Mon 6 - Sun 12 October 2025
About Challenge Poverty Week
The first Challenge Poverty Week was launched by the Poverty Alliance in 2013.
We wanted to highlight the injustice of poverty in Scotland, and to show that collective action based on justice and compassion can create solutions.
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Resources from CPW 2024
Daily Themes from CPW 2024
Blogs & briefings from CPW 2024
Blog: Together, we can challenge the injustice of rural poverty in Scotland
Ralph Hartley,Policy Officer,The Poverty Alliance This year the Cross Party Group on Poverty in the Scottish Parliament has been undertaking an inquiry into poverty in rural Scotland. The inquiry will publish its final report in early 2024, but after three sessions we have already heard clearly that the continuing injustice of poverty in Scotland, exacerbated … Read more
Guest blog: We don’t need to accept this injustice
Brid Cullen,End Poverty Edinburgh At the start of this Challenge Poverty week to raise awareness of the scale of poverty in our towns and communities around Scotland there are some shocking facts that we need to face up to. More people are suffering now than when the Poverty Alliance brought organisations together in 2013 to … Read more
Guest blog: How are we challenging poverty at Fife Gingerbread?
Fife Gingerbread Fife Gingerbread are a wee children and families charity supporting families in the Fife area. Our staff and volunteers support about 650 families in need every year, and around 90% are households headed by inspirational lone parents. We deliver a range of frontline services through our projects spanning family support, volunteering, employability, family … Read more
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