Speaking Truth To Power supports people with direct experience of poverty in the UK to speak out and take action about its causes.
We bring together people with diverse personal experiences to speak locally and nationally and work together to access and share tools, training, opportunities and ideas.
Several members of the group have disabilities and others care for disabled or seriously ill people, and the group wants to ensure that their voices and those of others in similar situations are heard and listened to by the Government.
Meanwhile, another group is working with academics from several universities to help strengthen the voice of marginalized groups in academic research and social policy work.
Program facilitator Felicity Guite said: “Our expert advisors really spoke truth to power in 2024. We hope to do even more in 2025, ensuring that the voices of people living in poverty are heard directly by leaders and decision-makers.”
