In our next Challenge Poverty Week guest blog, Linda Lees, Lifelong Learning Strategic Manager at the City of Edinburgh Council, provides an insight into the innovative Discover! Summer 2021 programme to help address holiday hunger, and so much more. Set up to...
On 30 September we hosted an online event to coincide with the publication of our final report, A Just Capital: Actions to End Poverty in Edinburgh. This was a hugely popular event with over 220 people tuning in from across the country to learn about the Commission’s...
At yesterday’s (6 October 2020) meeting of the City of Edinburgh Council’s Policy and Sustainability Committee, our final report, A Just Capital: Actions to End Poverty in Edinburgh, setting Edinburgh the challenge to end poverty by 2030 was considered and accepted by...
As part of our launch event of our final report, A Just Capital: Actions to End Poverty in Edinburgh, we spoke to four citizens about their experiences of living in poverty in the city. Thanks to Sarah, Linda, Iscah and Paul for their time, knowledge and input. All...
Today, we launch our final report, A Just Capital: Actions to End Poverty in Edinburgh. In this blog, our Chair, Dr Jim McCormick, sets out the Commission’s journey, what we have learned along the way, and what we are calling for next. Read the final report here and...
Actions to End Poverty in Edinburgh: The final report of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission Wednesday 30 September, 2 – 3.30pm. Online event, register in advance via this link. Edinburgh Poverty Commission was set up in November 2018 as an independent group...
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