Claire Telfer
@telfc.bsky.social
Head of Scotland at @savechildrensco.bsky.social
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‘I feel rage’: I talk to the head of Save the Children about child poverty in Scotland. She tells me how 1-in-3 families with babies live in poverty, that political failure by both govts brought us here and why the public want action not more hard heartedness
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...
‘I feel rage’ Save the Children boss demands action on Scottish child poverty scandal
Claire Telfer is one of the country’s most influential charity chiefs. She tells our Writer at Large why the public wants politicians to do more…
www.heraldscotland.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
‘I feel rage’: I talk to the head of Save the Children about child poverty in Scotland. She tells me how 1-in-3 families with babies live in poverty, that political failure by both govts brought us here and why the public want action not more hard heartedness
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...
I met with @neilmackay.bsky.social for his big read in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social about ending child poverty, the role of public attitudes, the need for a baby guarantee and harnessing the power of children & families
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...
‘I feel rage’ Save the Children boss demands action on Scottish child poverty scandal
Claire Telfer is one of the country’s most influential charity chiefs. She tells our Writer at Large why the public wants politicians to do more…
www.heraldscotland.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I met with @neilmackay.bsky.social for his big read in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social about ending child poverty, the role of public attitudes, the need for a baby guarantee and harnessing the power of children & families
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2513666...
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𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week
heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...
The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week
heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...
April 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week
heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...
The Herald has teamed up with 23 of the country's leading children and anti-poverty charities to call for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week
heraldscotland.com/news/2512502...
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Our response to Rachel Reeves' #SpringStatement 👇
March 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our response to Rachel Reeves' #SpringStatement 👇
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It is a political choice to plunge 50,000 more children into poverty by the end of this parliament, as a result of the health and disability benefit cuts. This news will be devastating for families across the country struggling to make ends meet.
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Government’s own impact assessment finds welfare cuts would drive 250,000 more people, including 50,000 children, into poverty.
800,000 current and future claimants will lose PIP. 150,000 lose carers allowance as a knock-on effect.
800,000 current and future claimants will lose PIP. 150,000 lose carers allowance as a knock-on effect.
March 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It is a political choice to plunge 50,000 more children into poverty by the end of this parliament, as a result of the health and disability benefit cuts. This news will be devastating for families across the country struggling to make ends meet.
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Scottish Government's latest #ChildPoverty figures are out.
The BBC has been speaking to young parents in our Best Beginning group in Motherwell about the real impact of the cost of living crisis.
📺 Tune in BBC Reporting Scotland tonight, 6.30pm.
@cpagscotland.bsky.social
The BBC has been speaking to young parents in our Best Beginning group in Motherwell about the real impact of the cost of living crisis.
📺 Tune in BBC Reporting Scotland tonight, 6.30pm.
@cpagscotland.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Scottish Government's latest #ChildPoverty figures are out.
The BBC has been speaking to young parents in our Best Beginning group in Motherwell about the real impact of the cost of living crisis.
📺 Tune in BBC Reporting Scotland tonight, 6.30pm.
@cpagscotland.bsky.social
The BBC has been speaking to young parents in our Best Beginning group in Motherwell about the real impact of the cost of living crisis.
📺 Tune in BBC Reporting Scotland tonight, 6.30pm.
@cpagscotland.bsky.social
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Infuriating watching politicians try to explain away an increase in children in poverty. A values led, compassionate and informed approach would have dismissed any increase in child poverty as both indefensible and untenable.
March 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Infuriating watching politicians try to explain away an increase in children in poverty. A values led, compassionate and informed approach would have dismissed any increase in child poverty as both indefensible and untenable.
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We acknowledge the slight reduction in child poverty however, figures remain significantly above the interim target. @ScotGov must do more to prioritise ending child poverty to meet targets. Too many children in Scotland are still growing up in poverty 👇 www.aberlour.org.uk/news-item/ab...
March 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We acknowledge the slight reduction in child poverty however, figures remain significantly above the interim target. @ScotGov must do more to prioritise ending child poverty to meet targets. Too many children in Scotland are still growing up in poverty 👇 www.aberlour.org.uk/news-item/ab...
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PRESS RELEASE Scottish policies “are working to shift the dial on child poverty” say campaigners as official statistics show child poverty falling. bit.ly/41L0qjX
Scottish policies “are working to shift the dial on child poverty”
Scottish policies “are working to shift the dial on child poverty” say campaigners as official statistics show child poverty falling
bit.ly
March 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
PRESS RELEASE Scottish policies “are working to shift the dial on child poverty” say campaigners as official statistics show child poverty falling. bit.ly/41L0qjX
We are deeply disappointed that the interim child poverty targets have been missed. Too many families are still struggling to make ends meet. We simply need Holyrood & Westminster to do more for children (1/4)
Today's child poverty stats show that positive policy choices, including the Scottish Child Payment are making a difference, but not nearly enough is being done to give all children a decent start in life.
March 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We are deeply disappointed that the interim child poverty targets have been missed. Too many families are still struggling to make ends meet. We simply need Holyrood & Westminster to do more for children (1/4)
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🚨 BREAKING: Child poverty has hit a new record high in the UK.
These figures are a source of national shame. The rise in child poverty to 4.5 million is a direct consequence of political choices.
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These figures are a source of national shame. The rise in child poverty to 4.5 million is a direct consequence of political choices.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Child poverty has hit a new record high in the UK.
These figures are a source of national shame. The rise in child poverty to 4.5 million is a direct consequence of political choices.
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These figures are a source of national shame. The rise in child poverty to 4.5 million is a direct consequence of political choices.
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We fear child poverty levels will rise as a direct result of the welfare reforms announced today.
870k children live in families that receive PIP & 290k of these are already in poverty.
A reduction in income for families with a disabled parent means more children will suffer.
870k children live in families that receive PIP & 290k of these are already in poverty.
A reduction in income for families with a disabled parent means more children will suffer.
March 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We fear child poverty levels will rise as a direct result of the welfare reforms announced today.
870k children live in families that receive PIP & 290k of these are already in poverty.
A reduction in income for families with a disabled parent means more children will suffer.
870k children live in families that receive PIP & 290k of these are already in poverty.
A reduction in income for families with a disabled parent means more children will suffer.
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Proud to be hosting the Child Poverty Summit in Sheffield today, bringing together experts and people with lived experience of poverty to develop solutions that politicians can adopt to tackle this vital issue.
Let's get to work 🤝
#APlaceOfHope
Let's get to work 🤝
#APlaceOfHope
Calls to act on child poverty as leaders gather for South Yorkshire summit
Child poverty in Yorkshire is holding back the life chances of young people in the region, experts warn, as new polling outlines the social and economic toll of failing to act.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Proud to be hosting the Child Poverty Summit in Sheffield today, bringing together experts and people with lived experience of poverty to develop solutions that politicians can adopt to tackle this vital issue.
Let's get to work 🤝
#APlaceOfHope
Let's get to work 🤝
#APlaceOfHope
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"If our children can see us and be inspired by us, they can boss the future."
Brittany, a parent from the Sheffield Early Learning Community with some truly powerful words to end the Child Poverty Summit.
We're all leaving feeling inspired with hope for the future ❤️
Brittany, a parent from the Sheffield Early Learning Community with some truly powerful words to end the Child Poverty Summit.
We're all leaving feeling inspired with hope for the future ❤️
February 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"If our children can see us and be inspired by us, they can boss the future."
Brittany, a parent from the Sheffield Early Learning Community with some truly powerful words to end the Child Poverty Summit.
We're all leaving feeling inspired with hope for the future ❤️
Brittany, a parent from the Sheffield Early Learning Community with some truly powerful words to end the Child Poverty Summit.
We're all leaving feeling inspired with hope for the future ❤️
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🧵The First Minister is right - we predict the gap will grow between child poverty rates in Scotland and England and Wales - to around 10 percentage points.
The gap is largely as a result of the Child Payment and the commitment to end the two child limit.
Shows the power of social security. 1/3
The gap is largely as a result of the Child Payment and the commitment to end the two child limit.
Shows the power of social security. 1/3
Scotland is on course to have the lowest child poverty rate in the UK within five years - and it’s set to keep falling, according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Encouraging news but there’s more to do, which is why we’re building a Scotland where every child can thrive.
Encouraging news but there’s more to do, which is why we’re building a Scotland where every child can thrive.
Scottish progress on child poverty 'to outstrip rest of UK'
Scotland’s child poverty rate could fall to 21.8% by January 2029 from the current rate – believed to be 23.7%, according to forecasting data.
news.stv.tv
January 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🧵The First Minister is right - we predict the gap will grow between child poverty rates in Scotland and England and Wales - to around 10 percentage points.
The gap is largely as a result of the Child Payment and the commitment to end the two child limit.
Shows the power of social security. 1/3
The gap is largely as a result of the Child Payment and the commitment to end the two child limit.
Shows the power of social security. 1/3
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🚨 Breaking news: Scots are more concerned about poverty than people elsewhere in UK.
Read our new @trusselluk.bky.social
research 👇
www..trussell.org.uk/news-and-research/news/scots-are-more-concerned-about-poverty-than-people-elsewhere-in-uk
Read our new @trusselluk.bky.social
research 👇
www..trussell.org.uk/news-and-research/news/scots-are-more-concerned-about-poverty-than-people-elsewhere-in-uk
January 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🚨 Breaking news: Scots are more concerned about poverty than people elsewhere in UK.
Read our new @trusselluk.bky.social
research 👇
www..trussell.org.uk/news-and-research/news/scots-are-more-concerned-about-poverty-than-people-elsewhere-in-uk
Read our new @trusselluk.bky.social
research 👇
www..trussell.org.uk/news-and-research/news/scots-are-more-concerned-about-poverty-than-people-elsewhere-in-uk
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Happy #ChristmasJumperDay! 🎄
Wear your silliest Christmas jumpers with pride, because the money you raise will help create lasting change for children around the world.
Use the hashtag #ChristmasJumperDay to share the festive fun!
Donate here: bit.ly/3D8viB4
Wear your silliest Christmas jumpers with pride, because the money you raise will help create lasting change for children around the world.
Use the hashtag #ChristmasJumperDay to share the festive fun!
Donate here: bit.ly/3D8viB4
December 12, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Happy #ChristmasJumperDay! 🎄
Wear your silliest Christmas jumpers with pride, because the money you raise will help create lasting change for children around the world.
Use the hashtag #ChristmasJumperDay to share the festive fun!
Donate here: bit.ly/3D8viB4
Wear your silliest Christmas jumpers with pride, because the money you raise will help create lasting change for children around the world.
Use the hashtag #ChristmasJumperDay to share the festive fun!
Donate here: bit.ly/3D8viB4
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Big week in Scotland 💷
Budget.
Will it put us on the path to eradicating child poverty as the FM wants to?
Will the other parties push the Scottish Government on this?
How will we know if the budget is progress?
What sort of scale is needed?
A thread to help...🧵1/
Budget.
Will it put us on the path to eradicating child poverty as the FM wants to?
Will the other parties push the Scottish Government on this?
How will we know if the budget is progress?
What sort of scale is needed?
A thread to help...🧵1/
December 3, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Big week in Scotland 💷
Budget.
Will it put us on the path to eradicating child poverty as the FM wants to?
Will the other parties push the Scottish Government on this?
How will we know if the budget is progress?
What sort of scale is needed?
A thread to help...🧵1/
Budget.
Will it put us on the path to eradicating child poverty as the FM wants to?
Will the other parties push the Scottish Government on this?
How will we know if the budget is progress?
What sort of scale is needed?
A thread to help...🧵1/
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worrying jump in levels of distrust of the Scottish Government: from 38 to 45% over year to 2023. Now as many people distrust as trust the Scottish Government (10% not sure).
Levels of trust matter, especially for taxation 1/
www.gov.scot/publications...
Levels of trust matter, especially for taxation 1/
www.gov.scot/publications...
Scottish Household Survey 2023: trust in public institutions
The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is an annual survey of the general population in Scotland, carried out since 1999. It collects information on a range of topics through a random sample of people in...
www.gov.scot
December 2, 2024 at 3:51 PM
worrying jump in levels of distrust of the Scottish Government: from 38 to 45% over year to 2023. Now as many people distrust as trust the Scottish Government (10% not sure).
Levels of trust matter, especially for taxation 1/
www.gov.scot/publications...
Levels of trust matter, especially for taxation 1/
www.gov.scot/publications...
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📣New @jrf-uk.bsky.social research on ethnicity and persistent very deep poverty*.
Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Black African families are 5x more like to experience it than white families.
We wanted to dig into the reasons…
Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Black African families are 5x more like to experience it than white families.
We wanted to dig into the reasons…
December 2, 2024 at 4:01 PM
📣New @jrf-uk.bsky.social research on ethnicity and persistent very deep poverty*.
Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Black African families are 5x more like to experience it than white families.
We wanted to dig into the reasons…
Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Black African families are 5x more like to experience it than white families.
We wanted to dig into the reasons…
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I had the pleasure of speaking about early learning and childcare in Scotland. We know that cost and lack of flexibility is still a major barrier for work, particularly for mothers. High quality childcare that flexes around the needs of low income families is needed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why is there less free childcare for under-threes in Scotland?
In England, Fiona would qualify for 15 hours of funded childcare per week, cutting down on the extra care she needs to pay for.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I had the pleasure of speaking about early learning and childcare in Scotland. We know that cost and lack of flexibility is still a major barrier for work, particularly for mothers. High quality childcare that flexes around the needs of low income families is needed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...