It is thought almost 40% of children in Scotland will be living in poverty by the year 2030. Continue reading Equality News Update: Sharp rise in Scottish kids living in poverty by 2030, experts claim
Equality News Update: Hub brings out best of a community battling poverty
A community spirit and a willingness to help others is abundant, as a recent visit to the Gallatown’s Happy Days community hub revealed.Continue reading Equality News Update: Hub brings out best of a community battling poverty
Equality News Update: Funding approved for anti-poverty projects
The North East Fife Area Committee this week approved plans to spend £85,000 from a funding pot aimed at tackling poverty.Continue reading Equality News Update: Funding approved for anti-poverty projects
Equality News Update: A divided Kingdom: How child poverty blights the lives of more than 17,000 youngsters in Fife
Michael Alexander investigates the scale of the problem in Fife and visits Glenrothes where high child poverty levels are in stark contrast to the utopian vision of the ‘new town’ created 70 years ago.Continue reading Equality News Update: A divided Kingdom: How child poverty blights the lives of more than 17,000 youngsters in Fife
Equality News Update: Lifting benefit cap ‘could help 15,000 Scots out of poverty
Lifting the benefit cap in Scotland and ending the so-called ‘rape clause’ could lift 15,000 Scots out of poverty, a think tank has claimed.Continue reading Equality News Update: Lifting benefit cap ‘could help 15,000 Scots out of poverty
Equality News Update: Richest and poorest children in Fife separated by matter of miles
Just 17 miles separate the poorest and richest children in Fife. Continue reading Equality News Update: Richest and poorest children in Fife separated by matter of miles
Equality News Update: New 10-year plan to deliver a fairer Fife and tackle poverty
A NEW 10 year plan to deliver a fairer Fife will tackle poverty and “fight austerity by creating opportunities”. Continue reading Equality News Update: New 10-year plan to deliver a fairer Fife and tackle poverty
Equality News Update: Worrying numbers of primary kids being fed by foodbanks
Children are increasingly relying on foodbanks to be fed, worrying new figures have revealed.Continue reading Equality News Update: Worrying numbers of primary kids being fed by foodbanks