⚠️ We've had 10 places released for our Breaking Cycles of Poverty Conference next Thu 30th Dynamic Earth, Featuring speakers Ruth Ibegbuna Ruth Ibegbuna & Cormac Russell Cormac Russell, plus breakouts exploring how we can #endpoverty #poverty #conference eventbrite.com/e/conference-b…

The conference is underway as our CEO John Halliday talks about our groundbreaking Lifting Neighbourhood Together project John Halliday #systems change #poverty

The first round of breakouts have begun

Breakout 1A A funders perspective on the role of strengths and trust in community work – chaired by Chris Adams with discussions from Kieran Daly Social Investment Scotland  Nick Addington William Grant Foundation & Zoe Ferguson @robertsontrust  #funding #charity

When does getting “upstream” work well as discussed by Tejesh Mistry -Voluntary Health Scotland Lorraine Gilles who is Associate at Planet Youth Scotland and Katie Weavers The City of Edinburgh Council & Gordon McLean Corra Foundation

When does getting “upstream” work well as discussed by Tejesh Mistry Tejesh Mistry Voluntary Health Scotland  Lorraine Gilles who is Associate at Planet Youth in Scotland and Katie Weavers  The City of Edinburgh Council  & Gordon McLean Corra Foundation #povertyprevention #community

Inspirational changemaker and founder of  social justice and social action organisations Ruth Ibegbuna Ruth Ibeguna talks about challenging stigma and shifting perspectives #stereotypes #change #expectations #hope

Poignant and powerful talk by Ruth Ibegbuna reminding us why we do, what we do - at the Community Renewal Lifting Neighbourhoods Together Breaking Cycles of Poverty conference. 👏🏼

How has replicating Community Renewal’s approach helped Walker in Newcastle thrive? The team from Building Futures East share their experiences #Walker #community

Next up we are delighted to hear from Cormac Russell presenting “Building community change whilst moving at the speed of trust” #community #trust #change Cormac Russell Nurture Development

A big thank you to Nicola Sturgeon who visited our Community Renewal Rom Romeha neighbourhood hub in her local constituency today. She pledged her continued support for the Govanhill Roma Community and our work alongside them. #Govanhill #community #empowerment #thriving

Read our first blog of 2025. Edinburgh Poverty Network met at the end of January. We had Improvement Service and Community Renewal Lifting Neighbourhoods Together speaking on 'joining the dots' - find out more: edinburghpovertycommission.org.uk/2025/02/10/jan…

From our members & partners Places for People Scotland, thank you to Tesco Stronger Starts Scotland for awarding The Hays Community Pantry £1,000. This will help us to continue to provide affordable food to those who are really struggling #strongerstarts #costofliving #poverty

Visit our Shared Learning Hub for speeches, workshops & presentations from our 3 conferences around our test of whole-person, whole-place systems change in 2 deprived neighbourhoods - Lifting Neighbourhoods Together #poverty #community liftingneighbourhoods.org.uk/learning/

Happy Social Prescribing Day! #SocialPrescribingDay The National Academy for Social Prescribing #connections #welllebeing #betterlife

Members from our Caledonia Funeral Aid team will be at this event. If you would like to come along, click the link below to secure your place eventbrite.co.uk/e/bereavement-… #bereavement #edinburgh #loss #grief #support

Achieving transformational impact and building resilience through whole person support. Watch this space... #employability #jobs #wholeperson #jobsearch #jobseekers #nowhiring #confidencecoaching

There are sometimes many factors that stand in the way of someone moving towards employment. Our whole-person approach allows us to support and work in partnership with others to wrap around the need of the individual - as was the case with Joe. #jobs #employability #edinburgh