Committed to social justice and working towards social change. Lover of dogs and funny GIFs. Mum of 3 young, wild and gorgeous boys. Programmes and Practice Officer, The Robertson Trust (all views my own)
Lyndsay Fraser Robertson
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Me on child poverty (and super cool to be asked to do this by Gordon Brown, for whom I once wrote HMT papers about child poverty).
A massive well done to my colleagues at @fraserofallander.org and @povertyalliance.org for pulling together this Tourism and Hospitality Toolkit to support workers and employers to navigate the challenges and opportunities in this hugely important industry.
www.tourismhospitalitytoolkit.co.uk
We’re pleased to announce over £2.3 million in Programme Awards for twelve ambitious projects with the potential to create lasting change in poverty and trauma in #Scotland.
Thank you for this insightful summary of the broader benefits of protecting childhoods from poverty. Without being complacent the Scottish Child Payment has evidenced that effective social security measures can directly lift children out of poverty, it can be done quickly and effectively.
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Our response to today's Scottish Government statistics on #childpoverty, the overall figure for the number of children living in poverty in Scotland.
In full: opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
We're really pleased to join such a brilliant group of organisations in receiving funding from @therobertsontrust.bsky.social to develop our work with care workers and agricultural workers in Scotland.
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We're very pleased to have secured support from @therobertsontrust.bsky.social to help more of Scotland's #SocialCare workers get a #LivingWage and a life beyond the injustice of in-work poverty.
https://buff.ly/3ZWfJWf
My cautious hope for a more compassionate UK gvt is gone.
The spring statement places the brunt of the ‘changing world’ firmly on the shoulders of those who can least bear it.
Poverty in Scotland is lower due to devolved policies like SCP but what will the repercussions on Scottish households be?
New @jrf-uk.bsky.social research reveals Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani families are up to 5x more likely to be living in persistent very deep poverty compared to white families in the UK.
We must continue applying a race equity lens to analysis of poverty.
www.jrf.org.uk/race-and-eth...
Delighted at the calibre and innovation of these projects. They are designed to support work over the next 3-5 years that has a high potential for delivering significant, long-term impact, bringing to life real potential in tackling insecure work that drives poverty in Scotland.
Welcome to the Tourism & hospitality Toolkit. The Tourism and Hospitality Toolkit is designed to support employers and employees across Scotland's dynamic hospitality and tourism sector. Whether you’r...
Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani households are 2 to 3 times more likely to experience persistent very deep poverty, compared to white households.
We are pleased to share details of the 10 projects which were successful through our recent Work Pathways open call. These are all looking at different aspects of delivering big change that lasts thro...
Austerity’s Children – a special issue of Spotlight, the New Statesman’s policy supplement, guest edited by Gordon Brown.
Inside:
🔴Alison McGovern
🔴Rachel de Souza
🔴Mike Brewer
🔴Tom Clark
🔴Harry Quilter-Pinner
🔴and more
1/ In my book, policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/child-poverty, I ask why we should care about child poverty. The reasons why are manifold, ranging from the moral to the economic, and include the following:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
🚨 New Spring Statement analysis out now! 📣
Lower-income households are projected to be worse off by the end of this Parliament.
Full report available here ⤵️ buff.ly/5CHyJII
FUNDING We are excited to share details of funding for 10 projects with potential to deliver lasting change on in-work poverty in Scotland.
Emerging from our open call launched earlier this year, over £2.5 million has been awarded.
Full details: www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news-and-blo...
We're very pleased to have secured support from @therobertsontrust.bsky.social to help more of Scotland's #SocialCare workers get a #LivingWage and a life beyond the injustice of in-work poverty.
https://buff.ly/3ZWfJWf
The New Statesman
Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar
