
Chris Birt
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Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf_uk.
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http://jrf.org.uk 12-11-2011 10:44:14
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Great work from The Herald, not least Rebecca McCurdy’s personal piece which everyone should read. Today’s politicians owe those 80,000 children a better chance. They can deliver it. Time for them to meet the challenge.


In today’s Scotsman Satwat Rehman and I on why defending the status quo is no longer an option. Politicians need to wake up to the change people want to see. Decent affordable homes, a job that pays and support when they need it. scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…


“People are tired of being told the same things, hearing the same platitudes…We can no longer accept that the only way for our people to prosper is to make small changes around the margins of how our economy works now,” say Chris Birt Satwat Rehman Glasgow Disability Alliance 6000 disabled mbrs agree





A couple of weeks ago Satwat Rehman and I wrote this piece in the Scotsman. With their permission have put it on my Medium. How we think politicians need to meet the moment in Scotland. medium.com/@cdbirt/we-can…



A reminder to get your applications for the third year of our bursary programme with Joseph Rowntree Foundation Five women journalists will each be awarded £1,500 to develop a project shining a light on economic and / or social inequalities around Scotland bit.ly/3Z4Vyoa
