Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland (WEAll)

Have you ever wondered what a Wellbeing Economy is? Join our webinar where we'll cover: 🟢 Wellbeing Economy theory 🟢 Case studies from around the world 🟢 What we can do in Scotland 🟢 FAQs 🗓️ 2pm, Tuesday 12 Nov 📍 Online Book your space: https://lnkd.in/ePvTW2GG

It’s #ChallengePoverty Week 2024, and young women in Scotland are feeling trapped due to the rising cost of living. In our latest research, we partnered with the Scottish Women's Budget Group to ask young women in Scotland about their experiences of the cost-of-living crisis, and here’s what we found out: 📉 65.7% of young women surveyed told us that felt financially worse-off compared to this time last year. 🏠 32.7% currently find their housing costs unaffordable. 🍝 74.2% of young women are cutting back on food expenditure by limiting the types of food they buy, and nearly 1 in 4 have skipped meals due to the rising cost of living. 👕 26.7% of young mothers are unable to afford replacement clothes or shoes for their children, and 66.7% are unable to afford replacement clothes and shoes for themselves. 🧠 70.6% of young women told us that rising costs have impacted their mental health and wellbeing. What can we do about it? Read the findings and recommendations in our new report: https://lnkd.in/eaViV_sx #CPW24

This #ChallengePoverty week we are calling for everyone in Scotland to have an adequate income. Delivery of a minimum income guarantee will pull people out of poverty by ensuring they have enough money to live a decent and dignified life, free from poverty.

🌍 Communities across Scotland have worked for a long time to build a different type of economy that puts people and planet first. It's time institutions get behind these efforts. Join Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland (WEAll) and see how we're trying to get #WellbeingEconomy back on the legislative track thanks to MSP Sarah Boyack's Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill👇🏼 https://lnkd.in/e_XbZkCg

Today, Carnegie UK are proud to join Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland (WEAll) and over 130 organisations calling for The Scottish Government to support Sarah Boyack's Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill. We believe that this Bill could help Scotland make headway with the biggest challenges of our time. The Scottish Parliament should get behind Sarah Boyack’s Bill because the only way we’re going to tackle issues like climate change or child poverty is through thoughtful action, co-ordinated across government and the wider public sector. https://bit.ly/4epaLpG

We are joining over 130 organisations calling on The Scottish Government to place wellbeing and sustainable development at the heart of policy making in Scotland by backing Sarah Boyack Members’ Bill: https://lnkd.in/ex26WGpk Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland (WEAll) Voluntary Health Scotland Scotland's International Development Alliance One Parent Families Scotland Sarah Davidson Hannah Paylor Adam Lang Stuart Mackinnon Adam Milne

We are proud to join over 130 organisations, united in our support of Sarah Boyack's Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill. In a just and compassionate Scotland, everyone should be able to live a good and dignified life. We urgently need this Bill to enable and inspire bold action from government and society that tackles the challenges of our time.  #WellbeingEconomy https://bit.ly/4epaLpG

'Building a #WellbeingEconomy in Scotland requires more. It requires an approach that is much bolder than we have seen over the past years.' Last week the Scottish Government published their Programme for Government. We are disappointed to see that they have failed to deliver on their commitment of a Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill. Read our full response: https://lnkd.in/esQeY8ip

'We have rising poverty, growing inequality, and we are crossing safe environmental thresholds. We must pause and ask ourselves: what are we growing and at what cost?' Our Director, Aileen McLeod, writes about the importance of a #WellbeingEconomy ahead of speaking at #SIDAconf2024 this week.

Scotland's Wellbeing Framework - the National Performance Framework - is failing to shape government policy as it could and should. In this publication supported by Carnegie UK, Dr Max French of Northumbria University sets out six steps that the Scottish Government could take to allow the National Performance Framework to achieve its potential: 1️⃣ Complete the journey from a National Performance Framework to Scotland’s Wellbeing Framework. 2️⃣ Make the NPF the lynchpin of a renewed Scottish Public Service Reform Programme. 3️⃣ Reframe accountability and scrutiny relationships around the revised NPF. 4️⃣ Introduce new duties for public bodies - in return for new powers. 5️⃣ Use the revised NPF as a tool for direct democracy. 6️⃣ Review the NPF's integration, not just its content.