Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust)
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Anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty together with people who experience it. Join us: https://bit.ly/Z2K-mailing-list
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We're Z2K, a leading anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty through providing expert frontline advice and representation services and campaigning for change.
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We're Z2K, a leading anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty through providing expert frontline advice and representation services and campaigning for change.
Follow us to stay updated on our work and get involved in our campaigns.
The government has announced that most measures in the Renters Rights Act will come into force on 1st May 2026.
This is a significant victory for renters and a watershed moment for the private rented sector.
This is a significant victory for renters and a watershed moment for the private rented sector.
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The government has announced that most measures in the Renters Rights Act will come into force on 1st May 2026.
This is a significant victory for renters and a watershed moment for the private rented sector.
This is a significant victory for renters and a watershed moment for the private rented sector.
Devastating benefit sanctions have become the DWP's go-to response for first-time infractions, according to new research from @publiclawproject.bsky.social.
The government should abandon proposals to expand sanctions to seriously ill and disabled people.
The government should abandon proposals to expand sanctions to seriously ill and disabled people.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Devastating benefit sanctions have become the DWP's go-to response for first-time infractions, according to new research from @publiclawproject.bsky.social.
The government should abandon proposals to expand sanctions to seriously ill and disabled people.
The government should abandon proposals to expand sanctions to seriously ill and disabled people.
We’ve raised an incredible £15k in pledges ahead of this year’s Big Give campaign! 💥When the campaign goes live on 2 Dec (until 9 Dec), you’ll be able to donate & have your gift doubled, helping fund our vital work tackling poverty
#BigGive #Fundraising #Charity #Z2K #FightingPoverty #GivingTuesday
#BigGive #Fundraising #Charity #Z2K #FightingPoverty #GivingTuesday
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We’ve raised an incredible £15k in pledges ahead of this year’s Big Give campaign! 💥When the campaign goes live on 2 Dec (until 9 Dec), you’ll be able to donate & have your gift doubled, helping fund our vital work tackling poverty
#BigGive #Fundraising #Charity #Z2K #FightingPoverty #GivingTuesday
#BigGive #Fundraising #Charity #Z2K #FightingPoverty #GivingTuesday
🏃 Every mile matters. Every £1 helps.
Join Z2K in the fight against poverty.
Take part in a challenge event and change lives – together we can make a difference.
Sign up today: https://z2k.org/fundraising-events/
Join Z2K in the fight against poverty.
Take part in a challenge event and change lives – together we can make a difference.
Sign up today: https://z2k.org/fundraising-events/
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🏃 Every mile matters. Every £1 helps.
Join Z2K in the fight against poverty.
Take part in a challenge event and change lives – together we can make a difference.
Sign up today: https://z2k.org/fundraising-events/
Join Z2K in the fight against poverty.
Take part in a challenge event and change lives – together we can make a difference.
Sign up today: https://z2k.org/fundraising-events/
We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the government to fully scrap the two-child limit.
Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We’ve joined 100+ others in calling for the government to fully scrap the two-child limit.
Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
Every child deserves the best start in life. By fully scrapping the two-child limit the government can deliver a decisive shift in children’s opportunities, and in the UK's potential.
Abolishing the two-child limit in full is vital. It would be a bold step forward in tackling child poverty.
But retaining the household benefit cap will stop some families from seeing the benefits of this. This cap should also be scrapped.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But retaining the household benefit cap will stop some families from seeing the benefits of this. This cap should also be scrapped.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Abolishing the two-child limit in full is vital. It would be a bold step forward in tackling child poverty.
But retaining the household benefit cap will stop some families from seeing the benefits of this. This cap should also be scrapped.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But retaining the household benefit cap will stop some families from seeing the benefits of this. This cap should also be scrapped.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Making the benefits system meaner has backfired.
We need to end the culture of fear and overhaul the punitive PIP assessment system.
Read our Director of Policy and Engagement's op-ed in the Big Issue: https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/making-benefits-system-meaner/
We need to end the culture of fear and overhaul the punitive PIP assessment system.
Read our Director of Policy and Engagement's op-ed in the Big Issue: https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/making-benefits-system-meaner/
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Making the benefits system meaner has backfired.
We need to end the culture of fear and overhaul the punitive PIP assessment system.
Read our Director of Policy and Engagement's op-ed in the Big Issue: https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/making-benefits-system-meaner/
We need to end the culture of fear and overhaul the punitive PIP assessment system.
Read our Director of Policy and Engagement's op-ed in the Big Issue: https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/making-benefits-system-meaner/
We welcome the government’s announcement that the Timms Review will not aim to make cuts to PIP.
We’re calling for the Review to build on this and overhaul the punitive PIP assessment system.
Read our new briefing: https://z2k.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Briefing-Timms-Review-update.pdf
We’re calling for the Review to build on this and overhaul the punitive PIP assessment system.
Read our new briefing: https://z2k.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Briefing-Timms-Review-update.pdf
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We welcome the government’s announcement that the Timms Review will not aim to make cuts to PIP.
We’re calling for the Review to build on this and overhaul the punitive PIP assessment system.
Read our new briefing: https://z2k.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Briefing-Timms-Review-update.pdf
We’re calling for the Review to build on this and overhaul the punitive PIP assessment system.
Read our new briefing: https://z2k.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Briefing-Timms-Review-update.pdf
🛒 Support Z2K every time you shop online – at no extra cost to you!
With Easyfundraising, every purchase you make with thousands of retailers helps fund our work to end poverty in the UK.
👉 Start today: https://z2k.org/easyfundraising/
#SupportZ2K #EndUKPoverty #EasyFundraising #MakeADifference
With Easyfundraising, every purchase you make with thousands of retailers helps fund our work to end poverty in the UK.
👉 Start today: https://z2k.org/easyfundraising/
#SupportZ2K #EndUKPoverty #EasyFundraising #MakeADifference
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🛒 Support Z2K every time you shop online – at no extra cost to you!
With Easyfundraising, every purchase you make with thousands of retailers helps fund our work to end poverty in the UK.
👉 Start today: https://z2k.org/easyfundraising/
#SupportZ2K #EndUKPoverty #EasyFundraising #MakeADifference
With Easyfundraising, every purchase you make with thousands of retailers helps fund our work to end poverty in the UK.
👉 Start today: https://z2k.org/easyfundraising/
#SupportZ2K #EndUKPoverty #EasyFundraising #MakeADifference
We're proud to be Morrison & Foerster's London Charity of the Year.
To date in 2025, Pro Bono volunteers from Morrison & Foerster have secured more than £156,279 of income our clients were entitled to, but previously denied by an unjust system.
#AccessToJustice #ProBonoWeek
To date in 2025, Pro Bono volunteers from Morrison & Foerster have secured more than £156,279 of income our clients were entitled to, but previously denied by an unjust system.
#AccessToJustice #ProBonoWeek
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We're proud to be Morrison & Foerster's London Charity of the Year.
To date in 2025, Pro Bono volunteers from Morrison & Foerster have secured more than £156,279 of income our clients were entitled to, but previously denied by an unjust system.
#AccessToJustice #ProBonoWeek
To date in 2025, Pro Bono volunteers from Morrison & Foerster have secured more than £156,279 of income our clients were entitled to, but previously denied by an unjust system.
#AccessToJustice #ProBonoWeek
Frozen housing benefit rates are deepening poverty and homelessness.
Other government support is failing to plug the gap.
We're joining @crisis-uk.bsky.social and others to call on the Chancellor to act.
Read our blog here: z2k.org/out-in-the-c...
Other government support is failing to plug the gap.
We're joining @crisis-uk.bsky.social and others to call on the Chancellor to act.
Read our blog here: z2k.org/out-in-the-c...
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Frozen housing benefit rates are deepening poverty and homelessness.
Other government support is failing to plug the gap.
We're joining @crisis-uk.bsky.social and others to call on the Chancellor to act.
Read our blog here: z2k.org/out-in-the-c...
Other government support is failing to plug the gap.
We're joining @crisis-uk.bsky.social and others to call on the Chancellor to act.
Read our blog here: z2k.org/out-in-the-c...
This #ProBonoWeek, we're highlighting the impact of Z2K's Pro Bono Project.
This is how one client described our support, helping them navigate the appeals process to claim their full Personal Independence Payment (PIP) entitlement.
This is how one client described our support, helping them navigate the appeals process to claim their full Personal Independence Payment (PIP) entitlement.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This #ProBonoWeek, we're highlighting the impact of Z2K's Pro Bono Project.
This is how one client described our support, helping them navigate the appeals process to claim their full Personal Independence Payment (PIP) entitlement.
This is how one client described our support, helping them navigate the appeals process to claim their full Personal Independence Payment (PIP) entitlement.
This #ProBonoWeek, we're highlighting the impact of Z2K's Pro Bono Project.
Our partnership with dedicated law firm volunteers has reclaimed, in the last year alone, over £2.73 million in vital social security income, for people unjustly denied what they're entitled to.
Our partnership with dedicated law firm volunteers has reclaimed, in the last year alone, over £2.73 million in vital social security income, for people unjustly denied what they're entitled to.
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This #ProBonoWeek, we're highlighting the impact of Z2K's Pro Bono Project.
Our partnership with dedicated law firm volunteers has reclaimed, in the last year alone, over £2.73 million in vital social security income, for people unjustly denied what they're entitled to.
Our partnership with dedicated law firm volunteers has reclaimed, in the last year alone, over £2.73 million in vital social security income, for people unjustly denied what they're entitled to.
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Abel’s experience is too common among the people we support.
He experienced homelessness for five months. Because housing benefit did not cover the cost of rent, he couldn’t find anywhere he could afford.
His message to the Chancellor: fix housing benefit on 26 November. [1/5]
He experienced homelessness for five months. Because housing benefit did not cover the cost of rent, he couldn’t find anywhere he could afford.
His message to the Chancellor: fix housing benefit on 26 November. [1/5]
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Abel’s experience is too common among the people we support.
He experienced homelessness for five months. Because housing benefit did not cover the cost of rent, he couldn’t find anywhere he could afford.
His message to the Chancellor: fix housing benefit on 26 November. [1/5]
He experienced homelessness for five months. Because housing benefit did not cover the cost of rent, he couldn’t find anywhere he could afford.
His message to the Chancellor: fix housing benefit on 26 November. [1/5]
🛒 Support Z2K every time you shop online – at no extra cost to you!
With Easyfundraising, every purchase you make with thousands of retailers helps fund our work to end poverty in the UK.
👉 Start today: https://z2k.org/easyfundraising/
#SupportZ2K #EndUKPoverty #EasyFundraising #MakeADifference
With Easyfundraising, every purchase you make with thousands of retailers helps fund our work to end poverty in the UK.
👉 Start today: https://z2k.org/easyfundraising/
#SupportZ2K #EndUKPoverty #EasyFundraising #MakeADifference
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🛒 Support Z2K every time you shop online – at no extra cost to you!
With Easyfundraising, every purchase you make with thousands of retailers helps fund our work to end poverty in the UK.
👉 Start today: https://z2k.org/easyfundraising/
#SupportZ2K #EndUKPoverty #EasyFundraising #MakeADifference
With Easyfundraising, every purchase you make with thousands of retailers helps fund our work to end poverty in the UK.
👉 Start today: https://z2k.org/easyfundraising/
#SupportZ2K #EndUKPoverty #EasyFundraising #MakeADifference
Half measures won't stop child poverty increasing.
The entire two-child limit must go.
The entire two-child limit must go.
Fully repealing the two-child limit is by far the best way to ensure fewer children are growing up in poverty.
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
Half measures have been mooted, but our modelling reveals that they would all still lead to an increase in child poverty by the end of the decade.
Learn more ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Half measures won't stop child poverty increasing.
The entire two-child limit must go.
The entire two-child limit must go.
Our social security system should be there for all of us when we need it. That’s why @turn2us.org.uk have launched a new campaign to #StoptheStigma.
Find out more about the new campaign and how you can get involved: turn2us.org.uk/stop-the-sti...
Find out more about the new campaign and how you can get involved: turn2us.org.uk/stop-the-sti...
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Our social security system should be there for all of us when we need it. That’s why @turn2us.org.uk have launched a new campaign to #StoptheStigma.
Find out more about the new campaign and how you can get involved: turn2us.org.uk/stop-the-sti...
Find out more about the new campaign and how you can get involved: turn2us.org.uk/stop-the-sti...
The Renters Rights Act received Royal Assent this week.
It was great to celebrate this watershed moment with members of our renters group at the Renters' Reform Coalition event in Parliament yesterday.
It was great to celebrate this watershed moment with members of our renters group at the Renters' Reform Coalition event in Parliament yesterday.
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Renters Rights Act received Royal Assent this week.
It was great to celebrate this watershed moment with members of our renters group at the Renters' Reform Coalition event in Parliament yesterday.
It was great to celebrate this watershed moment with members of our renters group at the Renters' Reform Coalition event in Parliament yesterday.
Making the benefits system meaner has backfired.
The punitive PIP system is leaving disabled people too afraid to try work. It’s time to overhaul the broken assessment process.
Read our new report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
The punitive PIP system is leaving disabled people too afraid to try work. It’s time to overhaul the broken assessment process.
Read our new report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
Ending the Culture of Fear - Z2K
Ending the Culture of Fear: Reforming the PIP assessment system to get decisions right first time Much of the political and media debate about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has focused on the idea that it’s too easy to qualify. A new report from Z2K – Ending the Culture of Fear: Reforming the PIP assessment system
z2k.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Making the benefits system meaner has backfired.
The punitive PIP system is leaving disabled people too afraid to try work. It’s time to overhaul the broken assessment process.
Read our new report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
The punitive PIP system is leaving disabled people too afraid to try work. It’s time to overhaul the broken assessment process.
Read our new report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
The government has today said that the Timms Review will not aim to ‘generate proposals for further savings’ from PIP.
This is a welcome commitment. We need to see a decisive break from the punitive reforms of the past.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
This is a welcome commitment. We need to see a decisive break from the punitive reforms of the past.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment: Terms of Reference
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The government has today said that the Timms Review will not aim to ‘generate proposals for further savings’ from PIP.
This is a welcome commitment. We need to see a decisive break from the punitive reforms of the past.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
This is a welcome commitment. We need to see a decisive break from the punitive reforms of the past.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Our exhibition, 'Experiences of Disability Benefits' is running in Parliament until the end of the week.
Six people receiving disability benefits are displaying written pieces about their experiences of receiving personal independence payment.
Six people receiving disability benefits are displaying written pieces about their experiences of receiving personal independence payment.
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our exhibition, 'Experiences of Disability Benefits' is running in Parliament until the end of the week.
Six people receiving disability benefits are displaying written pieces about their experiences of receiving personal independence payment.
Six people receiving disability benefits are displaying written pieces about their experiences of receiving personal independence payment.
NEW: Politicians say it's too easy to qualify for PIP. Our new research suggests the opposite is true, showing how the punitive PIP assessment system has created a culture of fear among disabled people.
Read the report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
Read the report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
Ending the Culture of Fear - Z2K
Ending the Culture of Fear: Reforming the PIP assessment system to get decisions right first time Much of the political and media debate about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has focused on the idea that it’s too easy to qualify. A new report from Z2K – Ending the Culture of Fear: Reforming the PIP assessment system
z2k.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NEW: Politicians say it's too easy to qualify for PIP. Our new research suggests the opposite is true, showing how the punitive PIP assessment system has created a culture of fear among disabled people.
Read the report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
Read the report here: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
We're in Parliament this week hosting an exhibition about disability benefits.
As we await an update on the Timms Review, six experts by experience have created written pieces about what personal independence payment means to them.
As we await an update on the Timms Review, six experts by experience have created written pieces about what personal independence payment means to them.
October 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We're in Parliament this week hosting an exhibition about disability benefits.
As we await an update on the Timms Review, six experts by experience have created written pieces about what personal independence payment means to them.
As we await an update on the Timms Review, six experts by experience have created written pieces about what personal independence payment means to them.
People with mild anxiety already fail to qualify for PIP. These proposals are not based in reality.
Dialling up the meanness of the system has backfired. We need to break the endless cycle of cuts and punishment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze6r2zk5d3o
Dialling up the meanness of the system has backfired. We need to break the endless cycle of cuts and punishment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze6r2zk5d3o
Reform proposes to cut Pip payments to people with anxiety
A spokeswoman for the mental health charity Mind said anxiety can have "a debilitating impact".
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
People with mild anxiety already fail to qualify for PIP. These proposals are not based in reality.
Dialling up the meanness of the system has backfired. We need to break the endless cycle of cuts and punishment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze6r2zk5d3o
Dialling up the meanness of the system has backfired. We need to break the endless cycle of cuts and punishment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze6r2zk5d3o