First Meeting of our New Commission

Friday 22 August saw the first meeting of our new Poverty Truth Commission.  

Why did you come today?

• To meet the new Commissioners and see how we can build on the work of the previous Commission.
• To fully understand why poverty still exists in the 21st Century
• I’ve been affected by poverty and I know several people in poverty, working and not.  I hope I can contribute and to make a difference.
• A wider circle, imaginative ideas, some sense of application.
• I am driven in my every day work to improve how education can reduce the impact of poverty, but I need a broad perspective to do this.

We got to know each other, shared our initial thoughts and experiences and found it hard to stop talking.  A truthful, exciting, hopeful and inspiring place to be.