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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...