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Ending Poverty in Edinburgh Delivery Plan 2020-2030
At yesterday’s (1 December 2020) the City of Edinburgh Council’s Policy and Sustainability Committee, agreed the Ending Poverty in Edinburgh Delivery Plan 2020-2030 outlining how the Council will rise to the challenge of ending poverty in Edinburgh by 2030. Ahead of...
Living Wage Week articles
A Just Capital identified action needed for Edinburgh’s employers, Trades Unions, social enterprises, and public sector bodies to come together in a new collective to make Edinburgh a Living Wage City with a shared commitment to the actions needed to at least double...
Council agrees Commission’s actions
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...
‘A Just Capital’ report in the media
Last week, we published our final report, A Just Capital, setting out actions to end poverty in Edinburgh. 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: The Herald Why is...
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Can Edinburgh build its way out of poverty?
There is no pathway to ending poverty in Edinburgh without resolving the city’s housing and homelessness crisis, writes our guest blogger, Professor Glen Bramley from the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities Research at Heriot Watt University. The city of...
Blog: End Poverty Edinburgh – The Baton Holders
On Tuesday, the City of Edinburgh’s Policy and Sustainability Committee agreed the actions set out in the End Poverty in Edinburgh Delivery Plan 2020-30, published by the Council last week. This is a significant step in meeting the Edinburgh Poverty Commission’s call...
Blog: End Poverty in Edinburgh Delivery Plan 2020-30
2 December 2020 When we launched our final report, A Just Capital , we specifically asked public bodies to endorse our Call to Action. The City of Edinburgh Council, was yesterday (1 December), first off the mark and Councillors on the local authority’s Policy and...
A Just Capital: Final Report Launch Event
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...