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Isla McIntosh (She/They)
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Communities & Networks @PovertyAlliance. Trustee @MakingRightsReal Likes: people power, intersectional human rights, snacks, and nature.
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📆 Thu 24 July, 7 - 8 pm
Change for the better happens when people stand together and demand it! Join this free online meeting to talk about how we can mobilise people in your community for the Scotland Demands Better march. #WeDemandBetter
www.povertyalliance.org/event/scotla...
July 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Turn up. Step up. Demand better. Join the march for all of us. Edinburgh - 25 Oct. #WeDemandBetter scotland-demands-better.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"Making Rights Real putting radical kindness into action, living it and showing it daily" - amazing celebration of @makingrightsreal.bsky.social achievements & Impact report launch #ayearofMRR 👇treat yourself to a fantastic, inspiring read makingrightsreal.org.uk/launch-of-ou...
Launch of our New Impact Report: A Year of Making Rights Real – Making Rights Real
makingrightsreal.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Poverty means 'everyday is a struggle to survive and look your kids in the eye to let them see you're OK, they'll be OK- it's exhausting' @childrenfirst.bsky.social MaryGlasgow on why emotional, practical and financial support is key to whole family wellbeing @povertyalliance.org seminar
May 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Very excited to be part of one of the most ground breaking grassroots orgs in the UK. @makingrightsreal.bsky.social is a global leader in rights based community development. More of this everywhere please!
MRR is thrilled to welcome three new Trustees to the board! Liz, Isla, and Angela joined us earlier this year -- you can read all about them here: makingrightsreal.org.uk/making-right...

#HumanRights #RightToHousing #RightToHealthcare
April 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
North Highland Women's Wellbeing Hub are some of the most inspiring human rights defenders in Scotland today 📢- come along next week to hear about their campaign to protect women's rights to health and healthcare 💟🩺
📢Last remaining places

We'll be:
✅️ Hearing from local health campaigners
✅️ Learning about right to healthcare
🗣 How to hold duty bearers accountable

🏥 Healthcare is a Human Right
📆 Date: 27 feb • 18:00
🎟 Book here for tickets: ⬇️

www.eventbrite.com/e/healthcare...
February 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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📆 Tue 18 Feb - 10.30am-2pm - Edinburgh
We want to bring together people involved in anti-poverty Lived Experience projects across Scotland. Let's connect and learn about how we can make change together!
Email Lydia.Murphy@povertyalliance.org to find out more.
February 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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💥First post alert!

Join us for march and demo on #HumanRightsDay:
👉Gather at St Giles - 10am
👉Royal Mile march - 11am
👉Holyrood demo - 12 pm
👉Speakers and soup - 1pm

Placard making sessions:
🎨7th Dec 2pm-6pm, 34 Wrights Houses, Edinburgh
🎨8th Dec 10am-12pm, Earth in Common
#AllOurRightsInLaw
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Human rights are not just abstract ideals; they are standards for our governments, intended to ensure that every person can live a life of dignity and respect. But - as our Lydia Murphy shows in her blog - they're out of reach for too many people.
Blog: What stops people in poverty realising their human rights? - The Poverty Alliance
Lydia Murphy, Development Officer, The Poverty Alliance Click here to read the briefing Human rights are not just abstract ideals; they are standards for our governments, intended to ensure that…
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December 9, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Amazing panel @povertyalliance.org #RightsInAction webinar sharing what #Empowerment looks like - power of collective, peer support, knowing your rights to recognise when they're being breached & where to go for redress
December 3, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Tomorrow is Poverty Alliance annual conference- we’ll be talking about how we can make change happen.

We’re sold out, but you still have the chance to join the opening & closing plenaries online. We’ll be live steaming between 10.00-11.10 and 14.50-16.00.

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November 28, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Revved up&inspired by fab opening speakers @povertyalliance.org #MakingChange @dhnnjyn.bsky.social @rozfoyer.bsky.social @lesswastelaura.bsky.social 🎯 We need to work together 🕸intersectionally 📣with grassroots leadership 💬 change public narrative ⚖️ & Upend today's systemic inequality crisis ↗️
November 29, 2024 at 11:18 AM