Challenge Poverty Week is designed to show that a society without poverty is possible, and to showcase solutions we can all get behind.
Poverty Alliance are driving the national Challenge Poverty Week movement. Challenge Poverty Week will highlight that:
- Too many people in our society are locked in the grip of poverty, restricted from playing a full role in society.
- But in Scotland, we all agree that poverty can, and must, be solved.
- By redesigning our economy to reflect our shared values of justice and compassion, we can unlock poverty’s grip.
- Action must be taken to boost people’s incomes, reduce the cost of living, and create the just and green Scotland we all want to see.
Each day throughout Challenge Poverty Week we will focus on a different theme and we will be highlighting some of many local organisations that Dundee City Council collaborates with through our various funding streams, including funding from the Dundee Partnership Team.
A number of local organisations will be hosting their own events in which residents can take part in for free. Please download our calendar of local events and activities.
Stay tuned to our social media over the week to see what we are up to.
There ways the council can help you:
We are also part of the national Cost of a School Day (CoSD) campaign, where a range of activities take place aimed at reducing Child Poverty. You can read about all the activities in the first Cost of a School Day Newsletter.
As a Local Authority Dundee City Council is committed to tackling poverty and inequality by collaborative working with others through the Dundee Partnership. You can read more about our approach to fairness in the Dundee Fairness Action Plan/Child Poverty Annual report 2020/2021.