Poverty Alliance members are invited to join us for a monthly meeting to discuss a poverty-related issue with the Poverty Alliance team and guest speakers holding relevant expertise. This is also an opportunity to ask questions, take part in a wider discussion with Poverty Alliance members. Topics will be confirmed in due course. Thurs 26th ... Read more
Join our Get Inspired Programme over August and September and get ready to take part in Challenge Poverty Week 2026. These free online sessions will equip you with practical ideas, campaign tools, and all the information you need to your voice against the injustice of poverty from Monday 5th October - Sunday 11th October. Whether ... Read more
Join us to hear about our policy priorities, learn why they matter, and find out how you can get involved in using them to advocate for change during Challenge Poverty Week.
This year, our Rights in Action project is focused on the relationship between environmental, economic, social and cultural rights - looking closely at how the climate crisis and climate action impact on communities experiencing poverty. When it comes to the climate crisis, people experiencing poverty face a triple injustice: those on the lowest incomes contribute ... Read more
Join the Living Wage Scotland team to delve into the vital role of employers in tackling in-work poverty in Scotland as we discuss the scale of low pay and insecure work across the nation. Learn more about the benefits and process of our Living Wage, Living Hours and Living Pension accreditation schemes to help you ... Read more
Challenge Poverty Week stall on main concourse of Ninewells Hospital outside NHS Tayside's Advice Centre. Will be manned by Advice Centre staff, including medical students. Stall with Challenge Poverty resources will promote cost of living support initiatives to NHS staff, patients, families & carers.
Join our first Challenge Poverty Week Breakfast Briefing of the week! Sign up: Breakfast Briefing Social Security | Monday 5th October, 9am - 9:45am We are kicking off the week and taking a closer look at the theme of the day: Social Security. This session will focus on social security and explore specifically the role ... Read more
JRF Scotland invites you to join us for the launch of the Poverty in Scotland 2026 report. Register to attend online or in-person here At the event we will share the latest findings on poverty in Scotland and discuss the vital role local government can play in preventing and reducing it. We'll bring new evidence ... Read more
Please join us on Monday 5th October for the End Poverty Edinburgh citizen group’s 4th annual Challenge Poverty Week event. We'll explore two themes regarding poverty - 3rd spaces in the morning, and wellbeing in the afternoon. You can attend either one, or join us for the full day. The event will include panels, discussions, and film, ... Read more
Please join us on Monday 5th October for the End Poverty Edinburgh citizen group’s 4th annual Challenge Poverty Week event. We’ll explore two yet to be announced themes regarding poverty – one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. You can attend either one, or join us for the full day. The event will ... Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sands Films presents THE MAN WITH THE PLAN A young person discovers the Beveridge Report: she questions…What happened? What is next? Starring Simon Callow as William Beveridge, with Sophie Jenkin, Mark Thomas, Alan Cox, Neil Gore, Neil D'Souza, Andrew Tiernan, Hal Cruttenden, Michael Mears and the voice of Miriam Margolyes . Also, with the appearance ... Read more
Scotland's political landscape is changing. With a newly elected Scottish Parliament and Government in place, and a new UK Prime Minister Government focussing on the cost-of-living crisis, what does this mean for efforts to tackle poverty and build a more just society? Join members of the Poverty Alliance, campaigners, community organisations, policymakers, practitioners and everyone ... Read more
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