Reports & Articles
The Commission's Main Reports
Findings of the Poverty Truth Commission - March 2009 - April 2011 -
PDF Download - 1,621kb
Violence and Community Breakdown: Observations and Recommendations -
PDF Download - 270kb
Kinship Care: Observations and Recommendations -
PDF Download - 106kb
Poverty Truth Commission Manifesto -
PDF Download - 262kb
Kinship Care: It Could Happen to you Manifesto -
PDF Download - 3,042kb
Kinship Care: It Could Happen to you Pledge Postcard -
PDF Download - 385kb
Kinship Local Election Demonstration 2012 Press Release -
PDF Download - 163kb
One Year One report - May 2012 -
PDF Download - 1,178kb
Articles: What others have said
Poverty is Everybody's Problem - The Herald - 2nd March 2009 -
PDF Download - 753kb
Treatment of those in Poverty is a Poor Show - The Herald - 16th March 2009 -
PDF Download - 796kb
Honest Poverty - The Daily Record - 21st March 2009 -
PDF Download - 241kb
Poverty? I've always done two jobs but its never been enough - The Herald - May 2009 -
PDF Download - 805kb
I can't even afford to buy my daughter a bed - The Herald - 8th May 2009 -
PDF Download - 643kb
Forum aims to help Poor find their Voice - The Herald - May 2009 -
PDF Download - 310kb
Families in Need - The Herald - 6th July 2009 -
PDF Download - 638kb
No Choice but to Care - The Herald - 6th July 2009 -
PDF Download - 982kb
Postcode Lottery leaves Carers in Poverty - The Herald - 6th July 2009 -
PDF Download - 767kb
Politicians play Blame Game - The Herald - 7th July -
PDF Download - 659kb
Letters in response to Kinship Care Articles - The Herald - 8th July 2009 -
PDF Download - 627kb
Political Leaders urged to Tackle Poverty - Evening Times - 23rd April 2010 -
PDF Download - 279kb
Poverty Manifesto Reveals Scotland's Debt Lottery - Third Force News - April 2010 -
PDF Download - 901kb
Voice of Experience - Holyrood Magazine - June 2010 -
PDF Download - 544kb
Gran helps win Kinship Fight - Evening Times - 27th October 2010 -
PDF Download - 406kb
Listen Mr Osborne - The Herald - 14th December 2010 -
PDF Download - 1,370kb
Chancellor is Challenged to visit Scotland's Deprived Communities - The Herald - 14th December 2010 -
PDF Download - 567kb
Governments urged to listen to "real experts" in poverty - Holyrood Magazine - 11th April 2011 -
PDF Download - 183kb
Poor can Pull down Barriers to Power - The Big Issue - 11th - 17th April -
PDF Download - 939kb
Civil Servants could be sent to experience life in Poverty - The Herald - 16th April 2011 -
PDF Download - 147kb
Ian Galloway: It's time for a new approach to Poverty - The Scotsman - 16th April 2011 -
PDF Download - 90kb
The real experts on poverty are the poor themselves - The Herald - 18th April 2011 -
PDF Download - 183kb
Poverty Truth Commission - The Friend - 29th April -
PDF Download - 613kb
Time for Truth - Third Force News - April 2011 -
PDF Download - 1,320kb
More than a Talking Shop - Third Force News - 22nd April 2011 -
PDF Download - 579kb
Kinship Carer Update - Regen North Magazine - April 2011 -
PDF Download - 126kb
Nothing about us, without us, is for us - Written by Martin Johnstone for The Scottish Review - April 2011 -
PDF Download - 263kb
My Life - My name is Jean, and this is my life so far - Flourish - May 2011 -
PDF Download - 1,062kb
Allowing the poor to be heard is key to tackling poverty - Flourish - May 2011 -
PDF Download - 681kb
Nothing about us, without us, is for us - Energy Action Scotland Energy Review - August 2011 -
PDF Download - 1,952kb
From the Holy City: The Poverty Truth Commission - The Coracle - August 2011 -
PDF Download - 458kb
Kinship Carers our unsung heroes -
PDF Download - 677kb
Kinship Carers are still paid less than Foster Carers - Sunday Post - 2nd October 2011 -
PDF Download - 1,491kb
Sir Tom hands over holiday park caravan to give carers a welcome break - Evening Times - 23rd November 2011 -
PDF Download - 1,342kb
Poor Relations - The Glaswegian - 18th January 2012 -
PDF Download - 520kb
