Mon 6 - Sun 12 October 2025
About Challenge Poverty Week
The first Challenge Poverty Week was launched by the Poverty Alliance in 2013.
We wanted to highlight the injustice of poverty in Scotland, and to show that collective action based on justice and compassion can create solutions.
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Resources from CPW 2024
Daily Themes from CPW 2024
Blogs & briefings from CPW 2024
Blog: In-work poverty in Scotland – learning from the Serving the Future project
Dr Laura Robertson,Senior Research Officer,The Poverty Alliance New research from the Serving the Future project has found that there is a lack of support for low-paid workers and employers in the hospitality sector in Scotland. Serving the Future, a collaboration between the Poverty Alliance, the Fraser of Allander Institute, and the Institute for Inspiring Children’s … Read more
Guest blog: To tackle carer poverty, we need radical change
Carers Scotland Every day hundreds of people in Scotland will receive a call to tell them that a family member has taken ill. After the sudden shock, over the coming days and weeks, they’ll try to come to terms with a new reality. They’re going to need help to live at home: to get up … Read more
Guest blog: How the cost of living crisis is impacting the lives of women who sell or exchange sex
Women’s Support ProjectCSE Aware It is well known that women bear the brunt of poverty and financial crises, and COVID and the current cost of living crisis haven’t been the exception. Organisations like Engender and the Scottish Women’s Budget Group have reported how these crises have deepened the inequalities women experience when it comes to … Read more
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