In our fifth guest blog Ruth Boyle, Policy and Parliamentary Officer at Close the Gap expands on Women’s Poverty. Poverty in Scotland is gendered. This was the case before the outbreak of COVID-19, and this trend is only being exacerbated by COVID-19 and the...
Edinburgh Poverty Commissioner Celia Tennant reflects that to tackle the scale of inequality of youth unemployment it will take radical and bold intervention. Read her full blog on Inspiring Scotland’s website
Commissioner Sandy MacDonald calls for the private sector to find common purpose for better social outcomes in his article in the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s latest bi-monthly magazine. Go to the full article on page 8 of the Economy and Resilience themed Business...
Suzanne Munday our fourth guest blogger is clear, “we have to learn from what has worked and be honest enough to acknowledge what hasn’t so that we take forward the ‘best’ into the post COVID recovery period.” Does this situation sound familiar to you? There is...
In the latest in our series of blogs, Commissioner Mary Alexander welcomes the value of our essential workers being recognised. The interim findings of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission have highlighted the good, the bad and the downright ugly side of COVID-19. Our...
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