The Poverty Truth Community
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A movement for change led by people living with poverty.
Day 3 of our exhibition. Thank you so much to everyone who has come away in so far. If you haven’t been able to join us in person, you can still see the digital quilt and full archive here:
edin.ac/4fwv3AN
Make yourself a cuppa, make yourself comfy and dive in.
#comeawayin
about 2 months ago
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We’re open! What a great day yesterday. Thanks so much to everyone who came and shared in our space. We’re open 9-5 today and tomorrow, but your best time to come is 11-2 when Community Members will be there to chat about the work and share a cup of tea with you.
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about 2 months ago
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The Binks Hub
about 2 months ago
The archive is now open 🎉 Explore stories, collage, objects and sound gathered through this shared digital quilt.
#PovertyTruthCommunity
#ComeAwayIn
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
@byreshub.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
TODAY IS LAUNCH DAY! At 12 noon, we launch the Poverty Truth Community archive and digital quilt, alongside the exhibition opening at Byres Community Hub in Glasgow. We’d love to welcome you. More info:
edin.ac/3Fmy4nl
#ComeAwayIn
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
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The boxes are all packed and we are ready (we hope!) for the big day tomorrow. Our digital archive goes live and our exhibition opens at Byres Community Hub.
edin.ac/3Fmy4nl
. We have LOVED working with
@thebinkshub.bsky.social
and
@jeanmmcewanartist.bsky.social
on this and learned so much from them.
about 2 months ago
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The Binks Hub
about 2 months ago
Get your cup of tea ready, we launch tomorrow! At noon, we open the digital archive and launch the exhibition. Stories stitched together. Voices held with care. A community legacy shared. We hope you’ll come away in with us. Byres Community Hub, Glasgow 12pm, 19 May - 12pm, 22 May
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We have LOVED and been so inspired working with you on this Jean 😊
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2 months ago
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How do you tell the story of a community which means so many different things to different people?Come along next week to our exhibition with
@thebinkshub.bsky.social
to find out how our digital quilt helped us tell a cohesive story whose sum is even greater than its beautiful patches.
2 months ago
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The Binks Hub
2 months ago
📣 Only four days to go! On Tuesday we launch: - Our community archive - Our digital quilt and - An exhibition at
@byreshub.bsky.social
in Glasgow We’d love you to join us. Come away in. Find out more:
edin.ac/3Fmy4nl
#ComeAwayIn
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2 months ago
Listen closely. The Poverty Truth Community archive is shaped not only through images, but through voices, conversation & lived experience. Here's a taster from the soundscapes and stories woven through the project:
edin.ac/4fdRr1N
More:
edin.ac/3Fmy4nl
#ComeAwayIn
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Jean McEwan
2 months ago
It's been an honour to work with
@thebinkshub.bsky.social
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
on their community archive, telling the story of their relational approach to anti-poverty work in Scotland
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2 months ago
Each quilt patch is part of a collective story about poverty. Over the coming week we’ll be sharing glimpses of the
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
archive, launching on 19th May. Today, an image submitted to the archive that speaks to dignity, solidarity & change.
edin.ac/3Fmy4nl
#ComeAwayIn
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Just over a week till our exhibition with The Binks Hub opens. Come visit and see our archive, listen to our soundscapes and sit in our Living Room. We’re so excited to share it with you.
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2 months ago
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Our Mutual Mentoring Project with GP’s at the Deep End came to an end today. 7 months of discovering connections, humanity and a rich seam of learning. What have you learned? ‘The fear that poverty brings. The pressure of being a GP. I have been inspired by my mentor and will take that away ‘
2 months ago
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Jean McEwan
2 months ago
I've been honoured to work with the inspirational
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
&
@thebinkshub.bsky.social
to support creative work that communicates their relational approach to anti-poverty work. 'Come Away In' exhibition 19th–22nd May | From 12pm Byres Community Hub, Glasgow All warmly welcome!
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The Binks Hub
2 months ago
'Come Away In' exhibition: 19th-22nd May We’re delighted to share a celebration of our work with
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
! We’d love you to ‘come away in’, spend time in the space & connect with the work. Byres Community Hub, Glasgow From 12pm 19th May - 12pm 22nd May Info:
edin.ac/3Fmy4nl
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Jim Wallace was Co-Chair of Scotland's first Poverty Truth Commission and a great friend of the movement. We are deeply saddened to hear of his death and share this joint blog and memories of his time with us and The Poverty Truth Network.
povertytruthnetwork.org/remembering-...
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Remembering Jim Wallace | Poverty Truth Network
Like many others, we were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of Jim Wallace (Lord Wallace of Tankerness). Jim achieved many things during a long an ...
https://povertytruthnetwork.org/remembering-jim-wallace/
6 months ago
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Our Poverty and Trauma Working Group met last week, filling a river with post-its, rapids, bridges and ideas. We are looking forward to developing this work in the new year and hosting some Poverty Truth Conversations.
8 months ago
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Together under one sky. United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 2025
9 months ago
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Delighted to launch our latest Mutual Mentoring Project last week. This time we are pairing with GP’s at the Deep End and are excited for the months ahead.
10 months ago
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Last week we were excited exhibitors at the Binks Hub event, ‘Poverty, Precarity and Community Empowerment’. We were sharing the progress so far on our digital archive and quilt - all wrapped up in our living room installation, ‘Come Away In.’
10 months ago
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The Binks Hub
about 1 year ago
Please share with orgs who may be interested!
@uoe-sps.bsky.social
@thirdsectordg.bsky.social
@cyrenians.bsky.social
@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
@evalsupscot.bsky.social
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
@childlightgcsi.bsky.social
@impactarts.bsky.social
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Carnegie UK
about 1 year ago
What should a good society look, sound and feel like? Throughout spring, we spent time in Swansea, Coatbridge and Manchester with members of the
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
Community exploring this question together. Their reflections became this moving poem:
carnegieuk.org/blog/lasting...
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Lasting social change only happens when people who have experience of the issue participate in generating the change. - Carnegie UK
https://carnegieuk.org/blog/lasting-social-change-only-happens-when-people-who-have-experience-of-the-issue-participate-in-generating-the-change/
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We’re proud members of
@grippuk.bsky.social
and were glad to host Susanna today on her trip round the UK, talking through ideas for the work ahead 😊
about 1 year ago
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Just back from a great 24 hours with
@carnegieuk.bsky.social
and Poverty Truth Network talking about social contracts and what needs to change.
about 1 year ago
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We were at the Hamiltonhill Claypits Open Day today making new friends and talking about the cost of living crisis and what gives us hope.
over 1 year ago
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Excited to share news on the work we are doing with the wonderful Binks Hub - creating a digital quilt to share the story of our community and movement for change.
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over 1 year ago
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Alastair McIntosh
over 1 year ago
The Poverty Truth Community (formerly Commission) has issued its 2024 Impact Report: "addressing individuals' foundational social needs, Poverty Truth lets you know you're not alone. There's other people in the same boat as you"
@povertytruthscot.bsky.social
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'The Poverty Truth Community is a place you belong, not just participate.' Hello Bluesky! Excited to be here and to launch our brand new 2024 Impact Report - sharing our powerful work for change built on trust, solidarity, love and plenty of cups of tea.
www.faithincommunity.scot/s/The-Povert...
over 1 year ago
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Growing Rights Instead of Poverty Partnership
over 1 year ago
The absence of lived experience voices, systems creating constant fear, a government intent on divide & conquer tactics - the issues we just raised with members of
#CESCR2025
committee Watch our 3 speeches here:
@atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social
@thriveteesside.bsky.social
@raparuk.bsky.social
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Growing Rights Instead of Poverty Partnership
over 1 year ago
This week we are taking our communities' voices to the UN
#CESCR2025
with powerful testimony about the living/ed experience of poverty in the UK Read the submission from GRIPP partners
@thriveteesside.bsky.social
@raparuk.bsky.social
&
@atd-fourthworld-uk.bsky.social
gripp.org.uk/2025/02/10/t...
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Taking our voice to the UN - again! - gripp.org.uk
By GRIPP’s ICESCR team GRIPP has submitted our second submission to the UN’s Committee on...
https://gripp.org.uk/2025/02/10/taking-our-voice-to-the-un-again/
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