Everyone should be able to afford the essentials and a Minimum Income Guarantee would provide a secure foundation for all of us. #ChallengePoverty #WeDemandBetter Learn more here: www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/u...

Campaingers need to change the way they talk about child poverty - really interesting practical tokit launched today by @jrf-uk.bsky.social and @savechildrenuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

We’re really excited to be at @savechildrensco.bsky.social & @jrf-uk.bsky.social Changing the Story launch today in Edinburgh. Looking forward to a inspiring day focused on how we tell the new story of child poverty in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📢Without action, families with children will see their incomes fall by the end of this Parliament. But our new analysis shows it doesn't have to be this way. Scrapping the two-child limit and adding a protected minimum floor into Universal Credit could reverse this trend. 🧵

As they arrive at the Labour Party Conference, we're greeting Keir Starmer and his MPs with a message that demands a screen bigger than 21,000 mobile phones*: "What was the point of winning the general election if not to lift kids out of poverty?" 1/3

Change happens when we step up and demand it. Join the march for all of us. #Edinburgh #25Oct #ScotlandDemandsBetter scotland-demands-better.com

Book the free transport from Fife to this "hopeful antidote to far-right protest": forms.office.com/e/FTR97V8LtU

One million Scots faced hunger last year including 1 in 4 children. This isn’t right. Today we’re in the Scottish Parliament with our team of lived experience experts to share our research and demand better.

Ending the need for food banks in the UK is possible. 🎤 We asked one of our experts - Research Manager, Alex - to explain how we get there ⤵️

How do we join the dots between tackling child poverty & digital exclusion in Scotland? Read my guest blog for @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/TrussellGood...

Nobody in Scotland should face hunger yet 1 MILLION did last year. Trussell’s research must be a wake up call for both our Govts. We must see urgent action to stop the tide of hunger in our communities. We demand better!

Want to help us end hunger in Scotland? 💚 Food banks in our community in Scotland are recruiting Trustees! Find out more and apply 👉 www.trussell.org.uk/our-work/sco...

Bryan Adams absolutely brilliant - incredible voice, incredible energy! 🤩 🎶 🎸 Wish I was there & not just watching on TV 📺 #BBCRadio2InThePark

An inspiring day at #RiseAgainstPoverty in Northern Ireland & great to share learnings on coalition building & #CashFirst from Scotland, alongside my Scottish ECP colleague Fiona King. Clear the NI anti-poverty sector are determined to demand better! Excited to see what comes next.

We’re excited to be in Northern Ireland today for the Anti Poverty Strategy Group’s Rising Together Against Poverty conference. Looking forward to an inspiring day of discussion about the way forward & to sharing lessons from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #RiseAgainstPoverty

I can’t remember it ever being so hot and sunny last week in August! Making the most of the morning in beautiful #Aberdour ☀️ 😃 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#Dunfermline food bank have collections again till 4pm today in Tesco #Duloch, Dalgety Bay and Dunfermline Fire Station. Please support if you can to support local people in our community unable to afford the essentials.

It was great to meet with Cara Hilton today from Trussell Scotland Trust to talk about the great the Edinburgh Food Project does, and to discuss how we end the need for food banks in Edinburgh and across the UK, including the crucial role of high quality employability support and flexible childcare.

Best of luck to everyone starting back at school today in #Fife. S4 and S6 (😱) for my youngest two!

🗓️ Save the date! On Sat 25 Oct we’ll be in Edinburgh to support #ScotlandDemandsBetter – better security, better jobs & better public services. Join us at 10.30am at the @parliament.scot 👉 www.scotland-demands-better.com

Change happens when we stand together to win it! @povertyalliance.org are taking the #ScotlandDemandsBetter message across the country - starting in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee. Please share with your networks! www.scotland-demands-better.com/events

Want to help us end hunger in Scotland? 💚 Food banks in our community in Scotland are recruiting Trustees! Find out what it's like to be a trustee ⬇️ and sign up here 👉 bit.ly/40UPuzr

Holiday feels like it’s going very fast. Lovely day yesterday in #Venice, #Murano & #Burano 🇮🇹 ☀️

Amazingly my youngest is now 15! Celebrating his birthday in sunny #Sirmione #Italy ☀️ 🥳

🚨 We’re shocked and disappointed. The UK government has pushed through HUGE cuts to Universal Credit for disabled people applying in the future. These cuts will be devastating. They risk pushing even more disabled people to food banks.

Many disabled people are already unable to afford the essentials. Cuts to UC health support would be devastating. MPs should vote No. 👎

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Disabled people are already THREE times more likely to need to use food banks. MPs must vote NO to cuts to disabled people’s social security today.

Urge your MP to vote against cuts next week. ✉️ Email them now 👇

We applaud the power of disabled people, food banks and MPs, like Dr Marie Tidball, who have tirelessly used their voices to stand up for disabled people. 💚 Ahead of the final vote next week, we're encouraging MPs to ensure disabled people are protected from severe hardship.

Disabled people must be at the heart of reforming the system to deliver better support. While the concessions are welcome, many disabled people remain fearful for the future. We need a total rethink & better, genuine consultation. MP’s should vote against the Bill today!

Scottish MPs can stand up for their disabled constituents, and stand up for a social security that's there for all of us when we need it. Proud @trussellscot.bsky.social is part of more than 100 civil society groups making that call. 👇 www.povertyalliance.org/news-more-th...

Really enjoyable Awards Evening at Woodmill High tonight. Congrats to all awards winners 👏 Proud of my daughter who received a Merit Award for Higher Design & Manufacture 😊

Please contact your MP now and ask them to oppose cuts to disability benefits 👇

📣 Scottish MPs! Food banks from across Scotland will be in Westminster Hall from 12.30-1.30pm today. Please pop along to meet them & hear why we need to fix social security so it gives all of us an #EssentialsGuarantee

❗9.3 MILLION people are facing hunger and hardship across the UK, including 670,000 people in Scotland. So this week, food banks in the @trusselluk.bsky.social community will be in Westminster to call on MPs to Guarantee our Essentials. #EssentialsGuarantee

"Children across Scotland are currently bearing the brunt of a social security system that isn’t working, but politicians have the power to change this." How politicians can rebuild trust by investing in a better future for children, and for Scotland 🔽 ✏️ www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

A spot of volunteering with my eldest for #Dunfermline @trusselluk.bsky.social Foodbank’s Asda collection. Thanks to everyone who donated to support local people in our community unable to afford the essentials. 🙏 💚

Great to be at the @dunfermlinepress.bsky.social Community Champion Awards tonight 😁 Congratulations to everyone nominated and to all award winners. Proud we have so many community champions in #Dunfermline! 🏆 👏 🥳 #dunfcommchamps

This shocking figure includes 15,000 people in disabled households in Scotland. It’s time for a rethink of these cruel cuts to disability support. People on the lowest incomes need more support not cuts ✂️

60% of parcels from @trussellscot.bsky.social community food banks go to families with children. 1 in 4 of all parcels are for families with 3 or more children. Scrapping the two-child cap and increasing the Scottish Child Payment both vital to cut child poverty! news.stv.tv/scotland/one...

🎨⚽ Do hobbies matter in your child’s life? In Finland & Iceland, kids get free access to hobbies — could that work in Scotland? 📢 Parents & carers of 4–17-year-olds take @parentingscotland.bsky.social quick survey and share your thoughts: forms.office.com/e/NzC7BS9yTB #WellbeingEconomy

Pleased @trusselluk.bsky.social could join @cpaguk.bsky.social @citizensadvice.bsky.social Save the Children and other and other leading charities to warn that Labour risks leaving a legacy of even higher child poverty unless they lift the two child limit. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

It's simply wrong that Universal Credit is so low that it doesn't cover life's essentials. It pushes people into debt and destitution and has a terrible impact on their mental and physical health. That's why we back the #OurEssentials campaign. www.trussell.org.uk/support-us/g...

Writing in today’s Herald I discuss the UK Govts proposed welfare reforms that are set to cause widespread harm to disabled people. This does not need to happen. We must keep raising our voices. Write to your MP. Urge them not to vote for this. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2518...

❗️ Cutting disability support won’t help people back into work. And it won’t help people who are already working. Shockingly, cuts could drive 3.2 MILLION people deeper into hardship.

🚨BREAKING: 240,000 emergency food parcels were provided by food banks in the Trussell community last year. That’s one parcel every two minutes. Double the number a decade ago.

I’m really looking forward to attending this film screening about in-work poverty hosted by @glasgowsefoodbank.bsky.social There are still some places left, if you are working on anti-poverty initiatives in #Glasgow, sign up details are below 👇

Ending hunger and hardship is not just the right thing to do, it is essential to secure the future of our NHS and public services 👇

Along with 22 other charities, we have teamed up with @heraldscotland.bsky.social to urge decisive action from the First Minister to tackle child poverty. Increasing the Scottish Child Payment to £40 a week would be life-changing for families on the lowest incomes.