Scotland’s national gathering on transforming outcomes for people facing severe and multiple disadvantage. People do not live their lives in neat, separate boxes. One day the priority is safe housing, the next mental health, substance use, money pressures or contact with the justice system. Yet services remain organised in silos. Too often people are passed ... Read more
Join us to hear about the new story of child poverty in Scotland. When: Tuesday 6th October, 11:00 – 12:00 Where: Online How to register: book your place via Eventbrite: https://new-story-of-child-poverty-in-scotland.eventbrite.com We all want to end child poverty. But progress is slow, and the way we talk about it doesn’t always help. That’s why Save ... Read more
Join us for food, a screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street followed by a fun Q&A session! Film Screening and Q&A: Everybody to Kenmure Street Neighbours and activists rush to surround an immigration van detaining two residents in Scotland’s most diverse community. Everybody to Kenmure Street is an intense, ground-level, and ultimately joyous account of ... Read more
Hosted by Jenni Minto MSP on behalf of the Poverty Alliance. Date: Tuesday 6th October Time: 6pm – 8pm Location: The Burns Room, Scottish Parliament This reception will celebrate the work of our Taking Action on Rural Poverty (TARP) project and provide an opportunity to bring together people with lived experience of poverty, community organisations, ... Read more
Join us for our third Breakfast Briefing as part of Challenge Poverty Week's Fair Work Day. Sign up: Breakfast Briefing Fair Work | Wednesday 7th October, 9:15am - 10am Hosted by Living Wage Scotland, this session will focus on our key policy ask for this year - with a focus on the need to increase ... Read more
Wednesday 7 October, 10am to 12pm- Hope for Sale: Game Over @ STAR Project, 12-14 Wallace Street, Paisley, PA3 2BU As it’s Challenge Poverty Week, there’s no better time to launch the first in our six-part monthly workshop series exploring gambling, financial hardship and mental health. Together, we’ll look beyond individual choices to examine how ... Read more
Looking for advice, guidance or practical support? Empower Aberdeen brings together 60 trusted charities and services for one day at The Music Hall. On Wednesday 7 October, you can access free, face-to-face support on a wide range of issues affecting households across the city. From funding and community services to everyday challenges, this is a ... Read more
Primary Schools online session: Getting Ready to Tackle the Cost of the School Day Wednesday 7 October, 11am-12pm Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland invites young people from Primary schools around Scotland to take part in our Getting Ready to Tackle the Cost of the School Day online learning sessions. Designed in collaboration with ... Read more
Secondary Schools online session: Getting Ready to Tackle the Cost of the School Day Wednesday 7 October 2pm - 3pm Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland invites young people from Secondary schools around Scotland to take part in our Getting Ready to Tackle the Cost of the School Day online learning sessions. Designed in ... Read more
Irvine and North Ayrshire Trades Union Council are again teaming up with the award winning Townsend Productions to screen the newly released film - The Man With The Plan - on Wednesday October 7th at 730 pm in Fullarton Connexions - Church Street Irvine - near Irvine Station and just from the Council Headquarters . ... Read more
Sign up: Breakfast Briefing Special, In Conversation With Amanda Amaeshi | Thursday 8th October, 9:15am - 10am Join us for our final Challenge Poverty Week Breakfast Briefing of the week taking place on 'Tackling Child Poverty' day. We are focusing on the need for children and young people’s voices and participation to be central ... Read more
As part of Challenge Poverty Week, OVOS ambassadors will use young people’s comics and stories as a starting point for exploring what poverty looks like in everyday life, and what this can tell us about policy and services. Working with participants, ambassadors will lead a creative Story → Policy → Change activity, using the comics ... Read more
‘Tackling In-Work Poverty through Fair Work’ hosted by the Edinburgh Fair Work Action Group The Edinburgh Fair Work Action Group is a collaboration of employers all committed to the promotion of Fair Work in the city. During Challenge Poverty Week, the group wants to bring together partners from across the city to explore ways we ... Read more
This training session will support participants to better understand the impact of poverty on people’s lives and consider how services can respond in a sensitive, respectful and non-stigmatising way. The session will explore practical approaches to embedding poverty-sensitive practice in everyday work with individuals and communities. Organiser: Dundee City Council Community Health Team and NHS ... Read more
Join us for a practical Learning Exchange for people involved in running village halls and community spaces across Argyll & Bute – a chance to share what’s working, learn from others and take away ideas for your own community. In the morning, we'll hear from: 🌟Christine from The Nevis Centre, as she shares how they ... Read more
As part of Challenge Poverty Week, this webinar will explore the role of a Minimum Income Guarantee in tackling child poverty drawing on new evidence from both One Parent Families Scotland and insight from the Poverty Alliance. Built on lived experience and whole family support, we’ll share the impact of living on an inadequate income ... Read more
The Poverty Gameshow Heating, Eating or Meeting? Thursday 8th October 12-1pm Outside the Scottish Parliament Come and join Active Inquiry's Drama for Democracy group and take part in The Poverty Gameshow! The lights are on, the sparkle is out and the prizes are ready. You just need to choose between heating, eating or meeting? Stop ... Read more
Hamilton Information Project for Youth (HIPY) will host an event that will be comprised of an information market-place with other partner organisations, including COVEY Befriending, with a focus on ways to support young peoples' financial health and wellbeing. The event will be held in the Regent Shopping Centre, Hamilton and as part of the event, ... Read more
Human rights are minimum standards developed to ensure we are all able to lead dignified lives, but we know that poverty and inequality are creating a human rights crisis across Scotland and the UK. Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of human rights failures, and this understanding of poverty has underpinned the work ... Read more
Sign up: Annual Challenge Poverty Week Lecture | Thursday 8th October, 6pm The Poverty Alliance are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker for our Annual Challenge Poverty Week Lecture 2026 will be Asad Rehman, Chief Executive of Friends Of The Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Asad previously worked at Friends of the Earth ... Read more
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