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What happens at TLG Make Lunch?

What happens at TLG Make Lunch?

03rd December 2019

Mim, one of our fantastic Make Lunch Coordinators, explains what happens at a TLG Make Lunch Club and how it helps families in the local area.

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Mim Taylor

Mim Taylor

Mim Taylor is the children’s worker at St Mary Bredin Church, Canterbury, and has been the TLG Make Lunch Coordinator there for two and a half years. She has loved seeing families grow in confidence and build a strong community together. Mim is currently on a mission to explore the county more and aims to walk the length of the Kent coastline.

From hunger to hope

From hunger to hope

21st November 2019

Tim Morfin, TLG's Chief Executive, reflects on the crisis of holiday hunger which impacts so many families during the school holidays and how TLG is playing its part in answering that need.

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Tim Morfin

Tim Morfin

Tim Morfin is the founder and Chief Executive of TLG. Tim, together with a group of other volunteers from a local church, began TLG by helping young people struggling in school in Bradford. He now leads the organisation nationally, still committed to bringing hope and a future to children and their families. He is married to Rachel and has three teenage sons.

TLG is now on Amazon Smile

TLG is now on Amazon Smile

19th November 2019

TLG is now on Amazon Smile. Whenever you purchase an item through Amazon using our Amazon Smile link, we will receive a small donation. In this blog are the details on how to set this up.

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Beth Prescott

Beth Prescott

Before coming to TLG, Beth worked as a Fundraising Project Manager for poverty-relief charity Christians Against Poverty. Beth also has experience in the political sector, having worked for a Government Minister. She was one of the youngest Parliamentary candidates in the country in the 2015 and 2017 General Elections, narrowly missing out on a seat in Parliament in 2017. Beth is a season ticket holder at Huddersfield Town and enjoys hiking through the Yorkshire countryside followed by a local ale in the pub.

Is it time to take the disadvantage gap seriously?

Is it time to take the disadvantage gap seriously?

07th November 2019

Beth Prescott, TLG's Policy Lead, writes on the educational disadvantage gap after attending the Education Policy Institute's conference on child poverty and disadvantage.

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Beth Prescott

Beth Prescott

Before coming to TLG, Beth worked as a Fundraising Project Manager for poverty-relief charity Christians Against Poverty. Beth also has experience in the political sector, having worked for a Government Minister. She was one of the youngest Parliamentary candidates in the country in the 2015 and 2017 General Elections, narrowly missing out on a seat in Parliament in 2017. Beth is a season ticket holder at Huddersfield Town and enjoys hiking through the Yorkshire countryside followed by a local ale in the pub.

Giving a voice to the voiceless

Giving a voice to the voiceless

01st November 2019

TLG's new Policy Lead, Beth Prescott, introduces her role. This is a new role which will help TLG speak into key issues affecting children and families across the UK.

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Beth Prescott

Beth Prescott

Before coming to TLG, Beth worked as a Fundraising Project Manager for poverty-relief charity Christians Against Poverty. Beth also has experience in the political sector, having worked for a Government Minister. She was one of the youngest Parliamentary candidates in the country in the 2015 and 2017 General Elections, narrowly missing out on a seat in Parliament in 2017. Beth is a season ticket holder at Huddersfield Town and enjoys hiking through the Yorkshire countryside followed by a local ale in the pub.

It takes a village

It takes a village

13th June 2019

Watch Helen Trew, a former teacher from a TLG Education Centre, share an inspirational spoken word at our 20 Year Celebration.

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Helen Trew

Helen Trew

Helen is a former team member from TLG Bradford Education Centre. She is an active spoken word poet and passionate about the church in action!

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