EAPN Melilla organises Presentation and Round-Table Discussion on Minimum Income
On April 22 EAPN Melilla organised an event to discuss Minimum Income schemes in Spain and in Europe.
EAPN Finland contributes to EP study on Mainstreaming Employment and Social Indicators into Macroeconomic Surveillance
05/02/2016 – EAPN Finland contributed to the newly published European Parliament study Mainstreaming Employment and Social Indicators into Macroeconomic Surveillance which assesses how employment and social issues are addressed in the EU. The study includes a country-case study annex which starts by Finland. EAPN latest documents are also quoted and referenced, and the study draws heavily on…
Derbyshire Unemployed Workers’ Centre | Winter Solidarity Bulletin 2016
In this issue of the DUWC’s Winter Solidarity Bulletin 2016, starts by the true story of a man who has had a nil income for weeks has been called in to the Job Centre for an appointment to discuss money management. The newsletter also includes the video of A flashmob against Sports Direct’s employment policies struck…
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland) | Congratulations to Scotland’s first accredited Living Wage hotel
08/01/2016 – Shetland’s Scalloway has become the first hotel in Scotland to become an accredited Living Wage employer. The hotel which is based 6 miles from Lerwick employs eighteen staff, all which received a pay increase as a result of becoming accredited.
EAPN Ireland Briefing on Poverty, 2015 and proposals for 2016-2021
18/12/2015 – EAPN Ireland, one of the 5 EAPN national pilot projects on Europe 2020 and the European Semester, has just issued its Briefing on Poverty, 2015, and proposals for 2016-2021.This paper gives an overview of poverty in Ireland today and makes proposals to political parties who wish to make a serious impact on poverty…
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.
EAPN Ireland reacts to Response to Central Statistics Office poverty figures on poverty
26/11/2015 – The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland today called on all parties standing in the next election to commit to awell-funded programme to end povertyin their manifestos.
EAPN Portugal | A look at the welfare of children and youth under the perspective of the Children’s Rights
EAPN Portugal, as a promoter of a National Working Group on Child Poverty, organised within that working group a Conference on the topic “A look at the welfare of children and youth under the perspective of the Children’s Rights” . This event was associated with the celebration of 10 December – The International Human Rights…
EAPN Spain condemns terrorism and violence
14/11/2015 – The Platform of the Third Sector, of which EAPN Spain is a member, condemns in the firmest way the recent terrorist attacks and use of violence in Paris against the civilian population and expresses its solidarity with the victims, their relatives and the French people.