David Reilly

Communities & networks manager @PovertyAlliance Scotland's anti-poverty network | @PeoplePowrd board member. Own views etc.

[Becky Hothersall @BHothersallPA]

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

[Becky Hothersall @BHothersallPA]

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!

[goodmoves.org @goodmovesjobs]

Senior Research Officer @PovertyAlliance - to work across a range of qualitative research projects. £39,248 – £42,222, Hybrid/Glasgow Find out more at: https://t.co/bEVz6J5XwY #research

[End Poverty Edinburgh @EndPovEdin]

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

[David Reilly @CommunityDavid]

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 https://t.co/N60wVKJqao

[Inspiring Scotland @InspiringSland]

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 👇
https://t.co/rNvSPTlq8p

[Colleges Scotland @CollegesScot]

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 https://t.co/pUHbDNRoqr

[Peter Kelly @PK_PovAlliance]

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: https://t.co/b9l3CtdcI0

[First Minister @ScotGovFM]

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

[The Poverty Alliance @PovertyAlliance]

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.

[Social Market Foundation @SMFthinktank]

@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"

[The Poverty Alliance @PovertyAlliance]

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: https://t.co/BNm9p3AZuQ

[The Poverty Alliance @PovertyAlliance]

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. https://t.co/rWBbyqHsw2

[Third Force News @ThirdForceNews]

Poor must not bear the burden of austerity once again, @PovertyAlliance tells @Keir_Starmer following his speech https://t.co/xqxrxIUvp9

[David Reilly @CommunityDavid]

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

[Laura Robertson @lrobertson31]

Looking to understand data on rural poverty and key issues facing rural communities in Scotland - read @PovertyAlliance newly published reports https://t.co/AmDfnrOvdi

[David Reilly @CommunityDavid]

#LoveGlasgowHateRacism

[The Poverty Alliance @PovertyAlliance]

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

[David Reilly @CommunityDavid]

https://t.co/LVmzRHrUf4

[David Reilly @CommunityDavid]

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

[The Poverty Alliance @PovertyAlliance]

"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:
https://t.co/AMsQjRTh1O