Income Maximisation Anti-Poverty Partnership (iMAPP) launch

Thank you very much for your interest in joining our iMAPP event. We are currently at full capacity for the event. However, we will be running a series of online workshops after the in-person event, that are open to all.

Please contact hannah@resolvepoverty.org for further information, and to sign up for future communications and events. Thank you.

In partnership with Right to Succeed and the St Andrews Community Network, Resolve Poverty are delighted to invite you to join our new Income Maximisation Anti-Poverty Partnership (iMAPP) in the Liverpool City Region.

Our partnership provides free, practical advice on income maximisation that is tailored to different sectors and local contexts across the six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region. It builds on the existing regional expertise and anti-poverty frameworks operating across the region, with a view to connect all members in line with three anti-poverty priorities.

The priorities of the Income Maximisation Anti-Poverty Partnership (iMAPP) include:

1.Income maximization for families who are struggling financially

2.Strategic, policy and practical responses to poverty, based on poverty prevention and early intervention

3.Supporting existing anti-poverty initiatives and the continued empowerment of localities via relevant free guidance and a whole-sector approach

We are delighted to invite you to our iMAPP launch event on Wednesday 17^th September. The event will run from 10am-2pm and will take place at Firwood Bootle Cricket Club, Wadham Road, Bootle, Sefton, L20 2DD. 

Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day. Free parking is available at the venue for attendees. Firwood Bootle Cricket Club is located 3 miles from Liverpool City Centre, and is based a 5 minute walk from Kirkdale Station.

Please find the full programme below

9.30- 10.00          Arrival

Registration Desk, Organisational Spotlight Marketplace, and Networking. Tea and Coffee Available. 

10.00- 10.20      Welcome and Introduction: iMAPP Purpose, Aims and Alignment

Session speakers: Graham Whitham (CEO, Resolve Poverty), Natascha Gibson (Regional Executive Director, LCR, Right to Succeed), and Rich Jones (CEO, St Andrews Community Network)

10.20-10.50        Income Maximisation Case Studies: Facilitated Discussion 

10.50-11.00        Steve Morgan Foundation: Five Year Strategy

Keynote Speaker: Paul O'Neill, Development Director, Steve Morgan Foundation

11.00-11.10        Coffee Break

Organisational Spotlight and Networking

11.10-12.00        Income Maximisation Panel

Natascha Gibson (Regional Executive Director, Right to Succeed) will lead a cross-sectoral discussion on income maximisation initiatives being undertaken across the Liverpool City Region. The discussion will focus on strategic anti-poverty approaches being delivered across the region, including Household Support Fund programmes, community-led initiatives, and Free School Meal auto-enrolment, in the broader context of national government reforms. Expert panellists include:

• Nikki Jones, Public Health Manager, Wirral Council and Anna Barnish, Deputy CEO and Head of Health, Citizens Advice, Wirral
• Steve Boardman, Revenue and Benefits, Knowsley Council and Esther Hindley, Principal Public Health Programme Officer, Knowsley Council
• Tamara Gilbert, CEO, The Positivitree
• Piara Miah, Community Lead, Wirral Islamic Cultural Centre and Shahjalal Mosque

12.00- 13.00        Lunch and Networking Opportunities

13.00-13.50         Strategic Approaches to Tackling Poverty: Future Implications

Graham Whitham (CEO, Resolve Poverty) will facilitate our final session, drawing on a panel of expert keynote speakers who are leading strategic responses to poverty across the Liverpool City Region. The session will focus on key interventions at national, regional and local levels of governance, including the upcoming national Child Poverty Strategy, the regional Child and Family Anti-Poverty Framework, and the Sefton Child Poverty Strategy. 

 The panel of keynote speakers includes:

• Louise Vernon, Population Health Programme Manager, All Together Fairer, and Hannah Sharp, Public Health Practitioner, Champs Public Health Collaborative
• Anna Nygaard, Head of Inequalities and Strategic Partnerships, Sefton Council