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You make it happen

Good morning,

It’s You Made It Happen day – a chance to thank you for your support for CPAG, and tell you about some
of the ways you’ve helped in recent months. As CPAG’s Treasurer and a regular
donor myself, it’s really important to me to know and share the impact CPAG has
in helping children growing up in poverty today, thanks to you and all our
supporters.




ADVICE


Last year, CPAG responded to 9,009 requests for advice, helping an estimated
36,000 people. CPAG’s expert service is the only nationwide helpline freely
available by phone and email, five days a week, giving frontline workers and
advisers practical help with the social security system so families can stay
afloat. This helpline is funded by income that we raise including donations from
our generous supporters.

Read more [[link removed]]LEGAL WORK


In July, CPAG won the award for best legal aid team at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards. This award is a recognition of our
highly-skilled legal work bringing test cases which establish and protect
families’ rights. And it is a recognition of our clients – people affected by
injustice – who stick with the case as it goes through the court system over the
course of months and years.

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EARLY WARNING SYSTEM


We’ve collected more than 5,000 stories from across the country of families’
experiences struggling with the social security system into our 'Early Warning
System'. These case reports help us better understand how changes to the social
security system, including the introduction of universal credit, are affecting
people’s lives. These are stories of families struggling because they’re worse
off or because the system hasn’t worked as it should. These cases give us a
solid evidence base we can use to successfully push for change. This is only
possible thanks to the cases reported to us by frontline workers around the
country.

Read more [[link removed]]CAMPAIGNING FOR CHANGE


You’ve helped us put pressure on the government, and it has listened. Last year,
the government announced some changes to universal credit that will make life
easier for working families. The government increased the work allowances – the
amount people can earn before their universal credit starts to be reduced – and
this will have a big impact on struggling families. The change means up to £630
a year (just over £50 a month) in the pockets of these families. This change
came as a result of significant pressure from us and our supporters.


Read more [[link removed]]We’ll soon be publishing our 2018/19 Annual Report on our website [[link removed]] with more details of the work you have made possible.

Thank you for your money, time, cases – and all that you do to support CPAG!

Kind regards,

Alan Thackrey

CPAG Treasurer



Image from LALY awards: Robert Aberman

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