“To combat it, we clearly need to address all three of its causes: energy inefficient homes, low incomes, and high fuel costs.”
Letter: “What is to be done about fuel poverty? “
Doubling the Scottish Child Payment
“Doubling of the Scottish Child Payment is an absolutely needed step and one that will make such a difference in tackling child poverty.” – Emma Roddick MSP, SNP
Poverty the Pandemic & Supporting Our Young People
“Nothing is more important than ensuring every child and young person has the same opportunity to succeed in education, regardless of their background – we will deliver this for them.”
Orkney’s First Community Fridge
Greener Orkney has been awarded a grant of £4,000 toward the initial setup costs.
Food, Poverty & Farming
“People need access to fresh, affordable, healthy foods. But if you have no income, that’s impossible, so there’s a little bit more work to do.”Denise Bentley, First Love Foundation
National Plan to End the Need for Foodbanks
“As part of the right to an adequate standard of living, people need to be able to access food that meets their dietary, social and cultural needs and this plan shows the way forward.”
Emma Roddick MSP on ‘Challenge Poverty Week’
“I continue to press for solutions to the housing crisis across the Highlands and Islands”
Green Lairds & Tory Cuts to Benefits: This Week’s Politics
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Subsidies Ending For Oil & LPG Boilers: “A complete rethink is required” Says Orkney Councillor
“While we want to see a transition from oil and LPG to other forms of heating this cannot happen overnight or without consultation, as seems to have happened here. |”
Living Rent Team Orkney Supporting Tenants
The team heard stories of illegal evictions, difficulty finding housing, homelessness, fuel poverty and landlords neglecting repair jobs in Orkney.
