Background
Scotland now has ambitious targets to reduce child poverty by 2030. Delivering on these targets will require action from national and local government in Scotland, as well as from organisations in the third and private sectors. But what actions will make the biggest difference, what matters most to people living on low incomes, and what do we know about what works right now?
The Get Heard Scotland initiative is being run by the Poverty Alliance over the next three years to enable people with direct experience of living on a low income, as well as those who are working at the front line, to contribute to answering these questions. The initiative will feed back the views and priorities that emerge to local and national government, feeding into relevant policies. At the same time participants in the initiative will gain experience of the policy-making process, make a real impact on anti-poverty policy in Scotland, and better understand how they can influence policy priorities in future.
The half day seminar is for anyone who wants to better understand the Scottish Government’s approach to addressing child poverty, who wants to contribute to shaping local and national priorities, and who wants to help mobilise against poverty.
Agenda
9.30 Registration & coffee
10.00 Welcome and introduction
Robert McGregor, Cosla
10.10 The Child Poverty Delivery Plan: A New Approach to Tackling Poverty
Scottish Government
10.30 Tackling Child Poverty: Developing local priorities
Hanna McCulloch, Child Poverty Coordinator, Improvement Service
10.50 Discussion
11.15 Coffee
11.30 Hearing What Matters: The Role of the Get Heard
Peter Kelly, Director, the Poverty Alliance
Twimukye Mushaka, Senior Development Officer, the Poverty Alliance
12.15 Next Steps
12.30 Close
This event is part of the Get Heard Scotland initative, funded by the Scottish Government
