Making Change Happen Conference

Poverty Alliance chief executive Peter Kelly speaking about the conference on BBC Radio Scotland

Recordings of opening and closing sessions

Scotland is a country that believes in justice and compassion. These values guide the anti-poverty movement in all that we do – including the design and delivery of our campaigning activities.  

 On 29 November 2024, the Poverty Alliance annual conference focused on how we make change happen. What strategies are open to our sector as we push for a Scotland free from poverty? How do we learn from existing, successful campaigns? How do we engage more groups and individuals? How do remain resilient in the face of setbacks? And how can we apply this learning to our core policy priorities across child poverty, better public services, the Minimum Income Guarantee and social security reform at the UK level? 

It was a chance to discuss how we organise for change, from the grassroots to the national level, to learn from each other about what works and when, and to help shape the anti-poverty movement’s campaigning priorities for the coming years. 

Conference briefing

Our conference briefing sets out summaries of all the discussions from the plenary sessions and workshops that were held during the Making Change Happen conference. You can read it in the window below, or download it from here.

Making Change Happen conference briefing

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