The Scottish Campaign on Rights to Social Security (SCoRSS) is a coalition of over 40 key NGOs, faith groups and unions as well as individuals from across Scotland who want to see a fairer social security system.
Our Principles for Change sets out the five principles we believe need to be at the heart of our social security system.
Any interested organisation or individual is welcome to join. Membership is free and simply involves confirming that you agree with the five principles. members are welcome to get involved in the campaign steering group if they have the time and resources to do so.
To join the campaign please contact:
Ruth Boyle, Campaigns & Policy Manager
[email protected]
Tel: 0141 353 0440
Briefing: Scottish Government Debate on Investing in Public Services
In our wealthy nation, it is unjust that so many people do not have adequate incomes for a dignified life, with 21% of people in Scotland living in poverty. Poverty causes severe harm to people’s daily lives, damaging their health and employment prospects, risking financial and personal wellbeing, and infringing basic rights to things like … Read more
Briefing: Child poverty debate in the Scottish Parliament – 10 June 2024
One in four children in Scotland live in poverty. In a country as wealthy as Scotland, this is simply not acceptable. The Poverty and Inequality Commission’s latest scrutiny report on progress of the Child Poverty Delivery Plan makes clear that child poverty levels have stayed broadly the same as they were five years previously, when … Read more
News: Campaigners warn this could be the most unequal election in 60 years
Anti-poverty campaigners are launching a new voter registration campaign, warning that this election could see the biggest-ever gap in voter turnout based on wealth. The Poverty Alliance – Scotland’s national anti-poverty network – says voters on low incomes are being shut out of the political process, with politicians ignoring their interests, and trust in politics … Read more
Briefing: Ministerial statement on the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan
One in four children in Scotland live with the injustice of poverty in wealthy Scotland. This is simply not acceptable. Last year, the Poverty and Inequality Commission’s scrutiny report concluded that – without urgent and concentrated action – the Scottish Government will miss its 2030 child poverty targets. In the 12 months following the publication … Read more
News: How can we best help people living in rural Scotland build a life beyond poverty?
We should all be able to fulfil our potential, and live a decent and dignified life regardless of where we live. So how can we best help people living in rural Scotland build a life beyond poverty? Because among our handsome towns, idyllic villages, and beautiful landscapes, some 15% of rural households have incomes below … Read more
News: Rural idylls can hide poverty injustice
A cross-party group of MSPs and campaigners is asking the Scottish Government to take a closer look at the ‘injustice’ of poverty in Scotland’s rural communities. In a new report, the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Poverty says higher costs for fuel, energy, transport, food, and housing are pulling too many people in rural Scotland … Read more
Report: Cross Party Group on Poverty inquiry into rural poverty
The Cross Party Group on Poverty in the Scottish Parliament is a forum for exploring the drivers of and solutions to poverty in Scotland. It acts 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 policymaking and contribute … Read more
Get Heard Scotland: Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-up – Report of Citizens’ Panel
The Scottish Government is working to raise awareness of Scottish benefits, and to ensure that people are receiving what they’re entitled to. To support this, the Poverty Alliance – as part of the Get Heard Scotland project – worked to recruit, facilitate and support a Citizens’ Panel on the impacts of poverty related stigma on … Read more
Guest blog: A new beginning… or more of the same?
Linda Craik, Activist,End Poverty Edinburgh Clilck here to find out more about End Poverty Edinburgh A year ago, on 3rd May 2023, myself, and others with lived experience of poverty took part in the then First Minister’s Poverty Summit in Edinburgh. During that summit – and in follow up meetings with the First Minister, and … Read more
Consultation response: The Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill
It is wrong that disabled people are more at risk of being pushed into poverty in wealthy Scotland. Evidence relating to disabled people’s poverty is stark. Some 41% of children living in poverty come from a household containing a disabled adult or child. This represents almost double the overall figure for child poverty in Scotland (24%).1 It is … Read more
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