1. #SolvePoverty: Twists and turns in Scotland
Jim McCormick, JRF
Scottish Council on Deafness, 8 March 2018
Keep-skim

2. Tackling poverty & inequality in Scotland…
Needs a vision of prosperity without poverty
And a more challenging vision of equality
It’s International Women’s Day
Some moves towards gender equality, equal marriage, and perhaps to come for care- experienced young people…
but viewed through the lens of race, disability, other minority status…?
New stories, messengers, alliances and solutions.
Keep -Skim

3. Towards income adequacy
Keep- Skim - When a household lacks the resources to meet their needs; Resources are mainly but not wholly financial; Reducing costs as well as boosting incomes may help households avoid or escape poverty; Current measures complemented with a more stretching measure of adequacy: the Minimum Income Standard

4. Poverty in Scotland & UK: working-age households
Not sure our folk will get this

5. Poverty in Scotland report (Dec 2017)
Turning points and warning bells: progress is set to unravel
Latest IFS projections on Living standards, poverty & inequality - relative child poverty in Scotland likely to rise 4-5% by
Single biggest driver is UK social security policy: net effect of freeze on working-age benefits, Universal Credit, two-child limit and household benefit cap (and impact of reversal - IPPR Scotland)
Reinforce child poverty & increased poverty – adverse impact on social services budgets. Keep it simple. The UK policy is problem! (Think our folk don’t understand this impact. They are quite focussed on AtW and PIP only.

6. The Attainment Challenge in Scotland

7. Low pay: almost half of low-paid Scots are in shops, care, or bars/restaurants/hotels
A lot of our people are unemployed/underemployed or become underemployed post diagnosis. This is telling.

8. Reinforce this: today (a lot of & growing amount of) people are destitute, living in poverty . Not only protected characteristics. Reduce job protections & worker protections – more things going in wrong direction.

9. Address the root causes of poverty
Agreed – can skim

10. JRF investment to reduce costs and raise incomes
Disrupt the rent-to-buy market for white goods and furniture. JRF investing in Fair For You (GB-wide CIC)
Increase the number of affordable credit schemes in Scotland (CDFIs) - partner with Carnegie UK Trust.
Housing First in Glasgow – and expand social enterprise letting agencies?
Glasgow Together: ex-offenders into construction work paid at Living Wage
Building Connections demonstration project in N/E Glasgow: embedded money and other advice services in GP surgeries and Job Centres – stop sending people ‘from pillar to post’
Ok - keep

11. Key JRF strategy pledges were Included in the Fairer Scotland
Action Plan (2016), outlining 50
actions to help tackle poverty,
reduce inequality and build a fairer
Scotland e.g. action on financial
inclusion: making affordable credit
more widely available.
JRF is also a co-investor in Our Power.
Could just say here about need to upskill etc They may not all know – but should. Please press its importance.

12. Queens Cross Housing Association, ng Homes & Maryhill Housing Association in Glasgow responded to JRF’s strategy by signing a Charter to Challenge Poverty, with recommendations for housing providers to address poverty. The charter calls for more investment in low-cost housing, affordable rent setting and help for tenants on digital inclusion.
Skim or skip – reinforce charter rather than example. Not sure our folk would get importance of housing ………

13. Keep this simple/simplified

14. @jrf_uk #SolveUKPoverty
@JimMcCormick16