CHALLENGE POVERTY WEEK FAMILY FUN EVENT

Glasgow City Council are working in Partnership with Clyde Gateway to support Challenge Poverty Week. The purpose of the event is to promote the financial support offer that is available to families in the community. By bringing parents together and showcasing the support available from partner groups, we hope to improve parents’ awareness of what support is available to support finances, living on a budget and to feel more connected to their community.

The partner groups at the event will include;

Financial services to help tackle financial inclusion
Money & Benefit Advice
How to manage stress; fundamental in managing financial wellbeing.
Cooking on a budget/Nutritional Information
Digital Inclusion
Family Fun

To support families engaging with Supporting Families: Early Years & Primary project. FSEW will be present at event to support parents to get the information and advice they need. In Gorbals, where the project is at an early stage, this will be a useful engagement activity, to meet new parents.

An Arabic interpreter will be present at the door of the Barrowfield event to support Arabic speaking families.