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Thrive Teesside
@thriveteesside.bsky.social
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We are an award-winning organisation working in Teesside, advocating for the voice of lived experience to be included in decision-making processes.
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"Existence is ours in our own perfect way
You may not see us but we’re here to stay
We’re Thriving Women, our words are worthy
Include our voices and eradicate poverty"

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Ghosts by Thriving Women - Thrive Teesside
Ghosts By Thriving Women Ghosts is a compelling new anthology of poetry by Thriving Women, a collective of women with lived experience of poverty and exclusion. Facilitated by Thrive Teesside and Tees...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
thriveteesside.bsky.social
This #IDEP2025, we’re spotlighting Ghosts, a powerful new anthology by Thriving Women.

It explores poverty, inequality & systemic injustice, giving voice to stories often overlooked.

Watch their visual poem here: youtu.be/MBuNSJ1EvEc
Ghosts by Thriving Women
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October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
thriveteesside.bsky.social
Join @local.gov.uk, #1forEquality and more to explore the Socio-Economic Duty & putting poverty at the heart of policy.

🗓 Oct 9 | ⏰ 2 PM GMT+1 | 💻 Free

Featuring our very own Tracey Herrington on engaging lived experience. @poverty2solutions.bsky.social

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October 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
thriveteesside.bsky.social
Tracey has travelled to London as part of our Welfare Experiences research-

“Full day of discussions to progress the Welfare Experiences research. Five countries coming together to discuss the findings of their respective conversations with people accessing welfare support.”
April 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
thriveteesside.bsky.social
Things are starting to bloom in our West View garden, #EcoClub have been enjoying the warmer days in the garden preparing the beds for planting🌱🪴
April 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
thriveteesside.bsky.social
Support for home-educated children in Hartlepool is limited. Families face financial barriers and lack access to essential resources. This needs to change. Read our full statement below. ⬇️ #EducationForAll #HomeEducation
March 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
thriveteesside.bsky.social
"Did we change things? I don’t know. Will we make a difference? I’m not sure."

Read @julieeasleypoet.bsky.social's powerful blog on taking lived experience to the UN for the CESCR 7th Review of the UK:

🔗 shorturl.at/RbVEX

@grippuk.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
thriveteesside.bsky.social
Screen printing with the Poverty2Solutions team today, brand new designs in preparation for our launch event coming up #DoYourDutyForEquality
February 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Preparing for a Poverty2Solutions event!
February 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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grippuk.bsky.social
The absence of lived experience voices, systems creating constant fear, a government intent on divide & conquer tactics - the issues we just raised with members of #CESCR2025 committee

Watch our 3 speeches here:

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February 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Please listen to Angela and Taliah introducing the message from @grippuk.bsky.social to #CESCR2025. With @raparuk.bsky.social, @thriveteesside.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @justfairuk.bsky.social @koldocasla.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc--...
From our communities to the UN: Lived Experience must be part of the solution. GRIPP & ATD 4th World
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February 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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So proud of our sisters from @thriveteesside.bsky.social and their collaborators from @grippuk.bsky.social for speaking on our behalfs at #CESCR2025 at the UN in Geneva. Lived experience accounts need to be heard to tackle #poverty #discrimination and #injustice in the UK and worldwide
February 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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grippuk.bsky.social
Amanda from @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social shares her reflections on the first day at #CESCR2005 with @raparuk.bsky.social @thriveteesside.bsky.social. Feeling positive that the Committee is listening to lived experience knowledge but frustrated with the govt's usual...

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GRIPP @ #CESCR2005 - Amanda shares her reflections on the first day at the UN
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February 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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grippuk.bsky.social
Poem by @julieeasleypoet.bsky.social sums up how we feel about UK Government's response @ #CESCR2025 right now

@thriveteesside.bsky.social @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social @raparuk.bsky.social @povertytruthscot.bsky.social @justfairuk.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social
Handwritten poem, on lined notebook with pink edges. It reads: Blah Blah Blah All talk mouths move repeat repeat repear excuse their unwillingness to comply to international law using devolution as an excuse quoting countries not even mentioned nothing to see here nothing new heard same old same old Julie Easley 14/02/2025 Geneva
February 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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grippuk.bsky.social
Ready and waiting for the meeting between NGOs and #OHCHR organised by @hrw.org

No time for lunch so eating left over breakfast from the hotel!!

#CESCR2025

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February 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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From Teesside to Geneva- Two “Thriving Women” of Teesside take their voices to the UN! @grippuk.bsky.social @julieeasleypoet.bsky.social

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From Teesside to Geneva- Two “Thriving Women” of Teesside take their voices to the UN! - Thrive Teesside
Two women from Thrive Teesside, a grassroots organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and inequality, are amplifying their communities’ voices on a global stage.  Julie Easley, poet and facilitator ...
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February 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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grippuk.bsky.social
@thriveteesside.bsky.social - always facing forward, leaving no one behind.

On the way to Geneva #CESCR2005 review with @raparuk.bsky.social & @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social
Photo of Tracey, taken from behind her, short black hair, green coat, colourful scarf. She is sat on an empty bus with the views of Paris streets through the windows
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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grippuk.bsky.social
Quote of the day from Amanda, from @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social & founding member of GRIPP:

"Hope the committee listen and are prepared to have meaningful conversations that lead to change"

Travelling to Geneva for the #CESCR2025 review with @raparuk.bsky.social and @thriveteesside.bsky.social
Amanda, in dark blue coat, sits with Julie, with her long ginger, dreadlocks on a train
February 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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grippuk.bsky.social
A big day ahead for @thriveteesside.bsky.social @raparuk.bsky.social and @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social at #CESCR2025 talking about value of lived experience, fears associated with social security system and the instrumental use of divide and conquer in our communities.

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GRIPP at #CESCR2025 - Day 3
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February 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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grippuk.bsky.social
"800 miles away from Teesside, a million miles away from our lived reality but we do have a right to be here, a right to have our say" at #CESCR2025

@thriveteesside.bsky.social @raparuk.bsky.social @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social

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GRIPP @ #CESCR2025 - Entering Palais des Nations
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February 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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grippuk.bsky.social
And they're off to #CESCR2025! After 6 years of building solidarity & power - we are off to share our communities knowledge with the UN & hold the UK government to account. Read more here: gripp.org.uk/2025/02/12/s...
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Six hours to Geneva, six years in the making  - gripp.org.uk
As GRIPP's delegation start their 6 hour journey to Geneva, we reflect on the 6 years of work that it has taken to get us to the UN
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February 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Our @julieeasleypoet.bsky.social from @thriveteesside.bsky.social contemplating the days ahead as she travels to #CESCR2025 review in Geneva
Julie, wearing sunglasses, a Palestinian scarf, black t-shirt and gorgeous ginger dreadlocks, stares out of a train window. The blue sky and blurred greed trees are seen through her reflection and she has a gentle smile
February 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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grippuk.bsky.social
🚨 From Teesside to Geneva 🚨

Tracey from @thriveteesside.bsky.social shares why she’s taking the voices of Teesside—an area once rich in industry & heritage, now worn down by harsh policies—to the United Nations in Geneva. People here deserve to be heard. Watch part 1 🎥👇
February 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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dianaskelton.bsky.social
@annafazack.bsky.social - Re your hard-hitting 25/01 article, terrified mothers who have been through this are now hoping to change policies with human rights tools. They are already en route to @ungeneva.bsky.social Please take a look! atd-uk.org/2025/02/11/a... #CESCR2025 @grippuk.bsky.social
ATD Fourth World Challenges the UK’s Record on Family Rights at the United Nations - ATD Fourth World UK
Above: Members of GRIPP collaborate to write their UN submission of evidence Press release — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geneva, Switzerland (…) Read more →
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February 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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grippuk.bsky.social
This week we are taking our communities' voices to the UN #CESCR2025 with powerful testimony about the living/ed experience of poverty in the UK

Read the submission from GRIPP partners @thriveteesside.bsky.social @raparuk.bsky.social & @atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social

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Taking our voice to the UN - again! - gripp.org.uk
By GRIPP’s ICESCR team GRIPP has submitted our second submission to the UN’s Committee on...
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February 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM