Olena Bovdyr, End Poverty Edinburgh I started my new journey to this country in 2022 when I came here from Ukraine. Destiny introduced me to many nice people, and they made their contribution to my life. The fight against poverty, the fight against criminalization, the fight against discrimination, to simply live stably and happily, became … Read more
Linda Craik, End Poverty Edinburgh (opens in new tab) Join the march for all of us and say Scotland Demands Better!(opens in new tab) I’m Linda Craik and I’m a full-time unpaid carer to two family members. When I cast my vote in elections, I thought I was choosing people who indicated that their … Read more
End Poverty Edinburgh are an anti-poverty citizen group aiming to raise awareness of poverty in Edinburgh, influence decision-making, and hold the city to account. Their latest report outlines the important work that members have been carrying out over the last year. You can read it in the window below, or download it from here.
It is with heavy hearts and much sadness that we share the news that our friend and fellow End Poverty Edinburgh member, Charlotte McLurg, passed away late last month. Charlotte was one of End Poverty Edinburgh’s most active members, using her experiences to try and make Edinburgh, and the world, a better place for others. … Read more
Linda Craik,Activist,End Poverty Edinburgh Find out more about End Poverty Edinburgh here(opens in new tab) Being asked to speak at the Poverty Alliance Annual Conference was … terrifying, exciting, a bit stressful and very flattering. Why? Because I’m not a lecturer or an academic with lots of facts, figures and policies at my finger-tips – … Read more
Olena Bovdyr, End Poverty Edinburgh Hello, my name is Olena and I’m a member of End Poverty Edinburgh. I’m glad to be part of this group and feel like I can make a difference. I always feel responsible for my every proposal or thought, since our present and future depend on all of us. We … 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
Linda Craik, Activist,End Poverty Edinburgh Clilck here to find out more about End Poverty Edinburgh(opens in new tab) A year ago, on 3rd May 2023, myself, and others with lived experience of poverty took part in the then First Minister’s Poverty Summit in Edinburgh. During that summit – and in follow up meetings with the … Read more
Linda Craik, End Poverty Edinburgh Read Linda’s speech here and listen to EPE’s Heather on BBC Radio Scotland(opens in new tab) Me? Linda? Speak in front of the First Minister and 100 other strangers? Never in a million years… And yet, in May 2023 at First Minister Humza Yousaf’s Anti-Poverty Summit, that is exactly what … Read more
Linda Craik, End Poverty Edinburgh Linda Craik is a member of End Poverty Edinburgh, an independent group of citizens supported by the Poverty Alliance to raise awareness of poverty in Edinburgh, influence decision making and hold the city to account. She addressed the First Minister’s anti-poverty summit on 3 May 2023. Listen to Heather Pugh … Read more
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