What we're reading - 9th July
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Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan: progress report 2024-25
This progress report sets out the actions the Scottish Government have taken to reduce child poverty - the "top priority of the government". It includes detailed analysis around how interim child poverty targets were not met, as well as future actions being undertaken.
Minimum Income Guarantee: report - a roadmap to dignity for all
The final report by the independent Minimum Income Guarantee Expert Group sets out a big idea – the Minimum Income Guarantee – and the steps that can take us from here to delivering it. It aims to show that things can be different, that we don’t have to accept the status quo.
SCA Community Learning Exchange fund re-opens
Scottish Community Alliance have secured funding to continue the Community Learning Exchange fund in 2025-26. The fund provides small grants to enable peer to peer learning across the community sector in Scotland. As a member of SCA, CHEX acts as one of the organisations that can endorse applications.
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