Webinar
Long-term local responses to poverty in the era of perpetual crisis.
On February 22nd 2023, we hosted a webinar to share our findings. We explored the following:
- Why this matters now and how local authorities and partners can take the lead on tackling poverty locally.
- How local authorities and their partners can take a strategic approach to addressing poverty built around the framework developed by GMPA.
- What makes a good anti-poverty strategy and how can local authorities and their partners can develop and implement an anti-poverty strategy in a way that maximises its effectiveness.
We were joined by guest speakers and held a Q&A session.
The webinar featured the following speakers:
Chair: GMPA, CEO Graham Whitman
Panel:
Penny Rimmer, Policy Officer, GMPA
Shairi Bowes, Salford City Council. Principal Policy Officer (Poverty and Inequality)
Stephen Sinclair, co-Director of the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit in the Glasgow School for Business and Society at Glasgow Caledonian University.
A recording of the webinar for those who could not attend is available by clicking on the link below and the slides can also be downloaded.