The JMDF
@thejmdf.bsky.social
Poverty can be solved. Small-scale, replicable projects to alleviate poverty and its effects.
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Advent Day 3: food is an intrinsic part of the celebrations, but shouldn’t be limited to the season
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December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Advent Day 3: food is an intrinsic part of the celebrations, but shouldn’t be limited to the season
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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❗ Families are having to choose between putting the heating on or food on the table. Parents are skipping meals. People are terrified of rising bills.
It's so wrong. We desperately need a social security system that protects us when we need it most.
It's so wrong. We desperately need a social security system that protects us when we need it most.
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
❗ Families are having to choose between putting the heating on or food on the table. Parents are skipping meals. People are terrified of rising bills.
It's so wrong. We desperately need a social security system that protects us when we need it most.
It's so wrong. We desperately need a social security system that protects us when we need it most.
If you are buying a pasta sauce for a foodbank donation, consider pesto; it doesn’t require meat to complete the meal and it’s stir-through, so multiple servings from one jar
September 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you are buying a pasta sauce for a foodbank donation, consider pesto; it doesn’t require meat to complete the meal and it’s stir-through, so multiple servings from one jar
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Our second share of a project plan, in the form of a data sheet: Project Daily Bread, a food poverty initiative.
This is one of the projects we believe has some of the most potential.
drive.google.com/file/d/1kO1w...
This is one of the projects we believe has some of the most potential.
drive.google.com/file/d/1kO1w...
August 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our second share of a project plan, in the form of a data sheet: Project Daily Bread, a food poverty initiative.
This is one of the projects we believe has some of the most potential.
drive.google.com/file/d/1kO1w...
This is one of the projects we believe has some of the most potential.
drive.google.com/file/d/1kO1w...
@garyseconomics.bsky.social may we DM you, Gary?
August 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
@garyseconomics.bsky.social may we DM you, Gary?
We’re sharing our first two documents, what we plan and how we intend to do it:
drive.google.com/file/d/1RzhN...
drive.google.com/file/d/1rOKA...
Comments are welcome.
drive.google.com/file/d/1RzhN...
drive.google.com/file/d/1rOKA...
Comments are welcome.
JMDF prospectus.pdf
drive.google.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We’re sharing our first two documents, what we plan and how we intend to do it:
drive.google.com/file/d/1RzhN...
drive.google.com/file/d/1rOKA...
Comments are welcome.
drive.google.com/file/d/1RzhN...
drive.google.com/file/d/1rOKA...
Comments are welcome.
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‘It’s very personal to me’: Darren Jones on his £500m plan to fight child poverty
‘It’s very personal to me’: Darren Jones on his £500m plan to fight child poverty
Treasury chief secretary says he wants to emulate New Labour support for community groups that changed his life
Darren Jones has spent much of the past few months doing the traditional, hard-nosed job of a Treasury chief secretary – fighting line-by-line budget battles with ministers. But with last month’s fraught spending review over, he has turned his attention to an issue closer to his heart for his latest policy.
“The council estate I grew up on was one of the neighbourhoods that was picked by the New Labour government because it was so deprived, essentially, in terms of income and educational outcomes,” he says. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
‘It’s very personal to me’: Darren Jones on his £500m plan to fight child poverty
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"A comprehensive report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) in 2016 estimated that £29bn of NHS spending was associated with poverty"
That is three times the 'cost' of removing the two child benefit and Rachel reeves's disability benefits cuts
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That is three times the 'cost' of removing the two child benefit and Rachel reeves's disability benefits cuts
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say
Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"A comprehensive report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) in 2016 estimated that £29bn of NHS spending was associated with poverty"
That is three times the 'cost' of removing the two child benefit and Rachel reeves's disability benefits cuts
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That is three times the 'cost' of removing the two child benefit and Rachel reeves's disability benefits cuts
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
One of our projects - Project Generics - is a database of white label products made by household-name manufacturers. The same product, but without the branding gives significant savings.
Any products that you know of are gratefully received. Just reply to this message.
Any products that you know of are gratefully received. Just reply to this message.
June 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
One of our projects - Project Generics - is a database of white label products made by household-name manufacturers. The same product, but without the branding gives significant savings.
Any products that you know of are gratefully received. Just reply to this message.
Any products that you know of are gratefully received. Just reply to this message.
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🧵 NEW: APPG on Poverty and Inequality's response to the Pathways to Work Green Paper reveals SHOCKING evidence - disabled households face £1,067 extra costs monthly (67% of income) yet government plans devastating cuts that will push 400,000 into poverty. Thread👇#TakingThePIP
June 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🧵 NEW: APPG on Poverty and Inequality's response to the Pathways to Work Green Paper reveals SHOCKING evidence - disabled households face £1,067 extra costs monthly (67% of income) yet government plans devastating cuts that will push 400,000 into poverty. Thread👇#TakingThePIP
Starting this Tuesday, we’ll share an element of the JMDF plans each week
June 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Starting this Tuesday, we’ll share an element of the JMDF plans each week
We did the whole of May as #MayILearn with skills passed on via video in around 5 minutes each. Across a variety of topics, the only important thing was to keep learning.
Feedback very welcome.
Feedback very welcome.
June 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We did the whole of May as #MayILearn with skills passed on via video in around 5 minutes each. Across a variety of topics, the only important thing was to keep learning.
Feedback very welcome.
Feedback very welcome.
Tuppence Middleton's Guide To Making The Perfect Cup of Tea
YouTube video by Tatler
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May 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Amazing Benefits of WALKING You Never Knew About
YouTube video by Dr. Eric Berg DC
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May 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
