David Eyre 
Iona Brown, Policy and Parliamentary Manager, Close the Gap Read ‘A Childcare System for All’ here! Women are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to experience deeper poverty, and find it harder to escape poverty. Because women continue to do the bulk of unpaid childcare in Scotland, women’s poverty is inextricably linked to … Read more
Caitlin Logan, Policy, Research and Influencing Lead, One Parent Families Scotland Clilck here to support the campaign to End Young Parent Poverty. The year is 2023. You are being discriminated against at work; receiving lower wages for doing the same job, no matter how hard you work or how many hours you put in – … Read more
The Scottish Government has now published its consultation on a new human rights bill which would incorporate four international human rights treaties into Scots Law. Come along to our Know Your Rights Workshop to learn about Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the relationship between poverty and human rights, and how you can use human rights … Read more
The Serving the Future project is funded by The Robertson Trust. It is a partnership between the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, the Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures and the Poverty Alliance. The project works with hospitality employers and related public services, as well as with people in the sector, to identify and … Read more
Emma Jackson,Scotland Director,Christians Against Poverty At the start of this month, I marked five years leading the work of Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Scotland. A lot has changed in that time – not least my kids’ accents as we moved from East Belfast to the rural Borders to take on this role! Our team has … Read more
Peter KellyDirector, The Poverty Alliance Scotland is a place that believes every child should thrive and not just survive. But far too many of our children have their life chances restricted and restrained just because they’re unlucky enough to be growing up in households that are struggling in a tidal wave of poverty. That’s an … Read more
Achieving financial security and income adequacy for children and young people, alongside their parents and caregivers, is vital to ensure positive outcomes for families. Research shows that family separation can lead to poverty for both parents, but the risk of persistent poverty is greater for single resident parents, around 90% of whom are women. We … Read more
Linda Craik, End Poverty Edinburgh Read Linda’s speech here and listen to EPE’s Heather on BBC Radio Scotland Me? Linda? Speak in front of the First Minister and 100 other strangers? Never in a million years… And yet, in May 2023 at First Minister Humza Yousaf’s Anti-Poverty Summit, that is exactly what happened. As a … Read more
Click here to read our latest child poverty briefing! https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PTT-20230613-WA0007.mp3 Reacting to the Scottish Government’s annual tackling child poverty progress report, Ruth Boyle, Campaigns & Policy Manager at the Poverty Alliance, said: “Far too many of Scotland’s children have their life chances restricted and restrained because of unjust poverty. That’s an injustice that we can … Read more
David EyreCommunications Officer, Poverty Alliance The Climate Fringe is an important moment for us to think about how Scotland can play our part in the movement to protect us from climate chaos. We believe that tackling poverty and reaching our net zero ambitions should be shared and interlinked priorities. However, we are concerned that the … Read more
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