CPAG in Scotland
@cpagscotland.bsky.social
CPAG in Scotland works to end child poverty in Scotland.
www.cpag.org.uk
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November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just 10 days and a few places left to book for our Seminar in Glasgow next week. Book now!
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November 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just 10 days and a few places left to book for our Seminar in Glasgow next week. Book now!
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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...
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
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...
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
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.
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...
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
GDA's Tressa Burke speaks about the proposed disability benefit reforms: ‘When so much is known about the barriers and difficulties that disabled people face how could the UK government have got this so wrong?’ #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
GDA's Tressa Burke speaks about the proposed disability benefit reforms: ‘When so much is known about the barriers and difficulties that disabled people face how could the UK government have got this so wrong?’ #WelfareRights2025
Next we hear from CPAG’s head of policy Sophie Howes - there are reasons to be hopeful for the upcoming child poverty strategy but there is still a failure to recognise the value of social security to reduce child poverty #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Next we hear from CPAG’s head of policy Sophie Howes - there are reasons to be hopeful for the upcoming child poverty strategy but there is still a failure to recognise the value of social security to reduce child poverty #WelfareRights2025
The conference hears from the Minister for Social Security and Disability Stephen Timms MP ‘we hope to confirm how people in Scotland can access the UC health element in time for the White paper in Autumn’ #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The conference hears from the Minister for Social Security and Disability Stephen Timms MP ‘we hope to confirm how people in Scotland can access the UC health element in time for the White paper in Autumn’ #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
The conference hears from Miriam Craven (Social Security Scotland) ‘We are extremely proud of everything we have delivered but aware there are still a lot of challenges. We are listening’ #WelfareRights2025
June 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The conference hears from Miriam Craven (Social Security Scotland) ‘We are extremely proud of everything we have delivered but aware there are still a lot of challenges. We are listening’ #WelfareRights2025
Our first keynote speaker is @sa4dunfermline.bsky.social Eradicating child poverty is a top priority for Scottish Government & investment in social security is an essential way to support families as well as 'taking every effort to ensure this support reaches families'
June 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Our first keynote speaker is @sa4dunfermline.bsky.social Eradicating child poverty is a top priority for Scottish Government & investment in social security is an essential way to support families as well as 'taking every effort to ensure this support reaches families'
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
Everyone can need a helping hand from time to time. Financial insecurity holds people, families and the country back.
That’s why we were on the MIG Expert Group. Action can and must start now - including increasing the Scottish child payment.
Read the report: www.gov.scot/isbn/9781836...
That’s why we were on the MIG Expert Group. Action can and must start now - including increasing the Scottish child payment.
Read the report: www.gov.scot/isbn/9781836...
June 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Everyone can need a helping hand from time to time. Financial insecurity holds people, families and the country back.
That’s why we were on the MIG Expert Group. Action can and must start now - including increasing the Scottish child payment.
Read the report: www.gov.scot/isbn/9781836...
That’s why we were on the MIG Expert Group. Action can and must start now - including increasing the Scottish child payment.
Read the report: www.gov.scot/isbn/9781836...