Showcase Event - Tackling Financial Disadvantage in Migrant Households

Migration Policy Scotland

Join us to hear about policy recommendations and practical interventions to improve access to routes out of poverty for Migrant households.

COSLA Conference Centre

At this showcase event, Migration Policy Scotland, partners and colleagues will share the learning and outcomes emerging from two years of work identifying the barriers and challenges that underpin poverty and financial disadvantage in migrant households.The showcase includes Pathfinder Initiatives emerging from collaboration with frontline service and support organisations in MPS’ innovative <a href="https://migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/welcome-to-the-policy-laboratory/" title="https://migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/project/welcome-to-the-policy-laboratory/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">policy laboratory</a>Join us to hear about and reflect further on policy recommendations and practical interventions to tackle barriers and improve access to routes out of poverty and financial disadvantage.Please note this event is in-person only. We regret that we are unable to provide hybrid attendance.If you have any specialist dietary or access requirements, please indicate these when registering. Information about conference centre facilities can be found here: <a href="https://www.cosla.gov.uk/conference-centre" title="https://www.cosla.gov.uk/conference-centre" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">COSLA Conference Centre | COSLA</a>Programme09.30 – 10.00 Registration, Tea and Coffee10.00 – 10.15 Welcome· Ms Kaukab Stewart MSP, Minister for Equalities, Scottish Government10.15 – 10.35 Migration Policy Scotland and the Tackling Disadvantage Project· Sarah Kyambi (Director, MPS) and Rebecca Kay (Associate Director, MPS)10.35 – 12.00 Expert Panel – putting the project in wider context of anti-poverty work in Scotland· Prof Stephen Sinclair, Chair – Poverty and Inequality Commission· Deborah Hay, Senior Policy Advisor – Joseph Rowntree Foundation· Dr Laura Roberts, Research Manager – The Poverty Alliance12.00 – 12.45 Lunch and Networking12.45 – 14.00 The Policy Laboratory and the Pathfinder Interventions· Leri Price, Research Assistant – Migration Policy Scotland· Eleanor Chapman, ACE student support officer – Glasgow Clyde College· Jo Baldock, Advice Network Coordinator – Edinburgh Advice Network· Agota Rauktyte, Outreach and Link Officer – Citizens Rights Project· Shaina Gabi, Advice Services Manager – Citizens Advice Edinburgh· Delia Spatareanu, Community Researcher – Community Renewal Rom Romeha14.00 - 14.45 Showcase of Policy Laboratory Pathfinder Initiatives(tea and coffee will be available)14.45 – 15.45 Funders Roundtable· Roddy Byres, Head of Funding (Scotland) – The National Lottery Community Fund· Patrycja Kupiec, Head of Funding - The Robertson Trust· Carolyn Sawers, Chief Executive – Corra Foundation· Speaker TBC – Financial Fairness Trust15.45 - 16.00 Closing Remarks· Sarah Kyambi (Director, MPS) and Rebecca Kay (Associate Director, MPS)

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