Scottish Women's Budget Group
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The Scottish Women's Budget Group was founded to promote gender equality in the Scottish Budgetary process.
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Joined May 2009
📝 New Guest Blog. Arantxa, a Steering Group member, shares her reflections on our poverty & inequality report. After this week’s Council meeting, she urges decision-makers: don’t let this report be ignored. 📖 Read it: . Do you want to find out more.
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📢 Unpaid carer? Your voice matters. Our colleagues at Carers Scotland are running their annual State of Caring survey — and they want to hear from you. Share your experiences and help shape the support carers need and deserve. 💬🧡. 👉 Take the survey:
State of Caring is the largest survey gathering experiences of unpaid carers. It is vital in campaigning for change and helped win rights and commitments including carer’s leave, extra payments, and the right to a break. Complete this year’s survey here:
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📄 These issues compound. The full report shares real stories — and what needs to change. 🔗
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Key findings from our Gender Inequality & Poverty report:.🔸 Only 22% feel confident they’d get help if needed.🔸 58% expect to be told no when seeking support.🔸 2+ year delays for vital gynaecological care.🔸 Medical gaslighting & harmful stereotypes persist
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🧱 "Everything just seems to have barriers and people send you pillar to post.". In Aberdeen, women face daily obstacles to health & wellbeing — not because of individual choices, but because of how systems are built.
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RT @FifeGingerbread: Child Maintenance is a critical issue for families, and we are delighted to see SWBG include this in their report comm….
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🍏The poorest in our communities eat 42% less fruit & veg than recommended. We're urging @AberdeenCC to use the Good Food Nation plan to:. ✅Improve access. ✅Go cash-first. ✅Support community growing. ✅Include gender analysis. 📘 Read the report:
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🧵1/Our research in Aberdeen showed:.🏠 Only 37% of people living alone report getting 25% Council Tax reduction they’re entitled to. 💸 65% of respondents had debt — 17% owed Council Tax arrears. 👵 75% of pensioners feel worse off than last year, with many dipping into savings.
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Better homes. Better services. A thriving natural environment. Join the march for all of us. Edinburgh - 25 Oct. #WeDemandBetter.
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🚨 The MIG Expert Group has launched its final report 🚨. A #MinimumIncomeGuarantee is key to women's equality, recognising:. 💬 Unpaid care's impact on poverty.💬 Disability, income insecurity & extra costs.🔗
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RT @GWomensAid: Grampian Women’s Aid proudly supports @SWBG’s report on poverty & gender inequality in Aberdeen. Read it here 👉 https://t.c….
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📢 New briefing from shows childcare in @Aberdeenshire is already stretched — yet nursery closures were proposed last month. 329 parents told us:.❗ The current offer isn’t enough.👩👧👦 Women are cutting work to cope. 📝 Read more:
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2/ The impact on women's work, health, and financial wellbeing is undeniable — and deeply structural. If we want a fairer Aberdeen, we must address care as an economic and social priority. 📘 Read the report: #CareEconomy.
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🧵1/ Care and childcare in Aberdeen: . According to our survey data, women spend 4.5hrs/day on unpaid care. 24% have left work because of it. 💷 Over half struggle with costs .🏫 Holiday wraparound care? Limited, expensive, hard to access
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Thank you to the project's Steering Group for sharing their insights and experience as participants of the project. You've made this possible 💜.
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On safety, we heard from a large number of individuals about the impact of anti-social behaviour and poorly lit streets. Finally, on health and wellbeing, the report focuses on food insecurity and also on women’s experiences seeking help from their GPs.
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On welfare & benefits, Heather explains the difficulties faced by individuals seeking support ("everything is a fight"), including lack of accesible information in relation to entitlements.
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On care & caring, Heather provides some examples of what the report covers, such as the challenges faced by kindship carers. There needs to be a gendered lens applied to any policy development aimed at supporting this group, and others with caring responsibilities.
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Our Participation and Training Lead, Heather, provides an overview of the project and how the Steering Group identified four areas for us to focus on: care & caring, welfare/benefits, safety and wellbeing & health.
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We are in Aberdeen today discussing the findings of our Poverty and Inequality project commissioned by @AberdeenCC 's Poverty and Inequality committee
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