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How can HR leaders champion the cause of eradicating poverty and highlight leading approaches? Expert Amira Barger, MBA,CVA,CFRE discusses how it can be done. https://ow.ly/pUvP50Rh53X #EradicatingPoverty #SocialImpact #ChangeMakers

How do you motivate European leaders to tackle child poverty? By changing the narrative. At Savion Ray, we partnered with Save the Children Europe to create a new, impactful story and slogan designed to inspire action. By shifting the focus from a general moral issue to an urgent call for political change, we aim to bring child poverty to the forefront of the European agenda. Discover how we shaped a compelling message and the journey behind the creation of #Iam20million — a slogan that humanizes the 20 million children at risk of poverty across Europe and demands immediate attention from policymakers. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/dqPad8Pg #narrativestrategy #impactfulstory #europeanleaders #publicpolicy #povertyawareness #socialimpact

Period Poverty is a real issue, negatively impacting girls and women from attending school or work due to lack of menstrual resources. Please check out the attached post and learn how you can support!

🎗️Today is End Digital Poverty Day - an initiative launched by Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA.) In the UK, 1 in 7 adults and 1 in 5 children are affected by digital poverty. But what constitutes digital poverty and what can be done to tackle it? GIllian Bates gives her thoughts: https://lnkd.in/ev38GNrk Visit digitalpovertyalliance.org to learn more about digital poverty and how you can get involved 🤝 #enddigitalpovertyday #techforgood

We've put together a briefing ahead of today’s debate on the Programme for Government focus on eradicating child poverty. Poverty in Scotland is gendered, with women being more likely to experience poverty than men. Women’s low earnings are a key driver of children’s poverty, which means women’s poverty is inextricably linked with children’s poverty. Addressing women’s labour market and economic inequality is therefore essential to tackling child poverty. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eYXNi9vB

"The region urgently needs a long-term strategy to reduce and end child poverty." Read our latest Journal column, by policy team member Erika Armanino, here: 🔗 https://okt.to/6SNsXn According to the North East Child Poverty Commission (NECPC), almost all North East council areas have seen some of the UK’s highest increases in child poverty. A new report by the NECPC, released today, calls for regional leaders to take a ‘public health approach’ to tackling child poverty. The report is based on the findings of wide-ranging research undertaken over the last year, including a Chamber roundtable. Read the NECPC report here: https://okt.to/7FpJQU

This bipartisan bill (House Bill 2230) institutionalizes the Economic Security for All (EcSA) service delivery model, demonstrating a commitment to workforce development and poverty reduction in Washington state. EcSA is a poverty reduction model streamlining existing services to assist low-income residents towards self-sufficiency. Economic Security for all (EcSA)! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🙌🙌 #povertyeradication #unitedwayofpiercecounty #boldgoals #Lifting15kfamiliesOutofPovertyby2028

The Center for Community Solutions Angela Maher and Alex Dorman report on data gathered in partnership with Step Forward on how difficult it is to climb out of poverty in Greater Cleveland. 55% of respondents in 2019 said it was harder to get out of poverty in 2019 than before the Great Recession of 2008. Today, over 61% believe it is more difficult to rise out of poverty now than before the COVID-19 pandemic

BCS members are leading impactful initiatives to address digital poverty across the UK, from providing tech support to vulnerable individuals to developing inclusive digital personas. By working with partners like the Digital Poverty Alliance, we’re aiming to eliminate digital exclusion by 2030. Learn how these projects are empowering communities and creating lasting change. Read more about how BCS is helping to bridge the digital gap: https://lnkd.in/eQ3ArHBg #DigitalInclusion #BCS #DigitalPoverty #TechForGood

Delighted to support Challenge Poverty week! Tuesday the 8th October had a focus on Transport. Read my short blog (less 5 min read) below to learn about how the Public Health Scotland and the Public Health and Sustainable Transport Group have continued the fight against Transport Poverty. Did you know Transport Poverty has a definition? ‘Transport poverty is the lack of transport options that are available, reliable, affordable, accessible or safe that allow people to meet their daily needs and achieve a reasonable quality of life’ (Transport Poverty a public health issue -link in blog). Public Transport is a lifeline. #ChallengePoverty