CPAG in Scotland
@cpagscotland.bsky.social
CPAG in Scotland works to end child poverty in Scotland.
www.cpag.org.uk
www.cpag.org.uk
At the Cost of the School Day summit young people told Scotland's First Minister what more they think needs to happen in their schools to make sure poverty doesn't have an impact on learning.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/2t4cpbfu
Find out more: tinyurl.com/2t4cpbfu
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
At the Cost of the School Day summit young people told Scotland's First Minister what more they think needs to happen in their schools to make sure poverty doesn't have an impact on learning.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/2t4cpbfu
Find out more: tinyurl.com/2t4cpbfu
There's only a few places left to book for our in-person Seminar in 3 weeks. Join us as we share with other advisers the challenges you’re seeing, stay up to date with the latest developments & consider tactics to best support clients through this period of change.
cpag.org.uk/training-and...
cpag.org.uk/training-and...
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There's only a few places left to book for our in-person Seminar in 3 weeks. Join us as we share with other advisers the challenges you’re seeing, stay up to date with the latest developments & consider tactics to best support clients through this period of change.
cpag.org.uk/training-and...
cpag.org.uk/training-and...
We’re turning 60!
Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
📷Thursday 6 November
📷9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom)
Register for your free place here:
cpag.org.uk/60years
Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
📷Thursday 6 November
📷9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom)
Register for your free place here:
cpag.org.uk/60years
60 years of Child Poverty Action Group
Join us for a special online event marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, with keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
cpag.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We’re turning 60!
Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
📷Thursday 6 November
📷9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom)
Register for your free place here:
cpag.org.uk/60years
Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
📷Thursday 6 November
📷9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom)
Register for your free place here:
cpag.org.uk/60years
PRESS RELEASE Campaigners welcome Poverty and Inequality Commission's call for urgent action on child poverty cpag.org.uk/news/campaig...
Campaigners welcome poverty commission call for urgent action
Campaigners welcome poverty commission call for urgent action
cpag.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
PRESS RELEASE Campaigners welcome Poverty and Inequality Commission's call for urgent action on child poverty cpag.org.uk/news/campaig...
Inspiring day on #ScotlandDemandsBetter march with other members of @endchildpoverty.bsky.social Thousands uniting for better social security, better jobs and better public services to #endchildpoverty. Now its time for decision makers @ukparliament.parliament.uk & @scotparl.bsky.social to act!
October 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Inspiring day on #ScotlandDemandsBetter march with other members of @endchildpoverty.bsky.social Thousands uniting for better social security, better jobs and better public services to #endchildpoverty. Now its time for decision makers @ukparliament.parliament.uk & @scotparl.bsky.social to act!
This weekend we will be joining the march for all of us in Edinburgh.
With upcoming child poverty strategies for both the UK and Scotland, we need to make the progress needed so that no child grows up in poverty #ScotlandDemandsBetter
Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com
With upcoming child poverty strategies for both the UK and Scotland, we need to make the progress needed so that no child grows up in poverty #ScotlandDemandsBetter
Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This weekend we will be joining the march for all of us in Edinburgh.
With upcoming child poverty strategies for both the UK and Scotland, we need to make the progress needed so that no child grows up in poverty #ScotlandDemandsBetter
Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com
With upcoming child poverty strategies for both the UK and Scotland, we need to make the progress needed so that no child grows up in poverty #ScotlandDemandsBetter
Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com
Reposted by CPAG in Scotland
Too many children are missing out on the support they deserve.
Our report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky shows how to make the system fairer, safer and better for everyone.
👉 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Our report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky shows how to make the system fairer, safer and better for everyone.
👉 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Too many children are missing out on the support they deserve.
Our report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky shows how to make the system fairer, safer and better for everyone.
👉 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Our report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky shows how to make the system fairer, safer and better for everyone.
👉 opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Every child in Scotland deserves the best start in life & better social security has a key role to play.
We will be joining the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march in Edinburgh on Sat calling for more action from both UK & Scottish govts to keep children out of poverty. See you there!
We will be joining the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march in Edinburgh on Sat calling for more action from both UK & Scottish govts to keep children out of poverty. See you there!
October 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Every child in Scotland deserves the best start in life & better social security has a key role to play.
We will be joining the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march in Edinburgh on Sat calling for more action from both UK & Scottish govts to keep children out of poverty. See you there!
We will be joining the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march in Edinburgh on Sat calling for more action from both UK & Scottish govts to keep children out of poverty. See you there!
Five weeks until our afternoon Seminar event in Glasgow, which is proving to be a very popular event.
Have you booked your place yet?
cpag.org.uk/training-and...
Have you booked your place yet?
cpag.org.uk/training-and...
October 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Five weeks until our afternoon Seminar event in Glasgow, which is proving to be a very popular event.
Have you booked your place yet?
cpag.org.uk/training-and...
Have you booked your place yet?
cpag.org.uk/training-and...
Great responses so far to the Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto - still time to contribute, the link is live until the end of October!
🗣️tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
🗣️tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
📢Calling all schools in Scotland!
Be part of creating a Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto this Challenge Poverty Week and throughout October.
Let's tell the people in charge what has to change in our schools: tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
Cost of the School Day / CPAG Scotland
Be part of creating a Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto this Challenge Poverty Week and throughout October.
Let's tell the people in charge what has to change in our schools: tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
Cost of the School Day / CPAG Scotland
October 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Great responses so far to the Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto - still time to contribute, the link is live until the end of October!
🗣️tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
🗣️tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
Join us in Edinburgh on 25th Oct as we join anti-poverty orgs, faith groups, trade unions and thousands from across Scotland to demand better for our children from our MPs and MSPs. Despite recent progress over 1 in 5 of our children are still in poverty #ScotlandDemandsBetter
October 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Join us in Edinburgh on 25th Oct as we join anti-poverty orgs, faith groups, trade unions and thousands from across Scotland to demand better for our children from our MPs and MSPs. Despite recent progress over 1 in 5 of our children are still in poverty #ScotlandDemandsBetter
Will you be at #SNP25 this weekend? Come and join #EndChildPoverty's fringe event to hear from speakers including Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP to explore what must happen now to meet the 2030 child poverty targets
🗓️Saturday 11th October, 12:30-13:30
📍Meeting Room 4, TECA (Aberdeen)
🗓️Saturday 11th October, 12:30-13:30
📍Meeting Room 4, TECA (Aberdeen)
October 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Will you be at #SNP25 this weekend? Come and join #EndChildPoverty's fringe event to hear from speakers including Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP to explore what must happen now to meet the 2030 child poverty targets
🗓️Saturday 11th October, 12:30-13:30
📍Meeting Room 4, TECA (Aberdeen)
🗓️Saturday 11th October, 12:30-13:30
📍Meeting Room 4, TECA (Aberdeen)
📢Calling all schools in Scotland!
Be part of creating a Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto this Challenge Poverty Week and throughout October.
Let's tell the people in charge what has to change in our schools: tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
Cost of the School Day / CPAG Scotland
Be part of creating a Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto this Challenge Poverty Week and throughout October.
Let's tell the people in charge what has to change in our schools: tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
Cost of the School Day / CPAG Scotland
October 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
📢Calling all schools in Scotland!
Be part of creating a Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto this Challenge Poverty Week and throughout October.
Let's tell the people in charge what has to change in our schools: tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
Cost of the School Day / CPAG Scotland
Be part of creating a Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto this Challenge Poverty Week and throughout October.
Let's tell the people in charge what has to change in our schools: tinyurl.com/4ebxass6
Cost of the School Day / CPAG Scotland
We are looking forward to attending the annual #ChallengePovertyWeek lecture on the 9th October and hearing from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on hope and making change happen
Register: www.tfaforms.com/5196599
Register: www.tfaforms.com/5196599
Join us for the Annual #ChallengePoverty Week Lecture on Thurs 8th October
Poverty Alliance and SPIRU will be joined by Professor Ruth Patrick delivering the lecture : Imagining Better: Social security, hope/lessness and how we might and must make change happen.
Sign up: www.tfaforms.com/5196599
Poverty Alliance and SPIRU will be joined by Professor Ruth Patrick delivering the lecture : Imagining Better: Social security, hope/lessness and how we might and must make change happen.
Sign up: www.tfaforms.com/5196599
October 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We are looking forward to attending the annual #ChallengePovertyWeek lecture on the 9th October and hearing from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on hope and making change happen
Register: www.tfaforms.com/5196599
Register: www.tfaforms.com/5196599
Huge thanks to everyone who came along to the #CostoftheSchoolDay young people summit this week - great questions for the First Minister on child poverty and equity in education.
Look out for the Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto coming soon.
Look out for the Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto coming soon.
October 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who came along to the #CostoftheSchoolDay young people summit this week - great questions for the First Minister on child poverty and equity in education.
Look out for the Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto coming soon.
Look out for the Young People's Poverty and Education Manifesto coming soon.
HAVE YOUR SAY... we’re already planning next year’s training programme in Scotland and would really appreciate your suggestions on any particular topics you’d like to see included.
Fill in your suggestions here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/V2JNHNK
Thanks!
Fill in your suggestions here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/V2JNHNK
Thanks!
Scotland training programme feedback 2025
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
HAVE YOUR SAY... we’re already planning next year’s training programme in Scotland and would really appreciate your suggestions on any particular topics you’d like to see included.
Fill in your suggestions here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/V2JNHNK
Thanks!
Fill in your suggestions here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/V2JNHNK
Thanks!
A chance to share with other advisers in Scotland the UC migration challenges you’re seeing, stay up to date with the latest developments & consider tactics to best support clients through this period of change.
Join us in Glasgow on 27 November.
Book now cpag.org.uk/training-and...
Join us in Glasgow on 27 November.
Book now cpag.org.uk/training-and...
September 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A chance to share with other advisers in Scotland the UC migration challenges you’re seeing, stay up to date with the latest developments & consider tactics to best support clients through this period of change.
Join us in Glasgow on 27 November.
Book now cpag.org.uk/training-and...
Join us in Glasgow on 27 November.
Book now cpag.org.uk/training-and...
PRESS RELEASE: CPAG welcomes positive evaluation of Scottish child payment cpag.org.uk/news/cpag-we...
CPAG welcomes positive evaluation of the Scottish child payment.
Child Poverty Action Group welcomes positive evaluation of the Scottish child payment.
cpag.org.uk
September 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
PRESS RELEASE: CPAG welcomes positive evaluation of Scottish child payment cpag.org.uk/news/cpag-we...
The fully updated 5th edition of 'Financial Help for Families: what you need to know' is out now!
This book covers all the main social security benefits available throughout the UK, as well as different payments only available in Scotland.
This book covers all the main social security benefits available throughout the UK, as well as different payments only available in Scotland.
Financial Help for Families: what you need to know, 5th ed
Many families who struggle to make ends meet do not claim all the financial support they are entitled to.
cpag.org.uk
August 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The fully updated 5th edition of 'Financial Help for Families: what you need to know' is out now!
This book covers all the main social security benefits available throughout the UK, as well as different payments only available in Scotland.
This book covers all the main social security benefits available throughout the UK, as well as different payments only available in Scotland.
And that’s a wrap on CPAG’s Welfare Rights Conference 2025! Thank you to all of our speakers, contributors, exhibitors and all our delegates. We will see you next year! #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
And that’s a wrap on CPAG’s Welfare Rights Conference 2025! Thank you to all of our speakers, contributors, exhibitors and all our delegates. We will see you next year! #WelfareRights2025
What are the implications for UK benefit reforms for families in Scotland? The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms is joined by GDA’s Tressa Burke and CPAG’s Sophie Howes to discuss this now at our plenary session chaired by Brian Taylor #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What are the implications for UK benefit reforms for families in Scotland? The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms is joined by GDA’s Tressa Burke and CPAG’s Sophie Howes to discuss this now at our plenary session chaired by Brian Taylor #WelfareRights2025
We're supporting the #ScotlandDemandsBetter campaign- too many families in Scotland are living in poverty.
We need more government action both in Scotland & at UK level, such as investment in social security for families, so that that everyone has a foundation for the future.
tinyurl.com/2utbrsep
We need more government action both in Scotland & at UK level, such as investment in social security for families, so that that everyone has a foundation for the future.
tinyurl.com/2utbrsep
June 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We're supporting the #ScotlandDemandsBetter campaign- too many families in Scotland are living in poverty.
We need more government action both in Scotland & at UK level, such as investment in social security for families, so that that everyone has a foundation for the future.
tinyurl.com/2utbrsep
We need more government action both in Scotland & at UK level, such as investment in social security for families, so that that everyone has a foundation for the future.
tinyurl.com/2utbrsep
Time for a coffee and to browse the exhibition stands before our morning workshops begin - sessions on housing costs, improving carer benefits, migrants' rights and more #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Time for a coffee and to browse the exhibition stands before our morning workshops begin - sessions on housing costs, improving carer benefits, migrants' rights and more #WelfareRights2025
CPAG’s John Dickie sets the scene on before our keynote speaker. While we have seen child poverty fall in Scotland as a result of social security investment - the current policy package will fall far short of meeting 2030 targets #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
CPAG’s John Dickie sets the scene on before our keynote speaker. While we have seen child poverty fall in Scotland as a result of social security investment - the current policy package will fall far short of meeting 2030 targets #WelfareRights2025
It’s started! CPAG’s annual welfare rights conference returns. Looking forward to some great sessions and visiting some great exhibitors: @agescotland.bsky.social, @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social, @familyfund.bsky.social, @ima-citrights.bsky.social and more! #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
It’s started! CPAG’s annual welfare rights conference returns. Looking forward to some great sessions and visiting some great exhibitors: @agescotland.bsky.social, @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social, @familyfund.bsky.social, @ima-citrights.bsky.social and more! #WelfareRights2025