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It’s never too soon to think about pensions
Written by Julia Macintosh on 18 June 2013
Yesterday EVOC hosted a seminar on the topic of pensions deficits. We welcomed two guest speakers: David Davison of Spence and Partners, and Gordon Birrell of Chiene and Tait. Our Director Ella Simpson opened the event, explaining briefly that EVOC has been working with LAYC to explore this issue within the context of its impact
On communication
Written by Julia Macintosh on 17 June 2013
What exactly is the purpose of communication? Is it to express ourselves? Get our point across? Change other people’s minds? Change the world? Or is it to learn about others? Find out new information? Enlarge our perspective, increase our scope for action? It seems a silly question with obvious answers, but is it really so
Is this what it’s Really like living in a G8 nation?
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 12 June 2013
As the G8, the Group of the 8 most industrialised nations, gathers in Northern Ireland the chilling reality of food poverty in Britain begs the question: Is this what life in a ‘wealthy’ nation looks like? Walking the Breadline, a searing report published recently by Oxfam and Church Action on Poverty, puts beyond any reasonable
Experts at Breakfast – Join us for your Welfare Reform Briefings – Series One
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 10 June 2013
Tell Us More! That was the overwhelming response from participants at our successful ThinkSpace event on 18th April: ‘Welfare Reform: A Right State?’ A core purpose of that event was to hear first-hand what our Third Sector colleagues in Edinburgh want EVOC, the Volunteer Centre Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Social Enterprise Network (Edinburgh’s Third Sector
Meet the Funders
Written by Julia Macintosh on 22 April 2013
Last Thursday I joined my colleagues Ian and Janette in holding a stall at Meet the Funders, an information marketplace hosted by the City of Edinburgh Council. Meet the Funders is the brainchild of Maureen Thompson in the council’s Community Planning Team. It takes place periodically in different parts of the city, and this time
Welfare Reform – Three Reasons Why (Not!)
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 9 April 2013
Let’s play a game today! The UK Government has three core aims behind its current Welfare Reform agenda: To make work pay; to target help at those most in need; and to deliver a system that is fair. The game is for you to come up with three cogent reasons why you think these
What’s ‘really’ driving Welfare Reform?
Written by Ella Simpson on 5 April 2013
It seems that the more I listen to the debate (or is it a slanging match?) on welfare reform the more I despair! Seldom in my working life can I remember another time when politicians, the media and general public have had so many opinions about “deserving and undeserving” poor, morals and ethics, and the
Foie Gras to Food Stamps – We Are what we Eat
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 28 March 2013
Food defines us in many and varied ways. Scotland’s relationship with fresh fruit and veg is a staple of stand-up comics on both sides of the border. Diet and exercise are the two key drivers behind what’s come to be known as ‘the Obesity epidemic.’ The Guardian newspaper’s Suzanne Moore describes food as ‘the ultimate
WHALE Snappers at EVOC
Written by evocadmin on 4 March 2013
You are invited to view a new photography exhibit that EVOC is hosting in our office reception area, courtesy of WHALE Arts Agency. Zoe Dudziak, Arts Learning and Guidance Worker at WHALE, very kindly shares this guest blog post to tell us more about the group of photographers behind the exhibit: Last year our photography
Turning away from The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Written by Milind Kolhatkar on 4 March 2013
A hard-hitting report published by a group of UK Churches takes several pernicious myths about poverty and welfare head on, calling for ‘a new story’ which is grounded in ‘truth, compassion and hope.’ The Baptist Union, the Church of Scotland, The Methodists and the United Reformed Church have come together to publish ‘The Lies We Tell
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