Resilience: Developing Responses to Welfare Reform

When:
March 16, 2017 @ 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
2017-03-16T09:30:00+00:00
2017-03-16T15:30:00+00:00
Where:
South Hall Complex, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh EH16 5AR
Cost:
Free

In the wake of austerity and increasing uncertainty on the horizon, what does resilience mean for Scotland’s citizens and communities? What role does government, the third sector and private companies have to play in preventing crises before they hit? And what can be done at a local level to mitigate the impact of welfare reform?

Citizens Advice Scotland presents a conference to bring together those involved in welfare reform mitigation at a local and national level including government, third sector and private sector to discuss and develop partnerships and policy solutions which enhance resilience amongst Scottish communities and citizens. Covering a broad range of issues including financial services, food security, energy and housing, delegates will hear from a panel of experts and will have the opportunity to explore interventions that can be made in these diverse policy areas to mitigate the impacts of welfare reform.

Nourish will take part in one of the break-out session on food poverty:

Responses to food poverty: Dignity, Fair Food and A Menu for Change

The upcoming Good Food Nation Bill has the potential to deliver real change in the food system. This discussion focusses on how we can ensure that everyone is able to access food with dignity, and includes an overview of the new Menu for Change project, a new partnership project across Oxfam, CPAG , Poverty Alliance and Nourish which will seek to reduce the need for and reliance on emergency food aid.