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Politicians From Across The Divides Back Aberlour’s Child Poverty Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

MSPs from all five elected parties to the Scottish Parliament have backed Aberlour Child Care Trust’s campaign to tackle child poverty and inequality in Scotland. More than forty politicians from the Conservatives, Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats and SNP have agreed with Aberlour that a ‘bad start to life shouldn’t mean a bad end’ and have signed pledges this week at a special parliament exhibition held by Aberlour. This exhibition was sponsored by Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP. They have pledged support for: A commitment from the Scottish Government to a transitional fund…

Children Take UK Food Poverty Into Their Own Hands And Journey To Westminster To Share Real Stories With MPs

Stuart Mitchell

A group of children and young people from across the UK have travelled to the House of Lords to share their experiences of food poverty with the Children’s Future Food Inquiry committee. MPs, peers and civil society experts will hear directly from nine ‘food ambassadors’ between the ages of 10 and 20-years-old, who have journeyed from England, Scotland and Wales to open conversations with policymakers in Westminster. The young people hope that their work with the Children’s Future Food Inquiry will highlight the pervasive nature of food insecurity in the…

Social Enterprise Launches To Tackle Period Poverty In The UK

Stuart Mitchell

A new social enterprise that will retail sanitary towels on a ‘buy one and give one’ model launched this month with the aim of tackling period poverty in the UK. Hey Girls, which are based in Scotland and launched their new ecommerce website today, Monday 8th January 2018, will provide free sanitary towels and educational resources with the aim of assisting girls in the UK to manage menstruation in a way that doesn’t put them at risk of infections. The sanitary goods industry in the UK is worth £400 million and…

GSK Community Health Programme announces 10 charities to receive funding and development

Stuart Mitchell

A total of 10 health and care charities have been selected to join the GSK Community Health programme supporting very small charities tackling health inequalities, delivered in partnership with The King’s Fund. The programme will provide funding and support to community-based organisations working to improve the health of some of the most disadvantaged communities in the UK. Health inequalities are avoidable and systematic differences that include access to health care, quality and experience of care, life expectancy, and wider factors such as environment and housing. There are stark gaps in…

E.ON marks half a million pounds raised for Mind as mental health pressures continue to rise across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

E.ON is marking more than £500,000 raised by its employees for national mental health charity partner, Mind, supporting vital services across the UK. The milestone reflects four years of the partnership, with the energy supplier raising the funds through a number of initiatives including: Over £220,000 in match funding, doubling the impact of colleague fundraising More than £110,000 raised through sponsored challenges and events Around £55,000 for the Help through Hardship fund, supporting people facing financial and mental health pressures Over £30,000 from the donation bag scheme, helping stock Mind…