David Eyre 
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
David Eyre,Communications Officer, The Poverty Alliance People in Scotland believe in a society based on justice, compassion, and equality. I know. I’ve seen the figures. The newest edition of the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey has found that almost half of people think government should increase taxes and spending on health, education and social benefits. Just … Read more
Lydia Murphy,Development Officer,The Poverty Alliance Our Lydia Murphy recently shared her expert human rights knowledge with THRE – Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities. A recording of her webinar is above, and in this special blog she talks about how organisations have a responsibility to use their budgets to support our shared human rights. … Read more
Erica Young,Policy Officer (Social Justice),Citizens Advice Scotland Click here to read Designing In Dignity – the new SCoRSS paper! What would a society which values its members equally, providing all of them with the means to flourish and live a dignified life, look like, and how do we get there? This election year we have … Read more
Dr Hayley Bennett,Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh Click here to download the discussion paper! From 2021 to 2022, Dr Hayley Bennett, University of Edinburgh, collaborated with the Poverty Alliance research team using an ESRC impact placement to undertake a project exploring ‘participation’ in policymaking. In this blog, she summarises the discussion paper, ‘Participatory … Read more
Reacting to the King’s Speech, Poverty Alliance chief executive Peter Kelly said: “People in Scotland and across the UK believe in justice and compassion. They don’t want to live in a country where a fifth of our households live in poverty, including 2.6 million children. They can see how food insecurity, deprivation, low pay, insecure … Read more
Peter Kelly, Chief Executive, The Poverty Alliance https://www.povertyalliance.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PK_audio_graphic.mp4 It may have been a surprise election, and only been a six-week campaign, but for many people the ‘festival of democracy’ inspired little genuine enthusiasm. Perhaps this was because the outcome was so widely predicted and, in the end, seemed almost inevitable. More likely was that after … Read more
Responding to the outcome of the UK general election Peter Kelly, Chief Executive of the Poverty Alliance, said: “Going into this General Election, anti-poverty campaigners were clear whoever formed the next government would need to set a new path for the country, one that would deliver freedom from poverty, as well as security and opportunity … Read more
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