Poverty Watch IFSW | Poverty Watches Overview 2020
IFSW Europe has a focus on the role of social work and social care. Human rights and social justice are critical in any social workers thinking and actions. Social workers…
Poverty Watch Serbia | Poverty Watches Overview 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered realities and everyday lives of people around the globe, revealing more clearly gaps in resilience among social groups due to the inequalities, weaknesses of public…
Important Advocacy Success of EAPN Latvia in fight for Minimum Adequate Income | EAPN Advocacy
On 25 June 2020 the Latvian Constitutional Court ruled that the current Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) currently set at 64€ per month is too low to ensure a life in…
Interview Semaine de l’Europe | BAPN & EAPN news
The poverty levels throughout the European Union increase significantly. Even prior to the pandemic, 109 million people in Europe were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Covid-19 only aggravated…
Challenge Poverty Week | Poverty Alliance UK
Challenge Poverty Week In the run up to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Scotland organised the ‘Challenge Poverty Week’. Throughout this week, hundreds of events took place…
Europe Day | EAPN France
On 9 May, we celebrated the European Union and its values of respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law. We hope that in the…
Poverty Watches
What is the EAPN Poverty Watch Report? The EAPN Poverty Watch Reports do not attempt to provide a comprehensive academic report on poverty. They start from the reality of people…
IFSW Europe statement Social workers for transformational and sustainable social protection in Europe
On the occasion of World Social Work day (20 March), IFSW Europe has released a statement “Social workers for transformational and sustainable social protection in Europe.”
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland) | Organisations across Scotland say “paying the Living Wage is good for business!”
19/11/2015 – Eighteen months into the Scottish Living Wage Accreditation Initiative, employers across Scotland are reporting the business benefits of paying the Living Wage, including dramatic improvements in staff retention and absence rates, and increased productivity.
The Poverty Alliance | Welcome u-turn on tax credit cuts, but families still struggling
25/11/2015 – Anti- poverty campaigners have welcomed the UK Government’s decision not to implement the proposed changes to the threshold and taper for tax credits. However, there remains concern that there is still £12bn of cuts being made to the welfare budget and it is unclear how these will actually be made.