Poverty Truth Commission 'Turning Up the Volume'

Tuesday April 29 2014

As Scotland nears September's independence referendum, voters are being challenged to ask themselves what kind of society they would like to live in.

The Poverty Truth Commission, Faith in Community Scotland's groundbreaking project bringing together Scotland's leaders with the poor and marginalised, is hosting an event in June posing this question.

Writing on the Commission blog, Allan Young says: "The referendum debate so far has seen many politicians and representatives from both sides trade blows on a few specific issues, claiming to have the best interests of the population at heart.  What these important individuals appear to have done little of, however, is take the time to sit back and listen to the people they are claiming to speak for.

"The Poverty Truth Commission’s model of working, on the other hand, places this listening process at its centre, recognising it as the foundation for the creation of a sustainable anti-poverty strategy."

The Commission was founded in 2009 in the aftermath of the financial crisis, initially as a two-year project which reported to the General Assembly of 2011. Since then, commissioners have been involved in discussions with local and national politicians on a range of issues affecting people on low incomes.

The June 21 event, at the Woodside Hall in Glasgow, entitled 'Turning Up the Volume on Poverty', will present the findings so far in music, drama, poetry, comedy, interview and film. It will also announced the names of a new batch of commissioners who will take the work forward over the next two years.

More details here.

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