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incomes for Challenge Poverty Week 2024 (c) Scottish Government" itemprop="image" height="518" width="800" title="FM meets people with lived experience of life on low incomes for Challenge Poverty Week 2024 (c) Scottish Government" srcset="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54051012157_6b9401e1f3_c.jpg 800w, https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54051012157_6b9401e1f3_c-768x497.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-h94ac0vjt2g1 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="h94ac0vjt2g1"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-yjrog2tfa9xu" data-node="yjrog2tfa9xu"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-14863 size-full" src="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54052204174_546fbe1d39_c.jpg" alt="FM meets people with lived experience of life on low incomes in the Cabinet Room for Challenge Poverty Week 2024 (c) Scottish Government" itemprop="image" height="596" width="800" title="FM meets people with lived experience of life on low incomes in the Cabinet Room for Challenge Poverty Week 2024 (c) Scottish Government" srcset="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54052204174_546fbe1d39_c.jpg 800w, https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54052204174_546fbe1d39_c-768x572.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-lwfnm679jdv0" data-node="lwfnm679jdv0"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-3dr02myohxi5 fl-col-bg-color" data-node="3dr02myohxi5"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-8ve6dzthys2b" data-node="8ve6dzthys2b"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>Poverty is a political choice.</p> <p>On Day 2 of Challenge Poverty Week, First Minister John Swinney MSP heard first-hand from people with lived experience of life on low incomes.</p> <p>Terry McTernan from Paisley, Gordon Jamieson from Dundee, Lydia Gitamvu from Glasgow, Kirsty Ngala from near Huntly, and Angie Bird from Argyll highlighted some of the ways they believe things can be made better. Discussions focused on barriers to work, cuts to public services, stigma and prejudice, and the need to strengthen our social security system.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-9txszliuyh7j" data-node="9txszliuyh7j"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-40y7bp6svjkm fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols" data-node="40y7bp6svjkm"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-separator fl-node-csdhewulop7q" data-node="csdhewulop7q"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-separator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-video fl-node-verbuo6cn0pd" data-node="verbuo6cn0pd"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-video fl-embed-video"> <iframe loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LE2pkf7_1xU?si=rmtuT4Fkj8p0nfzr" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-0ckgo4w2sp68" data-node="0ckgo4w2sp68"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>We wanted to highlight this fantastic film for Challenge Poverty Week, produced by volunteers at the <a href="https://www.shmu.org.uk/">Station House Media Unit (shmu)</a>.</p> <p>In it, Angie and Freya brilliantly highlight the injustices that make women more likely to be pushed into poverty - especially a social security system that doesn't give people a stable foundation to build a decent life for themselves and their households.</p> <p>They also shine a light on the way that prejudice and finger-pointing takes its toll on people's self-esteem and mental wellbeing.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-separator fl-node-9jnd84m6l5eb" data-node="9jnd84m6l5eb"> <div 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srcset="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/morton_cpw1.jpg 900w, https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/morton_cpw1-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-hao5p46e8sby fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="hao5p46e8sby"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-xhld1oqj8ief" data-node="xhld1oqj8ief"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-14870 size-full" src="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/morton_cpw2.jpg" alt="Morton in the Community food bank donations for Challenge Poverty Week 2024 2" itemprop="image" height="675" width="900" title="Morton in the Community food bank donations for Challenge Poverty Week 2024 2" srcset="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/morton_cpw2.jpg 900w, https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/morton_cpw2-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-6iphxwo7d245 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="6iphxwo7d245"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-0r92v7qacdxu" data-node="0r92v7qacdxu"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-14871 size-full" src="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/morton_cpw3.jpg" alt="Morton in the Community food bank donations for Challenge Poverty Week 2024 3" itemprop="image" height="675" width="900" title="Morton in the Community food bank donations for Challenge Poverty Week 2024 3" srcset="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/morton_cpw3.jpg 900w, https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/morton_cpw3-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-kaifv3hrdbzn" data-node="kaifv3hrdbzn"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Poverty Alliance members <a href="https://www.mortoncommunity.net/">Morton in the Community</a> are the charitable trust that works alongside Greenock's famous Morton Football Club.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">They run several community programmes across sport, education, employability, and health - and during Challenge Poverty Week they've been asking participants to donate to a club food bank collection.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">All the donations will go to <a href="https://inverclyde.foodbank.org.uk/">Inverclyde Food Bank</a> to help ensure supplies available for local people who are facing destitution due to not getting enough from work to meet the bills, and inadequate support from our shared social security system.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="uabb-js-breakpoint" style="display: none;"></div><div class="shared-counts-wrap after_content style-fancy"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.povertyalliance.org/challenge-poverty-week-day-2/&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button" title="Share on Facebook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="shared-counts-button facebook shared-counts-no-count" data-postid="14858" data-social-network="Facebook" data-social-action="Share" data-social-target="https://www.povertyalliance.org/challenge-poverty-week-day-2/"><span 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