Poverty

Communities and charities with new ideas to tackle child poverty will be given the opportunity to bid for part of a new £7.5 million... Read more

Yesterday saw the start of Challenge Poverty Week, an annual campaign designed to raise awareness of anti-poverty work in Scotland... Read more

On September 25th 2015, Scotland, along with 192 other countries, adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and... Read more

Twelve charities have been granted additional funding for pilot projects which aim to reduce the impact of welfare cuts and poverty... Read more

Social and economic justice campaigners have long used the title of this blog as a slogan to campaign on a range of human rights... Read more

Our sector has an ambitious vision for Scotland’s future. The question is how can we make our vision a reality? Read more

Policy briefing 8 April 2016 Taking action together SCVO briefing: issues for the third sector beyond 2016 Our vision A fairer... Read more

The Trussell Trusts’s Lucy Keen reflects on the right to food after hearing Shami Chakribati at the Gathering. Read more

In the week where the UK Government has announced a 3% increase in the minimum wage, and a 20% increase in the minimum wage for... Read more

Our response SCVO welcomes this Independent and Scottish Green Debate ‘An End to In-work Poverty’, and would like to contribute the... Read more