Blogs from The Poverty Alliance and guests.
Brenda Black,Chief Executive,Edinburgh Community Food Over the Summer, I saw a news report about Anita Alvarez, a swimmer who injured herself during World Championships after she struck the bottom of the pool and lost consciousness. Her coach realised something was wrong within seconds and dived in, saving Anita’s life, and preventing serious disability. It struck … Read more
Dr Joanna Teuton,Public Health Intelligence Adviser,Public Health Scotland “I began a college course…. I had to leave home at 7am to walk across town with my child to childminder, as no buses to that area, then walk back across town to catch bus then run, on foot, to college for a 9am start… I had … Read more
Suzanne Forup,Head of Development for Scotland, Cycling UK Cycling helps tackle poverty – here’s how Despite the recent falls in inflation, the cost-of-living crisis has not gone away and many families in Scotland are struggling with hard decisions on how to manage on fixed, limited incomes. Around 21% of Scotland’s population live in relative poverty, … Read more
Ralph Hartley,Policy Officer,The Poverty Alliance This year the Cross Party Group on Poverty in the Scottish Parliament has been undertaking an inquiry into poverty in rural Scotland. The inquiry will publish its final report in early 2024, but after three sessions we have already heard clearly that the continuing injustice of poverty in Scotland, exacerbated … Read more
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
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
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
Catherine McWilliam, Nations Director, IoD Scotland https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IoD_film_cpw_2023.mp4 Read the full article – and a special #ChallengePoverty opinion piece by our director Peter Kelly – in the the IoD Autumn Magazine Much of my time is spent challenging existing perceptions of the IoD. Our membership is not made up of stereotypical leaders – suited, booted and … Read more
Robyn Moffat-Wall, Training and Engagement Officer,Financially Included Illustrations by Nic Dickson. Financially Included is a partnership project between GEMAP Scotland and the Glasgow Violence Against Women Partnership, funded by the Scottish Government’s Delivering Equally Safe Fund. We are the only project in Scotland solely dedicated to economic abuse and the financial impact of gender-based violence. … Read more
Samaritans Scotland Samaritans Scotland and the University of Strathclyde are conducting research into insecure work, economic insecurity and suicidality. If you are interested in taking part or finding out more please contact Dave Morris at d.morris@samaritans.org This Challenge Poverty Week it’s vital that we recognise that suicide is an inequality issue. The latest suicide statistics … Read more
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