David Reilly

It was great that @BrendanOHaraMP came along last night to learn more about our Taking Action on Rural Poverty #TARP project - and the fantastic work of Moving On Mid Argyll, @msargyll and Mid Argyll Youth Development Services on a new community food hub in Lochgilphead

As Communities and Volunteers are in the spotlight today for #CPW24 I wanted to showcase our fantastic Argyll and Bute Cost of Rural Living citizens' panel members. Our panellists are so active in their communities - that's how we met - so here's a taste of what a few of them do!

Senior Research Officer @PovertyAlliance - to work across a range of qualitative research projects. £39,248 – £42,222, Hybrid/Glasgow Find out more at: tinyurl.com/57tbm84v #research

Big thanks to everyone who attended our #ChallengePoverty Week event at the amazing @GCP_Edinburgh yesterday! We hope you found it valuable - it was amazing to see so many organisations and individuals come together for such an important issue. #CPW24

The inspirational @EndPovEdin held its 2nd citizen-led conference as part of  #CPW24. They united partners from across the city to focus on collective action to combat community exclusion. And had fun! Find out more about their work povertyalliance.org/epe/

It's #ChallengePovertyWeek We sat down w/ @PovertyAlliance to see the real difference @IS_EqualityHR funding is making. We discussed poverty as a human rights issue & met w/ a community researcher to talk about the importance of language. Watch 👇 vimeo.com/1011305400/6f8…

Our 15th blog in the 24 in 2024 series has been published - Colleges have a Critical Role to Play in Tackling Child Poverty - written by Jackie Galbraith, Principal and CEO at West Lothian College @WestLoCollege Read it here bit.ly/4dBpmx3

At the @PovertyAlliance we will join with 100s of organisations across during #ChallengePoverty Week to raise our voices against poverty & unite in calling for a just and equal Scotland. Get involved at events & discussions across the country: povertyalliance.org/cpw

First Minister @JohnSwinney hosted an anti-poverty roundtable with the @PovertyAlliance at Bute House. At the meeting, Mr Swinney heard about potential actions that could help @scotgov go further to support families out of poverty. #ChallengePovertyWeek

Earlier today, we supported people with experience of living on a low income to meet with the First Minister. An important discussion during #CPW24 on the challenges facing people across Scotland & the action that’s needed to build a Scotland free from the injustice of poverty.

@EndPovEdin "if you want children to stop being cold, to do well in school, to be able to have hot meals, you've got to reduce energy bills...it's not just a poverty premium in poverty terms, it's also time...the system has to change"

During #CPW24, we are hosting a daily breakfast briefing to discuss the policy changes needed to tackle poverty across: 🏘️Housing 🚍Transport 💳Adequate incomes 🍏Food 🫂Communities and volunteers Find out more and register to attend here: povertyalliance.org/events/tag/bre…

Let's challenge the injustice of rural poverty! Kick off your #ChallengePoverty Week preparations by joining us online on Fri 4 Oct 4 to learn about #TARP and opportunities for change. 👇Find the sign-up details in the @cpw_scotland calendar. povertyalliance.org/event/challeng…

Poor must not bear the burden of austerity once again, @PovertyAlliance tells @Keir_Starmer following his speech okt.to/TDE8us

More important than ever to bring people together to ask What’s Next for Human Rights in Scotland. Working with partners and communities to raise our voices for a strong human rights bills. We want to close a human rights accountability gap and claim #AllOurRights

Looking to understand data on rural poverty and key issues facing rural communities in Scotland - read @PovertyAlliance newly published reports povertyalliance.org/research-publi…

We can only end the injustice of poverty when people work together.

People naturally want to have a say and voice in their community. It takes years of distrust, inequality, deserts of local democracy and a broken voting system to drive turnout as low as #GE24

"To rebuild trust in our system, they need to deliver real change" - @PovertyAlliance responds to the outcome of the UK General Election #GE2024 Read more: povertyalliance.org/news-to-rebuil…