Poverty
This Cross-party group's purpose:
Aims to act as a forum for exploring the drivers of and solutions to poverty in Scotland. It will act to connect MSPs with organisations working to tackle poverty, as well as with people living on low incomes across Scotland, in order to better inform anti-poverty policy-making and contribute to the ending of poverty in Scotland
Next meeting
Monday, December 4, 2023
We will host our final evidence session on Monday the 4th December from 3-4:30 also online. This will also act as our AGM.
There will be a private online meeting between MSPs and people with lived experience of rural poverty on Wednesday the 29th November from 1-2.
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Ruth Boyle.
Address:
Email: [email protected]
Involved in the group
MSPs, individuals and organisations who participate in and support this group.
Current Members
Paul O'Kane
Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Beatrice Wishart
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
MSP for: Shetland Islands (Constituency)
Miles Briggs
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Bob Doris
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Constituency)
Rhoda Grant
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Monica Lennon
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Ben Macpherson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Constituency)
Carol Mochan
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Alex Rowley
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Collette Stevenson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: East Kilbride (Constituency)
Non MSP Individuals
Janice ConnellyOrganisations
Poverty Alliance - secretary
The Pyramid at Anderston
CHAP
Poverty and Inequality Commission
Glasgow Disability Alliance
Friends CIC
Age Scotland
The Wise Group
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Parenting Across Scotland
Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA)
Community Transport Association
SURF - Scotland's Regeneration Forum
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)
Scottish Pensioners Forum
Newton Primary School
Save the Children
Bridgeton CAB
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Dundee Bairns
Xaverians UK
EBI Unites
Oxfam Scotland
Diabetes Scotland
FARE Scotland
Ferguslie Community Development Trust
Bute Advice Centre
Dalkeith CAB
Women's Enterprise Scotland
Barnardos Scotland
Funeral Link
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home
Scottish Community Safety Network
Homeless Network Scotland
Moray Food Plus
Cranhill Development Trust
Includem
The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
Shelter Scotland
NASUWT
Crisis
Health and Social Care Alliance
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland
Welfare Scotland
Close the Gap
Mayfield & Easthouse Development Trust
Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit
David Hume Institute
Scottish Womens Convention
Spirit Advocacy
Darkwood Crew
South Uist and Benbecula Free Church
Sikh and Punjabi Junction Social Enterprise Project
One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS)