Parents and carers living on a low income share how their children are held back and denied opportunities.

#HopeStartsHere is a call for change to their children’s realities. Listen to the parents and carers and the solutions they seek.

Listen and Share: changingrealities.org/hope

Progress requires collaboration. Today the Early Education and Childcare Coalition #RescueAndReform
manifesto launches. Proud to be part of what we hope will be a vital step towards transforming early education.
Show your support for the manifesto here:
earlyeducationchildcare.org/manifesto

Today we met with Labour's Shadow Minister for Social Care Andrew Gwynne MP along with the great organisations supporting our campaign to mark the countdown to #CarersWeek

We discussed the challenges that carers are facing and the need for a new and ambitious National Carers Strategy.

🔍 Care Full - a new organisation launched by hannah webster and Ruth Hannan - explores what a system that enables us to care for ourselves, each other and the planet, by design, looks like.

Hannah shares their four narrative shifts to centre care 👇 gmpovertyaction.org/designing-syst…

All care, paid and unpaid, has to be recognised and valued to finally break the link between care, poverty and inequalities. Great to see the progress made by Oxfam Scotland and partners on their call for a dedicated new National Outcome on Care! #ScotlandCares

1/6: Our Chief Executive Anela Anwar's comments on yesterday's Green Paper...

Enough is enough. Disabled people are not the problem.

Last week the Prime Minister made a speech about so-called 'sicknote culture'. He also proposed major changes to disability benefits.

Today we're launching a petition in response to this full-on assault of disabled people.

🧵1/2 Last week, Oxfam released its #Valued report highlighting the crucial role of #care in our society & economy.
Read the report 👉bit.ly/3JUmRcV

A reminder of what's at stake as the power-sharing agreement between The SNP and Scottish Greens collapses🔽

Whoever runs the @ScotGov, investing in tackling the climate crisis isn’t a choice, it’s a necessity.

The people of Scotland want climate leadership and for all parties to work together to deliver action.

Fair climate action will unlock major benefits.

News: today we launched a new policy brief with 12 cancer and health charities. We worked with Matt Padley, & Loughborough University to look at the devastating financial impact of a cancer diagnosis for someone who can only claim statutory #sickpay Read👇
centreforprogressivechange.org/blog/sick-pay-…

What do we want? Care work to be #Valued !
When do we want it? Now!
Learn more in our weekly recommendations:
🟩 How governments can value care work - views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2024/04/britai…
🟩 #Valued : policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/valu…
🟩EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy podcast w/ Bhumika Muchhala: shows.acast.com/5fd1d0b2a8ff37…

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The Prime Minister's comments about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) show a complete lack of understanding of the reality of PIP, poverty, health, and disability. 1/🧵

My The Guardian story (with Matthew Pearce ): Half a million unpaid carers in the UK looking after frail, ill and disabled loved ones are failing to claim the £4,200-a-year carer’s allowance despite experiencing high levels of poverty, estimates show theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Join us in Manchester in September for the #EPOP2024 Conference! Call for papers now open! Deadline 21st May. Submit paper proposals using link below. You can contact me or Nicole Martin if you have any questions.

A major new report #Valued by Oxfam shows how care, paid and unpaid, is the foundation of our economy and society fabric. 🔻

This a time for brutal honesty.

If the Scottish Government axes the 2030 climate target, it would be the inevitable consequence of their too slow and too shallow climate action to date.

Ambitious promises were always going to prove hollow without major new investment in delivery.

Care is central our society (and economy). Those providing care should not be living in poverty. Imagine if we invested in people who care and our care infrastructure. Please read #Valued for some thoughts on how it could be so different: policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/valu… Dr Silvia Galandini

Can’t emphasise enough how important this report is. Taking a systemic approach to care, focusing on structural issues & structural systemic solutions.
We welcome it and look forward to collaborating with partners to centre care in our socio economic model.