Community

Check back here soon for the launch of our Neighbourhood Action Resources. These will guide you through how to recognise needs in your community, how to discover the abilities and strengths already at your disposal and help you get started to make a difference locally.  

in the mean time, if you simply can't wait, then below are a few ideas of ways to get involved in challenging child poverty immediately. 

INDIVIDUALS

Donate to an MKCPP registered charity

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Sign a campaign petition

Donate to the Foodbank

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Write to your local MP

Ask your employer to commit to the Living Wage

Donate clothing and uniforms to MK Storehouse

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Explore the UN Global goals

and discover a solution you are able to participate in

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Listen to your child read

VOLUNTEERS

Become a Young Carers mentor

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Volunteer with the Red Cross

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Become a youth mentor

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Volunteer your time or expertise with an MKCPP organisation

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BUSINESSES

Register your interest in becoming an anti-poverty employer

Ensure you are a living wage employer

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Offer flexible contracts to lone parent employers

Provide safe transport options to staff working unsocial hours

Provide loans, nurseries or grants to staff around certain times of year

or when a house move requires large cash volumes up-front

Sponsor employees to achieve higher educational levels as adult learners

Subsidise nursery placements for children of staff

Employ a young person

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The Milton Keynes Child Poverty Partnership is supported by

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If you would like to sponsor the work of MKCPP, please contact us.