Blogs from The Poverty Alliance and guests.
Polly Jones,Director of Communities,The Trussell Trust &Chair of The Poverty Alliance Click here to join The Poverty Alliance Today is Day 5 of #ChallengePoverty Week – and it’s also when The Poverty Alliance is holding its Annual General Meeting. Our chair Polly Jones writes about the successes and challenges of the past year or so, … Read more
Malcolm Sayers,Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer Scotland,Independent Age Click here to read Independent Age’s Take Up Gap Briefing It’s long been known that poverty comes at a cost, not only for the people constrained by it, but for society as a whole. The social security system is a vital tool helping protect people from … Read more
Ed Pybus, Chair, Scottish Commission on Social Security Get involved in #ChallengePoverty Week In a special blog to mark the launch of Challenge Poverty Week 2026, SCoSS Chair Ed Pybus writes about the value of social security in addressing poverty and supporting human rights. The Scottish social security system is built around a set of … Read more
Isobel Grahl, Member, Argyll & Bute Taking Action on Rural Poverty Panel Join the call for food essentials The Argyll and Bute Cost or Rural Living citizens’ panel is asking Co-op members to join their call for more access to own-brand breakfast cereals. Will you join them? Over the last two and a half years … Read more
Hayley Bennett, Morgan Currie, and Alli Spring, The University of Edinburgh Read more about the Advancing Digital Welfare Administration (ADWA) project Social security policies have featured heavily in anti-poverty debates in Scotland for the last ten years including urgent questions around Scottish Government powers, social justice approaches to welfare provision, people’s experiences of life on … Read more
Dr Laura Jones, Research Officer,The Poverty Alliance Click here to read the TARP Evaluation Report! Taking Action on Rural Poverty is coming to the end of its three-year funding in October, marking the conclusion of an ambitious project to build understanding and awareness of the rural poverty premium: the unjust additional costs in time and … Read more
Gillian Campbell, Director, Existing Homes Alliance Scotland Read the ExHA briefing on heat networks and fuel poverty Everyone should have a warm, safe place to call home. That means a home that is affordable to heat and healthy to live in. Scotland is energy rich, yet we still have around one in three households living in fuel … Read more
Becky Hothersall, Development Officer,The Poverty Alliance Click here to explore the photostories! Click here for exhibition details Over the past few months, citizens’ panel members from the Taking Action on Rural Poverty project have been working on a Photostories project, using photos and personal stories to explore the lived realities of the rural poverty premium – the extra costs, time and opportunities lost that … Read more
Chloe Campbell,Policy & Parliamentary Officer, The Poverty Alliance Read our Right to Food response here People believe in a Scotland where everyone can live in health and dignity, and where no one experiences hunger. But too many in our communities are skipping meals, cutting back on fresh food and choosing between heating their homes and feeding their families. That isn’t inevitable. It’s the result of the political and economic choices that make poverty … Read more
Philippa Kemp,Communications & Participation Manager,One Parent Families Scotland. Click here to find out more about Transforming Child Maintenance “Child maintenance is about making sure children have what they need to grow, learn and feel secure. Every child deserves support from both parents, whether they live under the same roof or not.” –Member of the Transforming … Read more
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