Communities & networks manager @PovertyAlliance Scotland's anti-poverty network | @PeoplePowrd board member. Own views etc.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined November 2016
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The inspirational @EndPovEdin held its 2nd citizen-led conference as part of #CPW24. They united partners from across the city to focus on collective action to combat community exclusion. And had fun!
Find out more about their work povertyalliance.org/epe/
More important than ever to bring people together to ask What’s Next for Human Rights in Scotland.
Working with partners and communities to raise our voices for a strong human rights bills. We want to close a human rights accountability gap and claim #AllOurRights
ALT Lydia speaking in in front of a poverty alliance logo
ALT Mairi speaking in front of slides, asking if you agree
ALT Neil speaking in front of a Amnesty Scotland slide
ALT A panel of people sitting and speaking to the audience
People naturally want to have a say and voice in their community.
It takes years of distrust, inequality, deserts of local democracy and a broken voting system to drive turnout as low as #GE24
An important call for the new UK Govt to turn the tide on the drivers of deep hardship. With a lovely shout out to @EndPovEdin excellent hustings:
‘They easily give some of our broadcasters a run for their money.’
Watch the hustings here youtube.com/watch?v=hjwKKUrn…
📢With one week to go until the General Election, our Chief Executive, Jim McCormick, looks at the key drivers of poverty in Scotland today and how the new UK Government must turn the tide on deep hardship.
Read the full blog below ⤵️#OurEssentials
therobertsontrust.org.uk/new…
Inspired and awed by a visit to Greener Kirkcaldy. Their community work to take action on the climate emergency while supporting people through poverty is done with such love and is a blueprint for the local thinking we need on global issues 💚🌍
Nothing about us without us ✅
Members of @EndPovEdin connecting today with @JimMcCormick16 who chaired the Edinburgh Poverty Commission. Key to that was an ambition to ‘hand the baton’ to people living with poverty. Now they’ll review progress equally
edinburghpovertycommission.o…
ALT A group of seven people posing together against a white wall.
Discussing the our priorities for Scotland’s economy: ‘the job of the economy should be for people to flourish’ @EwanAitken
ALT Four panel members on a stage in front of a presentation slide
I’m with the mighty Caroline from @EndPovEdin at this mornings launch or @EdinComFood excellent #CashFirstToolkit
Reminder: tickets are still available for our Cash First event this week, Friday 22nd March. 🎟 Book a ticket: CashFirstJourney.eventbrite.….
Our theme is 'conversation' 🗣. We're looking forward to hearing from our speakers, plenty of discussion and sharing a delicious lunch! 🍓
