Hello, we are Z2K
We are a leading anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty through providing expert frontline advice and representation services and campaigning for change. We are deeply connected to the people we serve. By tackling the twin pillars that create and sustain poverty - inadequate incomes and high costs - we will end UK poverty, for good.
The unseen crisis
No one chooses to live in poverty, yet over 1 in 5 people now do so in the UK. For those we help, poverty means being unable to pay their rent, bills and even sometimes food. They face insecurity and uncertainty, and many struggle daily to make enough money to survive. It doesn’t need to be this way.
We are here to end poverty for the more than 1 in 5 people in the UK who experience it. To secure adequate incomes and freedom from high costs, we provide frontline advice and representation services and campaign for change. We work alongside experts by experience in everything we do.
Issues we help with
“I am now able to rely on a more stable income stream thanks to Z2K.”
Our impact in 2025
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Support us
Every one of our volunteers, staff and supporters is vital to our success at enabling people to move out of poverty. Find out how you can get involved.
"Without Z2K I don’t know where my family and I would be sleeping right now"
Our campaigns
Our policy work
Latest news, blogs & updates
Disabled people facing months of unnecessary delays to correct benefit decisions, new research finds
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions are overturned at appeal stage more than five times as often as at mandatory reconsideration, according to new research by anti-poverty charity Z2K.
The shape of things to come: Assessing the Timms Review’s draft recommendations
The debate about disability benefits reform that is playing out in much of the political domain and media is becoming increasingly tendentious. Amid all the hot air, for those who were paying attention last week offered an important development that shed some light on the government’s policy direction on this thorny issue.
Who decides what at DWP? A simple who’s who (Timms and Milburn reviews)
If you have heard about the Timms Review of disability benefits (PIP) or the Milburn Review of young people and work, it is easy to lose track of who actually makes decisions inside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This short guide sets out the key roles, who reports to whom, and where the reviews fit, ahead of their respective launch in September (Milburn) and November 2026 (Timms).