What is Challenge Poverty Week?
Challenge Poverty Week is designed to highlight that poverty is a problem we can solve, and to showcase solutions we can all get behind.
The week is an opportunity for you to raise your voice against poverty and unite with others in calling for a more just and equal Scotland.
#ChallengePoverty #NowIsTheTime
What we can achieve together this Challenge Poverty Week
- To raise a unified voice against poverty and show that we all want to live in a more just and equal Scotland.
- To build awareness and support for solutions to poverty.
- To change the conversation around poverty and help end the stigma of living on a low income.
Challenge Poverty Week 2021 key messages
Too many people in our society are locked in the grip of poverty, restricted from playing a full role in society. In Scotland, we all agree that poverty can, and must, be solved. By redesigning our economy to reflect our shared values of justice and compassion, we can unlock poverty’s grip. Action must be taken to boost people’s incomes, reduce the cost of living, and create the just and green Scotland we all want to see.
Strathaven Academy will be showing our support by delivering poverty-related lessons, joining in with a national social media campaign (please check Twitter daily for our posts), and signposting pupils towards support.