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Hosted by Feeding Liverpool | 12 – 2:30 pm on Tuesday 17 January 2023 | The Quaker Meeting House 22 School Lane Liverpool L1 3BT
Feeding Liverpool is inviting organisations in Liverpool to join them at their next quarterly emergency food providers network gathering.
The session will bring together organisations to listen, learn, share and make connections, as they work towards creating a city where everyone can eat good food
At this session, they will be joined by Lydia Hayes, Professor of Labour Rights, University of Liverpool and member of LATAN (Liverpool Access to Advice Network). Lydia will give a practical briefing on employment rights and in-work poverty, and how groups can best support those they serve.
You will also hear from three emergency food providers and learn about their organisations, their success, and any challenges they are facing. There will be an opportunity to share your experiences, and ask questions too.
Increasingly, people using emergency food provision are in employment. Many working people have low levels of awareness of their rights at work. This, together with problems associated with insecure hours or irregular earnings and fear of being bullied by managers, means that people often don’t know how to realise the benefits of employment rights to which they are entitled.
Harsher welfare rules are expected early in 2023 that will require benefit claimants to work up to 15 hours a week to increase their earnings. The cost of living crisis makes it essential that individual rights at work are realised.
The briefing will help you to open up conversations about in-work poverty, minimum employment standards, and find out how people can access help and support.
They would encourage each organisation providing emergency food support or community food support to send a representative to this session.
Lunch will be provided. Please email jennifer@feedingliverpool.org with any dietary requirements. You can also contact Jennifer for more information.