 1.53.40 onward.
Hear My Story meet with 4sight in Shoreham.
Hear my Story had a small meeting to offer an overview to 4sight charity for those suffering vision impairment to consider joining our commission. The meeting was very positive and they will promote us across their network.
Hear My Story to attend Worthing AGM
Community Works in Worthing will be holding their AGM 21st and Hear my Story have received an invitation to attend as we are members of their network. This meeting will offer all to promote their work and network with each other and for Hear My Story to seek access to people interested in working with us.
Hear My Story Seek talks with Southern Housing Group.
This week Hear My Story have been kindly introduced to Southern Housing Group with regards to our work. Southern Housing Group are one of the largest housing associations and have more that 27,000 homes and 72,000 people across London and the South Coast. Our aim is to start a conversation with regards to possible mutual interests within the Adur Worthing Area with regard to Hear My Story project.
Hear My Story Coordinator invited to London to Speak.
Hear My Story Coordinator, has been invited by Church Action On Poverty to attend and participate in the South East Regional meeting in London titled "Truth to Power" and will be meeting with the East Surrey Poverty Truth Commission who will be attending 20th. Nov 2019, do view https://www.church-poverty.org.uk/truthtopower/
Hear Story in further talks with Wate Construction.
Hear My Story has now had further talks with Wate Construction after their executive meeting with Community Rep, Jennie Ellis who relayed to hear My Voice it was felt that as Wate Construction are the building contractor for Southern Housing Group it would be logical for Southern Housing to engage in sitting on any Commission. Hear My Story suggested that we stay in communication with Wate's Community representative Jennie Ellis as they seek to develop their community engagement in Adur while contracted to Southern Housing. Wate's Community Rep Jennie Ellis has promised to pass us onto Southern Housing.
Hear My Story attends meeting local Food Bank.
Hear My Story had the pleasure of meeting with the Shoreham Food Bank who have kindly offered a space on Fridays to promote our work and seek interested local people to join as community commissioners.
Hear My Story in Worthing.
Hear My Story held the first community commissioners meeting in Worthing at the Salvation Army last Saturday 10.30am to 11.30am. And will be held very two weeks for local people to engage and every two weeks Shoreham.
Hear My Story meet with Wate Construction.
Hear My Story, last week had a very positive informal meeting with Wates Construction Community Rep, Jennie Ellis at the Shoreham Centre. Wates are the building contractor for Southern Housing Group and Southern Housing are clients of AWDC. We were very interested in seeking their interest as a business to sit on the Poverty Truth Commission. We offered an overview and ambitions of "Hear My Story" and how we came about. We aim to meet with them again.
Hear My Story Meet with Adur Head Teachers Forum
Hear My Story, were delighted to be invited last week, to a Head Teachers of Adur Forum in Lancing to offer an overview of our work and the role of a community commissioner. Our aim was to seek school heads to offer access to those interested to promote and networks and refer parents to engage with experience.. As we know it is schools that are often on the front line of poverty issues dealing with families struggling in life. We were asked to send details of our work for them to distribute. This has now been sent.
Hear My Story planning meeting the business sector
Hear My Story wish to let you all know that we are planning a meeting with a large business to seek shared interest in our project this September 2019.
Hear My Story to meet with Adur Head teachers Forum.
Hear My Story are pleased to be invited to the Adur Head Teachers Forum on 12th September at Sir Robert Woodward Academy to offer an overview of the project and to seek parents interested as community Commissioners.
Hear My Story Crowd Funding.
Hear My Story, are pleased to let all know our crowd funding campaign has received a third donation. Please don't forget to share the sight with your networks and friends to jump on board for a worthy cause and support. Do view https://www.spacehive.com/hearmystory. We only receive the donations if we meet our target of £5k in full.
Hear My Story in talks with Salvation Army, Worthing.
Hear My Story are in talks with the Salvation Army in Worthing. They now have offered a shared space for meetings Saturday Morning 10.30am-11.30am in Worthing at their building on the margins of the town centre up to Dec. They are also offering possible access to their clients, older persons and carers. So very positive step forward. We shall be meeting with them next Thursday 3pm for further talks and confirmation.
Hear My Story Crowd Funding.
Don't forget Hear My Story Crowd funding campaign. We have been pledged by Adur and Worthing West Sussex Councillors £2k and need to raise another £3k. Don't forget to ask your friends to donate what they can from 50p £1 to large pledges towards a worthy cause. Do view https://www.spacehive.com/hearmystory
Worthing Tabernacle Cafe.
Hear my Story met with the the Worthing Tabernacle, opposite the town Hall to seek interest to use their coffee shop for meetings in Worthing. Waiting for a reply to our request.
Community Works in Shoreham.
Hear My Story had the pleasure to attend last week a Community Works networking lunchtime event at the Shoreham Centre to promote our work. We were well received with keen interest from other local groups.
Hear My Story & Worthing BAME Wellbeing.
Hear My Story, AWPTC, last week attended the Worthing BAME Wellbeing morning and lunch at Victoria Park, Worthing to promote our work. it was nice to meet BAME members from Brighton and Worthing area.
Hear My Story, New Flyers.
New Hear My Story flyers have now arrived and distributed across Adur and Worthing. Anyone wishing for a few to put about the community contact us.
Worthing Councillors & Crowd Funding.
Worthing West Sussex Councillors voted to support Hear my Voice AWPTC and pledged £1000 towards our crowd funding campaign for £5k. This means we have full support by West Sussex Council and Adur and Worthing Councils.
Hear My Story Crowd Funding.
Hear My Story a project by AWPTC will be attending the Worthing West Sussex Cllrs meeting to get support towards our crowd funding for £5k this Monday in Worthing 7pm at Chatsworth Hotel (Cissbury Room), The Steyne, Worthing, BN11 3DU
Hear My Story- new Flyer.
Hear My Story new handout/flyer are to be printed and distributed across Adur and Worthing from the 19th July 2019.
Hear My Story.
Adur West Sussex Councillors last night in Shoreham voted to support Hear My Story, crowd funding Campaign, via the West Sussex Space Hive crowd funding platform. We were awarded £1000. And they suggested we go next Monday evening to Worthing and seek a matching award from Worthing West Sussex Cllrs. So we are ready to go live for a new crowd funding campaign with West Sussex Council support. Don't forget tell your wealthy friends to donate toward our campaign. Hear My Voice, IS NOW live on space hive, Hear My Story. https://www.spacehive.com/hearmystory
Hear My Story
AWPTC have titled the poverty truth commission project, Hear My Story. AWPTC have held the first commissioner meeting attended by the a local young person expert community commissioner, the DWP and local Adur Cllrs. The meeting proved how important it is ho to break down barriers and perceptions towards a better understanding by all. This roundtable commissioners meeting is the start of a series of meetings to lead to two larger public meetings in Adur and Worthing.
AWPTC distribute flyers across Worthing and Adur
AWPTC are pleased to have now handout printed and distributed across Worthing and Adur to inform those local people interested in joining as community Commissioners. Handouts/flyers have been put in Adur and Worthing Libraries, Coop store in Shoreham, Guild Care Worthing, charity shops in Worthing and Adur, food banks in Worthing. Lancing and Shoreham. The Shoreham Centre, CAB in Worthing and Adur and Community Works to offer to their networks in with local church organisations.
AWPTC meet with Local Royal British Legion.
AWPTC were pleased to be invited to meet with a community representative of the Shoreham British Legion and discuss areas of mutual interest in regards to those in forms of poverty and exclusions interested in joining as Commissioners and to also look at promoting the community services offered to members and their families in times of need and distress by the Royal British Legion.
Leader Of West Sussex Council meets with AWPTC.
AWPTC were pleased to meet with Louis Goldsmith, Leader Of West Sussex Council at her office at WSCC in Chichester. The meeting was very positive with mutual interests shared with regard to the work of AWPTC. The main aim was to seek support. Louis Goldsmith recognised the aims and ambitions of AWPTC and looks to seek how WSCC could engage. AWPTC highlighted they are aware of the good work by all local Councils within our area such as Going Local Project and the Wellbeing Program and stated that Poverty Truth Commissions work with evidence from other regions to bring about stronger communities at the local level in engagement with local decision makers and civic leaders.
AWPTC attends meeting with Worthing BAME Wellbeing Group.
Worthing has a new BAME Wellbeing Group and AWPTC have been invited to attend the meetings, promoting our work to all BAME members who come from across West Sussex.
AWPTC meet local charity Esteem & Young People.
It was a pleasure for AWPTC to receive an invitation by Esteem a local Shoreham by Sea based charity working with young people to meet in an informal setting and chat about our work and seek interest from young people.
AWPTC Seek meeting with West Sussex Lord-Lieutenant.
AWPTC have recently been in communication with the office of the West Sussex Lord-Lieutenant, Mrs. Susan Pyper to seek a meeting. AWPTC can confirm dates have now been offered. The aim is to offer an insight into the work of the AWPTC.
AWPTC confirm meeting with leader of West Sussex Council.
AWPT are please not announce they have now confirmed a meeting April 17th with the leader of WSCC to discuss the work of AWPTC and seek areas of mutual interests.
Adur Worthing Poverty Truth Commission “AWPTC” meet Community Works in Worthing.
AWPTC are pleased to announce that we have now met with Community Works new Relationship and Development manager Emma Barr. We are also delighted to be part of the CW, Wellbeing network and look forward to attending key events and networking with other local organisations.
AWPTC to meet with leader of West Sussex Council.
Since our very successful business and local civic leaders’ forum inviting business and councillors to join as commissioners at the Shoreham Centre 23rd January 2019.The Adur and Worthing Poverty Truth Commission (AWPTC) have now arranged a meeting with The leader of West Sussex Council. This meeting will offer AWPTC a briefing of our project and to seek mutual interest and support from WSCC executive.
AWPTC speak with West Sussex Lord Lieutenant Office.
Adur and Worthing Poverty Truth Commission (AWPTC) have also now been in contact with the Office of the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex and are in the process of arranging a meeting with the West Sussex Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex within the next month.
AWPTC meet with Adur and Worthing Chamber of Commerce.
Adur Worthing Poverty Truth Commission executive are please to highlight meetings have occurred with Tina Tilly the CEO of the Worthing Chamber of Commerce with a view to holding a briefing meeting with business to engage with the AWPTC.
AWPTC Business and Civic Leader Forum 23rd January 2019
At the Shoreham Centre 23rd January 2019 AWPTC held a business and civic forum. The meeting heard from Commissioners working with the Chester and Wolverhampton Poverty Truth Commissions- the CEO of Black Country Chamber of Commerce, the former CEO of URENCO and the Queen’s Representative, The Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire who attended with the kind support of the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex. The Lord Lieutenant spoke very highly and very passionately about the important role of Poverty Truth Commissions as a unique forum for effective collaboration between civic and business leaders with those with lived experiences of poverty and social exclusion living within the local community.
The meeting ended with an open discussion and with councillors across all parties offering to engage with the Commission- as Commissioners and as supporters.