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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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Black Friday is loud, but Giving Tuesday is powerful.

Our Big Give campaign End Poverty, Change Lives goes live at midday Tuesday. We’ll share the link then so you can help us reach our final £5k target.

Your donations are doubled 2–9 Dec.

#BigGive #GivingTuesday #BlackFriday
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Our reaction to today's Budget 👇
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Punitive disability benefit assessments have created a culture of fear that's holding disabled people back.

Read our report: https://z2k.org/pip-report/
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
109 children are being pulled into poverty every day by the two-child limit.

The government promised action on child poverty. That must mean fully scrapping the two-child limit for all affected children at next week's Autumn Budget.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Today we joined Crisis and a host of other organisations in Westminster.

Frozen housing benefit rates are pushing renters into poverty.

Ahead of next week’s Autumn Budget, we’re calling on the Chancellor to restore housing benefit to match the true cost of rent.
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
As the government prepares to review PIP, we worked with six experts by experience to develop an exhibition exploring what receiving disability benefits mean to them.

Explore the exhibition on our website: https://z2k.org/campaigning/experiences-of-disability-benefits/
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The PM and Chancellor have hinted that the two-child limit will be scrapped in full at the Autumn Budget.

But the impact will be limited if the government fails to scrap the household benefit cap too.

Read our Senior Policy Advisor's new blog: z2k.org/a-cap-on-a-c...
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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.
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 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.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 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
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 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/
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 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/
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 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
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 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
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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...
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 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.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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.
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 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
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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...
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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.
October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
October 31, 2025 at 12:21 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.

October 30, 2025 at 12:01 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.
October 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM