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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.

The week is an opportunity for you to raise your voice against poverty and unite with others in calling for a just and equal Scotland.
Each year, hundreds of organisations in Scotland do just that, including elected representative, charities and NGOs, local authorities, faith groups, businesses, school and colleges, trade unions, professional bodies and more.

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Resources from CPW 2024

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Blogs & briefings from CPW 2024

End Poverty Edinburgh campaigning at the Scottish Parliament for Challenge Poverty Week

Guest blog: We don’t need to accept this injustice

04 October 2023

Brid Cullen,End Poverty Edinburgh At the start of this Challenge Poverty week to raise awareness of the scale of poverty in our towns and communities around Scotland there are some shocking facts that we need to face up to. More people are suffering now than when the Poverty Alliance brought organisations together in 2013 to … Read more

The Fife Gingerbread Man

Guest blog: How are we challenging poverty at Fife Gingerbread?

04 October 2023

Fife Gingerbread Fife Gingerbread are a wee children and families charity supporting families in the Fife area. Our staff and volunteers support about 650 families in need every year, and around 90% are households headed by inspirational lone parents. We deliver a range of frontline services through our projects  spanning family support, volunteering, employability, family … Read more

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Guest blog: Every child should have the support they need to live a happy and healthy life

04 October 2023

Circle,Supporting families in Scotland Circle is a charity working to strengthen the lives of families across Central Scotland. We work with families facing multiple disadvantages due to structural inequality and poverty. Stemming from poverty, our families also face issues surrounding substance use, imprisonment, physical or mental health, trauma, abuse, and loss. We work to alleviate … Read more

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