In July 2010, The Matthew Tree Project charity was established with the objective to eradicate poverty from the UK. Through a process of co-production with beneficiaries, we created, piloted, developed, tested, and refined the pioneering and innovative 'gold-standard' multiple award winning social change model, Rebuilding Lives. This phase in the mission is viewed as the gestation period. The next stage is to pass on what we have learnt to others with similar values and mission so that the… Show more In July 2010, The Matthew Tree Project charity was established with the objective to eradicate poverty from the UK. Through a process of co-production with beneficiaries, we created, piloted, developed, tested, and refined the pioneering and innovative 'gold-standard' multiple award winning social change model, Rebuilding Lives. This phase in the mission is viewed as the gestation period. The next stage is to pass on what we have learnt to others with similar values and mission so that the effectiveness of the model can benefit a greater number of people across the whole of the country.Our mission is to eradicate poverty from the UK. Since 2010, insight, knowledge, understanding, experience and expertise has been gained by working on the frontline with those directly affected by poverty in the UK. Thousands of vulnerable households have been empowered and given the tools they needed to escape poverty through the creation and development of an innovative and pioneering social change model, Rebuilding Lives. The holistic programme, nationally recognised as a 'best practice representative' in community based health and social care services, effectively addresses the symptoms and the underlying causes of poverty, enabling people to rebuild a happier, healthier and wealthier future.Our objective is to engage with national and local governmental policymakers to effect systemic change with the aim of creating a fairer society where people's basic needs are met and inequality is reduced. Our aim in establishing RISE Social Enterprise is to create a vehicle through which we can advise and help other charitable and social enterprise organisations to implement sustainable financial strategies to secure the funding needed to develop new, (or improve existing), empowering and effective frontline crisis support services.By working together, my hope is that we will achieve our goal of ending poverty in the UK. Show less

Under Mark’s strategic leadership The Matthew Tree Project: • Created, pioneered, and established an award winning Holistic Tripartite Crisis Support charity.• Successfully negotiated with funders to grow the charity from start-up to just under £1m turnover with a balance sheet value of over £300k. • Recruited, motivated and inspired hundreds of people from all walks of life to volunteer their time each year. • Distributed the food aid equivalent of over 2.1… Show more Under Mark’s strategic leadership The Matthew Tree Project: • Created, pioneered, and established an award winning Holistic Tripartite Crisis Support charity.• Successfully negotiated with funders to grow the charity from start-up to just under £1m turnover with a balance sheet value of over £300k. • Recruited, motivated and inspired hundreds of people from all walks of life to volunteer their time each year. • Distributed the food aid equivalent of over 2.1 million meals and helped over 12,000 households escape a life of poverty.• Acknowledged nationally as ‘best practice’ (Parliamentary Review 2020, Health, and Social Care)• Won the Bristol Prestige ‘Best in Charitable Community Services’ Award in 2020, 2021 & 2022.• Influenced social change in the UK by being featured in the media numerous times including BBC1 Inside Out West (twice), Al Jazeera, Radio 4, Radio Bristol, full page editorial in The Guardian, Panorama ‘Hungry Britain’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CZVoCNMMTM • Managed the complete re-purposing of the entire organisation to enable the charity to make a major contribution as a frontline key worker organisation in response to the Covid crisis. Show less