'From my perspective, huge swathes of our population are anything but well, and it’s the ever increasing gap between rich and poor that is driving the distance and lack of understanding between the two.' Today's read comes from our friend and partner Poverty Truth Network 👇

Brought out the big guns for today’s How To Write Right workshop for Carnegie UK. Brill to see old pals and new, and to witness some high calibre content crafting. You rock, kids

Another 😋 morning at the Corstorphine Störtebäckerei.

This week saw a really important story that speaks to who we are as a country. And it wasn’t a story about the colour of a flag on a shirt.

Can't get over that there's been a *68%* increase *in one year* in the number of people who don't have enough food to *3.7 million* people and it's not anywhere near the biggest news story.

From Stranraer to Thurso: SCO launches Scotland-wide summer touring programme. Our critic @kenwalton4 looks at what's in store

scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… Scottish Chamber Orchestra

New government statistics show a worrying decrease in real terms household income across the UK: gov.uk/government/sta…

Our Life in the UK index unsurprisingly showed that low levels of household income correlated strongly with lower levels of wellbeing.

Looking forward to a trip down memory lane tomorrow evening. #Holyrood #Devolution

While a healthy economy is important, we believe that our public spending should also consider social, environmental and democratic factors. The winner of the next general election should put our collective wellbeing at the heart of their decision-making: theguardian.com/business/2024/…

This is interesting. I’m also thinking that there’s scope here to bring data and individual stories together in a powerful way that can really put the myth to bed.

Little Carnegie UK contingent heading to this on Thursday. Give me a shout if you'd like to catch up: x.com/HolyroodSource…

Our Carnegie UK Life in the UK Index highlighted a catastrophic collapse in citizens’ confidence in democratic processes. As Torsten Bell says, we need to start to rebuild faith in the possibility of change. carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/l…

*This* is why we need a future generations approach to policy and funding in Scotland. Read Sophie Howe for Carnegie UK explaining how it works carnegieuktrust.org.uk/blog-posts/sho…

Early start in Aberdeen volunteering in support of the amazing The Benedetti Foundation. Toi toi toi!

Well deserved ⭐️s - a wonderful concert. 👏🏻 🎶

NEW BLOG 📝 | Would fewer Red Box moments lead to better policy?

Stu Mackinnon looks at new insights from the Institute for Government exploring the potential benefits of committing to a single fiscal event per year ⬇️ carnegieuktrust.org.uk/blog-posts/wou…

Check out this Wellbeing Framework Data Dashboard produced by our friends North of Tyne Combined Authority northoftyne-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/pro…