“The Scottish Welfare Fund is a vital lifeline for many people facing poverty or personal crisis.”
145 Families In Orkney Helped By The Scottish Welfare Fund
Normalising Chaos
“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.” Friedrich Nietzsche
A ‘Harsh & Uncaring’ UK – The Alston Report
“much of the glue that has held British society together since the Second World War has been deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos.”
‘Help to Claim’ Service Cannot Protect Date of Claim
The ‘Help to Claim’ service which is funded by the DWP but delivered by Citizens Advice Scotland does not protect the date a person makes a claim.
Brexit Chaos Masks a UK in Long Term Terminal Decline
nearly half a million food parcels were distributed in Scotland last year.
£125million to be Spent in Scotland Mitigating UK Government Welfare ‘Reforms’
Successive UK Government policies since 2010 have plunged 15 million people in the UK into poverty
Ignorance and Want
“British compassion for those who are suffering has been replaced by a punitive, mean-spirited, and often callous approach”
Poetry Corner: The Doggerels Of Christmas Past
“Ribbons and paper lie at the feet/of the cold man asleep in the door”
“Poverty is a Political Choice”the Alston United Nations Report on Poverty in the UK
“The impact on the human rights of the most vulnerable in the UK will be immense.”
40% Rise in Foodbank Use in Orkney
“These are truly heart-breaking figures for Orkney”
