At Poverty Alliance, we understand that poverty is a human rights issue. The Scottish Government’s commitment to introducing a Human Rights Bill for Scotland has been welcomed by our membership. We believe it is essential that the Scottish Government take forward these high-profile commitments to ensure that duty bearers work proactively to realise all of … Read more
In a nation as wealthy as Scotland, it is not right that 21% of people – and one in four children – live in poverty. Organisations in Scotland’s third sector are often at the frontline of efforts to challenge the injustice of poverty, providing vital support to people who are held back from being able … Read more
The Poverty Alliance has embarked on a new project Taking Action on Rural Poverty, that will develop new ways of tackling the rural poverty premium, with a focus on Aberdeenshire and Argyll and Bute. This briefing was undertaken as initial scoping work to help us better understand the Aberdeenshire local authority area. You can read … Read more
The Poverty Alliance has embarked on a new project Taking Action on Rural Poverty (TARP), that will develop new ways of tackling the rural poverty premium, with a focus on Aberdeenshire and Argyll & Bute. This briefing was undertaken as an initial scoping exercise to help us better understand the Argyll & Bute local authority … Read more
More than 14 million people in the United Kingdom (UK) are currently living in poverty, and the number of people experiencing deep poverty is increasing (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2024). We worked with the Mental Health Foundation and researchers from the University of Strathclyde on this report, where we examine how experiences of poverty stigma are … Read more
2023-24 has been a busy year for End Poverty Edinburgh; an anti-poverty citizen group whose members all have lived experience of poverty. From meeting with councilors to put forward our views, sharing the reality of poverty by speaking at partner’s events and meetings, and holding our first conference as part of Challenge Poverty Week in … Read more
In our wealthy nation, it is unjust that so many people do not have adequate incomes for a dignified life, with 21% of people in Scotland living in poverty. Poverty causes severe harm to people’s daily lives, damaging their health and employment prospects, risking financial and personal wellbeing, and infringing basic rights to things like … Read more
One in four children in Scotland live in poverty. In a country as wealthy as Scotland, this is simply not acceptable. The Poverty and Inequality Commission’s latest scrutiny report on progress of the Child Poverty Delivery Plan makes clear that child poverty levels have stayed broadly the same as they were five years previously, when … Read more
One in four children in Scotland live with the injustice of poverty in wealthy Scotland. This is simply not acceptable. Last year, the Poverty and Inequality Commission’s scrutiny report concluded that – without urgent and concentrated action – the Scottish Government will miss its 2030 child poverty targets. In the 12 months following the publication … Read more
The Cross Party Group on Poverty in the Scottish Parliament is a forum for exploring the drivers of and solutions to poverty in Scotland. It acts to connect MSPs with organisations working to tackle poverty, as well as with people living on low incomes across Scotland, in order to better inform anti-poverty policymaking and contribute … Read more
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