This Saturday: Scotland Demands Better march
/This article was featured in the SCDC Weekly - 22nd October
This Saturday people from across Scotland will come together to demand that politicians make the changes we need for a society where every household can thrive and prosper.
Organised by The Poverty Alliance, and supported by SCDC and organisations across the third sector and beyond, Scotland Demands Better will culminate in a march through Edinburgh later this week.
The campaign is driven by the fact that too many of us are being cut off from life's essentials. Too many are frightened of what the future will bring. Too many of us are feeling tired, angry, isolated, and disillusioned.
Too many are going hungry, or are without a home, or sacrificing meals for families, dreading winter due to heating costs, or struggling to get by on wages that don’t cover their household costs.
But from Shetland to Selkirk, and from Argyll to Angus, we all want similar things. A warm, safe place to call home. A decent income that at least covers the essentials - and this change for the better happens when people stand together and demand it.
People will assemble from 10am at the Scottish Parliament and march to The Meadows for a rally from 12pm. There will be live music, speakers and celebration of solidarity.
View details of the march and accessibility information and access a travel bursary.
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