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Commission Member Zoe Ferguson recently wrote a blog reflecting on the Commission’s experience of publishing its latest report examining the impact of coronavirus on people living in poverty in Edinburgh.
She notes that despite there being increasingly widening inequalities in the city, this pandemic should be a catalyst for compassionate change.
Go to the full article on the Sceptical Scot website.
Coronavirus Report in the Media
This week, we published our latest interim report, Poverty and Coronavirus in Edinburgh, which examines the impact of the pandemic on people living in poverty in the city.
On the back of this, we have been delighted with the response that local and national media have had to this report.
Below are some highlights:
- BBC Radio Scotland – Commission Member and co-author of the report, Zoe Ferguson, discussed the report with presenter, Laura Maxwell, on the flagship programme, Good Morning Scotland.
- STV News – Poverty gap could be ‘magnified’ by coronavirus crisis
- The Times – Coronavirus in Scotland: Layoffs spell rise in poverty in Edinburgh
- The Herald – Coronavirus: Empty hotels and Airbnbs could be used to permanently shelter homeless families
- The Scotsman – Warning coronavirus could widen rich-poor gap
- The Daily Record – Health crisis risks widening poverty gap
- The Scottish Sun – Empty AirBnB flats in Edinburgh could be bought by council to help house homeless
- Edinburgh Evening News – Edinburgh Airbnb flats could be bought by council to house homeless: Poverty Commission says gains made during coronavirus crisis must not be lost
- Edinburgh Live – Edinburgh to see huge widening of poverty gap from pandemic, with unemployment numbers set to soar
- Scottish Housing News – Report reveals impact of coronavirus on poverty in Edinburgh
Poverty and Coronavirus Report on National Radio
On Tuesday morning (19 May 2020) we published our latest report, Coronavirus and Poverty in Edinburgh, and had an opportunity to discuss our research on BBC Radio Scotland’s flagship programme, Good Morning Scotland.
Edinburgh Poverty Commission Member and co-author of the report, Zoe Ferguson, spoke to presenter, Laura Maxwell.
In the interview, Zoe emphasised that, although the Coronavirus crisis has created individual and collective trauma for the city, this pandemic should be viewed an opportunity for a just transition to take place as we look to redesign and rebuild a fairer economy.
Listen to the interview here.
It pays to Maximise
Vice Chair Cllr Cammy Day calls for the Maximise project to be widened across Edinburgh. He notes that there is £80million in unclaimed benefits by the city’s residents. Go to the full article on the Evening News website.
Blogs and other updates
Listen, Learn and Lead
Commission Member Sandy Macdonald reflects on our latest report, Coronavirus and Poverty in Edinburgh, and suggests that what we have learned so far at the city level should be scaled up and applied elsewhere. It's clear that the current pandemic will hit those who...
Poverty and Coronavirus in Edinburgh: Interim Report
As the UK went into lockdown in March, we published an update on our work and asked for people to tell us about their experiences of living in poverty in Edinburgh. Today, in response to this call, we have published an interim report (and a summary of the report). In...
Update in light of the Coronavirus outbreak
It goes without saying that Coronavirus is dominating all of our lives at the moment. Up until last week Edinburgh Poverty Commissioners were busy preparing to host events in the lead up to the launch of our final report next month. For the time being we...
Have Your Say on Poverty in Edinburgh
The survey can be accessed here and will remain open until Friday 31 January 2020. Ahead of publishing our final recommendations in March, we are working on a short project to capture what people really think about poverty in Edinburgh. Collaborating with researchers...