Get Heard Scotland 2019-20: North Ayrshire Summary Report
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Our Lives Our Solutions: New Get Heard Scotland report launched
People living on low incomes across Scotland have called for increased action to loosen the grip of poverty on their lives, in a new report published today by the Poverty Alliance. Our Lives, Our Solutions – the annual report from the Poverty Alliance’s Get Heard Scotland initiative, which is funded by the Scottish Government as … Read more
Our Lives Our Solutions: The Annual Report of the Get Heard Scotland Project 19/20
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New data shows more and more children in Scotland being pulled into poverty
New analysis published today has highlighted that even before the devastating impact of Covid-19 on household incomes, child poverty has been rising rapidly in some of the poorest communities in Scotland and across Britain, leaving growing numbers of children cut adrift and ill equipped to cope with the impact of the pandemic. The End Child … Read more
Campaigners call for emergency cash boost to prevent child poverty crisis
Campaigners call for emergency cash boost to prevent child poverty crisis Over 100 organisations and academics sign letter to First Minister “Grave concern” regarding impact of crisis on family incomes and children’s wellbeing Over 100 children’s charities, faith groups, academics, think tanks, poverty campaigners and trade unions have today written an open letter to the … Read more
Unearthing the hidden problems in the system of Universal Credit
In this blog, Laura Robertson, Research Officer at Poverty Alliance, shines a light on some of the lesser-known problems inherent in Universal Credit. The last six weeks have shown us that our sense of compassion is alive and well as people rush to volunteer, donate, and protect neighbours and loved ones. But it has also exposed … Read more
First Minister urged to put wellbeing at the heart of our economic recovery
Poverty Alliance and Wellbeing Economy Alliance have written to the First Minister to urge her to task the recently appointed Advisory Group on Economic Recovery with putting social justice at the heart of their work. Full text below. Dear First Minister, Economic Recovery and Covid-19 Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, we have witnessed … Read more
Briefing: National Organisations & Covid-19
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Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into the five-week wait for Universal Credit
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Blog: 5 things I learned from Get Heard Scotland
Twimukye Macline Mushaka, Senior Fieldwork Officer at Poverty Alliance, reflects on the things she learned from talking to different people across Scotland as part of the Get Heard Scotland project. Her blog comes ahead of the publication of the full Get Heard Scotland report later this month. While all of these sessions were undertaken before … Read more
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