This Challenge Poverty Week (CPW), our team at CVS Falkirk is highlighting the efforts of our local third sector and communities in tackling poverty across the Falkirk District.

Challenge Poverty Week was launched by the Poverty Alliance in 2013, as a way to draw attention to the injustice of poverty in Scotland, and show that collective action, based on justice and compassion, can create solutions. For the campaign’s 10th year, the Poverty Alliance has announced different themes for each day of the campaign week, which we believe offer the perfect opportunity to spotlight the efforts of the third sector:

Monday 2^nd October: Communities & Volunteers
Tuesday 3^rd October: Housing
Wednesday 4^th October: Adequate Incomes
Thursday 5^th October: Transport
Friday 6^th October: Food
Saturday 7^th October and Sunday 8^th October: Reflection

Below is a short blog from our new Partnership Development Manager, Eloise Wilson, on how Falkirk’s different third sector forums and networks provide a space to help the sector challenge poverty in their everyday activities:

Poverty, and support for those in poverty, is an overarching theme that we discuss regularly within our Forums & Networks, which are open to all third sector staff and volunteers across Falkirk & District.

From health and wellbeing and community safety/empowerment, to employability and funding, we cover it all so if you are a third sector organisation interested in finding out more and/or joining one (or more!) of our Forums and networks, please click on any of the links above, or get in touch! You can contact myself or my colleague Kerrie, who works with me on supporting the forums: