80 years strong: Satwat on voices of single parent resilience, cost of living and a just transition

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Today’s episode is our insightful conversation with Satwat Rehman, CEO of One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS), a leading charity working with single-parent families in Scotland.

While speaking with Satwat, we learned more about:

• Their latest research, including the "Living without a Lifeline" report which highlights key issues single parents are facing during the cost-of-living crisis.
• Their report findings from their five focus groups with single parents in Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Falkirk, Dundee, and Edinburgh on a Just Transition to Net Zero.
• Their campaigns: from "Cost of School" (which addresses how costs such as school clothing and school meals can put pressure on low-income families) to "End Child Poverty" (ECP), which calls on the UK Government to take action on child poverty, universal credit, the benefit freeze, and childcare.
• Their story and how this year they are celebrating 80 years of One Parent Families Scotland.

Visit the OPFS website to read their latest news: Changing Lives, Challenging Poverty - One Parent Families Scotland.