One member of GRIPP’s “ICESCR Submission Team” reflects on what it is like to “step out of her lane” and engage with the UN.
Inspired by GRIPP’s Learning Together about Poverty workshop and William Shakespeare outside the Amnesty office, Julie takes the words and phrases spoken in the workshop to create this poetic call for unity.
Just Fair share reflections on the Learning Together about Human Rights workshops – talking about the importance of naming and claiming our human rights
Learning Together about Poverty, exchanging knowledge and understanding across communities, identities, experiences and expertise.
Members of GRIPP’s “trunk” reflect on their first 6 months of developing a governance model for our movement that truely reflects and practices our values.
Human Rights violations of refugees in the UK, in terms of access to health, housing and well-being. Hear how the resulting poverty impacts lives
A poet from Thriving Women use defiant words to challenge the failure of the “Fit to Work” system
Poverty in the UK is at a 30-year high. Here’s why supporting families as a whole is essential, instead of focusing only on ‘child poverty’.
“Brown Envelope Syndrome” (BES), the anxiety welfare recipients face over DWP letters and how these decisions impact their lives and mental health.
Exploring refugees’ experience amid recent riots, and the fear and isolation they endure in face of far-right movements.
Powerful words telling one Thriving Women’s experience of being told by the system that they are “Not good enough” despite every endeavour.
“The Untold Realities of Poverty in the UK”, written by members of GRIPP, reveals real-life stories of people facing poverty across the country. It aims to raise awareness of the challenges and show the resilience and contributions of those who live it every day.
As anti-immigrant protests and riots spread across the UK in summer 2024 mainly of our communities were effected. Here, members of GRIPP share their thoughts as events unfolded and reflect on how we want things to move forward.
Building on GRIPP’s experience of realising and releasing knowledge held with communities of poverty, we have explored what a similar process could release for our Learnt Experience partners and colleagues.
GRIPP members have been exploring the need for a new bottom up approach to create communication frames to shine a light on Poverty as a Human Rights Issue
The members of GRIPP reflect on their November 2023 residential, and the “We Will Not” process they used to spark conversation.
Members of GRIPP’s Knowledge Team share reflections and questions on how knowledge is generated and released within their Action Learning process…and why it is so important.
GRIPP member shares frustration and analysis in response to the UK Government’s use of culture war tactics and the impact this has on communities, especially those living with disabilities
Some of GRIPP’s founding members, Amanda, Koldo and Patricia, reflect on the journey to reaching 5 years!
One GRIPP’s newest member reflects on their first time away with the group – lots of laughter, work, exercise (!) but no range rover!
Rahwa, member of RAPAR, reflects on her journey in GRIPP and regaining power through Action Learning.
“The deepening conditions of poverty in the UK are a human rights violation.” Amnesty UK championing GRIPP’s message in their Summer members magazine.
On Wednesday 8th March 2023, Patricia Bailey from ATD Fourth World UK, and Rahwa Beyene from RAPAR, spoke on behalf of GRIPP to the 72nd PSWG of the CESCR Review in Geneva.
In January 2023 GRIPP submitted its first ever evidence to the United Nations reporting violations of economic, social and cultural rights in their communities in the UK. Read about how we did it here.
Using Action Learning to unveil our knowledge and build solidarity as anti-poverty human rights activists
The first GRIPP residential brings discussion, deliberation and dancing and some pretty impressive outputs
Through the co-design of the GRIPP project communities shared their undestanding Poverty and Human Rights to mean to them.
How to we sustain a social movement through generating a new language from below?
