This week's The Fabian Society report found the poverty premium, the extra cost people in poverty spend on essential services, is £444 per household.

During a cost-of-living crisis, people in poverty have been hit by a huge sum just because they are poor.

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This morning, several EPE members attended an event exploring how our council could become prevention led. Our members Kirsty and Olena shared their own personal lived experiences of using council services, hoping their stories can aid improvement.

It's May.

So let's start this month by quoting a bit of Sir Michael Marmot to all of you folks who are trying to tackle 'inequalities'

'People are not poor because they make poor choices.

Poverty leads to poor 'choices' or more precisely, no choices'

#WednesdayWisdom

Out today new The Fabian Society report Cost Cutters: A plan to tackle the poverty premium and make markets work for low-income families, in partnership with Fair By Design.

Key findings and recommendations⬇️⬇️⬇️

A human rights based approach can help us more effectively tackle poverty. Epic legend Lydia Murphy shows how ⬇️

This shines a light on the reality of hunger for so many people in the UK on the same day the Govt boast of spending an extra £75 Billion on defence.

There’s enough food and enough to feed everyone if our govt chose to. To protect our dignity we need a #MinimumIncomeGuarantee

In-work poverty has far-reaching implications for people's lives, including the human rights of families and children across Scotland.

Explore case studies, evidence and recommendations on in-work poverty in the latest Serving the Future Project briefing 👇

From rising food & fuel costs, cold damp homes and increased ill health - global warming hits poorer people hardest and first. We *must* tackle social justice and climate justice together, setting and binning targets is not the way.

Last summer we facilitated conversations with people with experience of poverty to find out what they wanted from the Human Rights Bill for Scotland. You can read a very brief summary of these conversations here: povertyalliance.org/blog-the-human…

✊Our #RightsInAction project works with community researchers to help them address the injustice of poverty through a #humanrights lens.

👇Reserve your place and find out what we've learned at the launch of our exciting report!

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Do you want to help Edinburgh become the Fair Work Capital of Scotland?

Whether you are an employer, a worker, a charity, or a union rep, we want to hear from you. Come join us at one of these events throughout the rest of April.

'There needs to be truth and honesty from Govt about the scale of the challenge & a compelling vision of the better world we are all aiming for'

Really enjoyed being a witness to a Scottish Parliament Climate Change People's Panel & inform recommendations

Democracy beyond elections 🔽

This week we launched a film showing how people in poverty are charged more for essentials because of the way they pay for them.

We worked with the brilliant Poverty Alliance & Revealing Reality who helped us bring to life the real stories of poverty.

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📢 It’s not right that people in poverty are charged more for energy, credit and insurance because of the way they pay for them.

🎥 Watch Fair By Design’s latest film 👇 to hear brilliant community activists speak out against the #povertypremium .

Huge thanks to Caroline, Zahada and Catherine for sharing their stories to highlight how people in poverty pay more for essentials just because of the payment method they use...Please do watch and share! Fair By Design

It’s now 10 years since Living Wage Scotland was launched!

We’d like to share some key moments with you, reflecting on how far we’ve come on this journey together.

You can see the full video and read the blog on our website: bit.ly/4aagoWG

#LivingWage #FairWork

Discussing the our priorities for Scotland’s economy: ‘the job of the economy should be for people to flourish’ Ewan Aitken 🇺🇦

Great to share learning from Poverty Alliance Rights in Action project at a roundtable exploring participatory research in Scotland
Thanks to The Binks Hub, Third Sector Research Forum for organising!

Today Fiona Hyslop launched the Scottish Government Fair Fares Review.

The Transport Secretary explained how a sustainable #PublicTransport system is vital to achieving our #NetZero ambitions ⬇️

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3TPgwFn