BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-431@adph.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T123000 DTSTAMP:20250815T124118Z URL:https://www.adph.org.uk/networks/london/events/thrive-ldn-and-resolve- poverty-workshop/ SUMMARY:Thrive LDN and Resolve Poverty workshop DESCRIPTION:\n\nFAO: Representatives of London boroughs of Croydon\, Greenw ich\, Lewisham\, Southwark\, Newham\, Camden\, and Hounslow\n\nThe links b etween mental health and wellbeing and poverty are well established. There are a number of barriers preventing those on low incomes from seeking hel p including not knowing what advice and support is available and negative societal perceptions of poverty discouraging them for speaking about their circumstances.\n\nThis is why\, at Thrive LDN\, we are excited to be par tnering with Resolve Poverty on expansion of its Money Advice Referral T ool to London.  With support and funding from the Greater London Authori ty\, we have the opportunity to work with a number London boroughs to demo nstrate the need for a tool facilitating conversations around money by pro fessionals working with those experiencing financial hardship but for whom money guidance is not their focus\, ensuring people are signposted and re ferred to services which can provide the best suited advice and support.\n \nWe’re inviting representatives from the London boroughs of Croydon\, G reenwich\, Lewisham\, Southwark\, Newham\, Camden\, and Hounslow to parti cipate in this work.\n\nResolve Poverty will be running a workshop on the morning of Thursday\, 11 September from 9.30am - 12.30pm in central London for representatives from the above listed local authorities.\n\nVenue: T he Arc Centre\, 98b St Paul Street\, N1 4NU\n\nRegister and join us on 1 1 September\n\nIf you and/or colleagues would be interested in joining us on 11 September please RSVP to jennie@resolvepoverty.org.\n\n \;\n\n __________________________________________________________________________ ______________________\n\nThis work builds on successful development in G reater Manchester across seven councils. We’re keen to see how we may w ork together in London to explore feasibility and demonstrate the need for this type of referral tool.\n\nWe hope to attract a mix of expertise incl uding those working on cost of living responses\, financial inclusion and public health.  We’ll be exploring challenges residents face in accessi ng existing advice and support mechanisms and difficulties local authoriti es and services in their area encounter reaching those needing financial s upport.\n\n \;\n\nAbout the Money Advice Referral Tool (MART)\n\nPover ty always comes down to a lack of income. However\, knowing how best to he lp people who are struggling financially can sometimes seem too complex an issue to address – especially if money guidance is not your organisatio n’s area of expertise.  Resolve Poverty’s MART is designed to help any agency that works with people on low incomes\, including GP surgeries\ , schools\, hospitals\, and local community groups\, as well as people see king financial support for themselves.\n\nThe Money Advice Referral Tool f or a specific area is developed through engagement with local stakeholders . The MART is available as an easy to navigate online tool providing res ults within a few clicks. It navigates users through simple\, accessible a nd non-patronising questions to signpost support. Unlike a directory\, it focused upon a small number of most relevant services which are presented in an easy to access format.\n\nData collected from the online tool can pr ovide valuable insights into the issues affecting residents in your area a nd demand for different services.\n\nYou can learn more about the MART on  Resolve Poverty’s website\, as well as accessing the online MART for  existing covered areas.\n\nIf you would like to understand more about Reso lve Poverty’s MART or this project first\, please contact Jennie who wil l facilitate a conversation: jennie@resolvepoverty.org. CATEGORIES:Mental Health END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR