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.
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 Flexible Working Scotland, Peer Wiorks and The Melting Pot, in collaboration with the Edinburgh Fair Work Action Group, for a free panel session marking Fair Work Day during Challenge Poverty Week. Hear real, practical stories about what fair, flexible work looks like day to day, from employers putting it into practice and people experiencing ... 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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