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Let’s All Work Together to Ensure Enough Truly ‘Affordable’ Housing in Edinburgh. Part One – New Social Housing Supply
In the August 2021 edition of Tenants Voice, Craig Sanderson, former Chief Executive of Link Housing and member of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission wrote about poverty in Edinburgh and what can be...
Empowering Neighbourhoods
In this insightful guest blog Bridie Ashrowan considers the ambitious cross sector initiatives to eliminate poverty in the city. In late 2020, Edinburgh’s Poverty Commission reported to the city,...
Let’s end poverty – a call to action from End Poverty Edinburgh
Have you seen the Ken Loach film ‘I Daniel Blake’? It’s not a film you could forget. It tells the story of Daniel Blake, living on benefits due to ill-health, who befriends a young woman...
Let’s All Work Together to Ensure Enough Truly ‘Affordable’ Housing in Edinburgh. Part One – New Social Housing Supply
In the August 2021 edition of Tenants Voice, Craig Sanderson, former Chief Executive of Link Housing and member of the Edinburgh Poverty Commission wrote about poverty in Edinburgh and what can be...
Empowering Neighbourhoods
In this insightful guest blog Bridie Ashrowan considers the ambitious cross sector initiatives to eliminate poverty in the city. In late 2020, Edinburgh’s Poverty Commission reported to the city,...
Holiday Hunger – Discover!
In the first of a new blog series highlighting positive work to address the Commission’s actions, Brenda Black of Edinburgh Community Food looks at an aspect of food insecurity. For four years,...
Council Budget focuses on poverty
Overview On 18 February 2021, Elected Members of the City of Edinburgh Council approved, at their Annual Budget, that over £1 billion be spent in the Budget in the next year to deliver services...
A Just Capital: Charting a Course to Fair Work in Edinburgh
This blog was originally produced for the Fair Work Convention by Dr Jim McCormick, reflecting on his time chairing the Edinburgh Poverty Commission and how the city can promote the principles of...
Let’s end poverty – a call to action from End Poverty Edinburgh
Have you seen the Ken Loach film ‘I Daniel Blake’? It’s not a film you could forget. It tells the story of Daniel Blake, living on benefits due to ill-health, who befriends a young woman...
Holiday Hunger – Discover!
In the first of a new blog series highlighting positive work to address the Commission’s actions, Brenda Black of Edinburgh Community Food looks at an aspect of food insecurity. For four years,...
Council Budget focuses on poverty
Overview On 18 February 2021, Elected Members of the City of Edinburgh Council approved, at their Annual Budget, that over £1 billion be spent in the Budget in the next year to deliver services...
A Just Capital: Charting a Course to Fair Work in Edinburgh
This blog was originally produced for the Fair Work Convention by Dr Jim McCormick, reflecting on his time chairing the Edinburgh Poverty Commission and how the city can promote the principles of...