This year, we learned a lot about the social costs of the pandemic, such as health disparities between social groups, the vastly different experiences of COVID and the impact of lockdown by class, gender, and ethnicity, and what society might look like after the pandemic. Issues that have long been the focus of sociologists and […]
Internship Opportunity, Autumn 2021
Jubilee Scotland has an exciting internship for a talented student to join us for the Autumn semester of 2021. This is a placement opportunity for students who undertake work experiences as part of their MSc degree. About the internship At Jubilee Scotland you will take part in the preparations for the UN Climate Summit in […]
To help people through the COVID-19 recession, we need to reduce the stigma around household debt
Household debt is an issue many are hesitant to talk about. 80% of people who owe money don’t seek help, instead hiding their financial problems from fiends and family. The concept of household debt is a consumer’s total debt within a home, which can include debt through credit cards, student loans, leases, mortgages, and business […]
A Just and Green Recovery for Scotland
Jubilee Scotland is part of a new campaign to Build Back Better. As we begin to recover from the devastating impacts of Coronavirus, we have a chance to transform our society for the better. The outbreak of COVID-19 has reminded us what is really important – looking after each other and our communities, our health […]
A call for a new Debt Jubilee
We need to assess the public health crisis that is about to explode in the Global South if debt is not outright cancelled. While most Northern countries are in the midst of fighting against the virus, the heaviest impact caused by the pandemic will be on countries in Africa, South & Latin America and Southeast […]
Jubilee Scotland signs on to new debt jubilee to tackle COVID-19 in the Global South.
Jubilee Scotland has signed up today to a new debt jubilee to tackle the Covid-19 health and economic crisis facing hundreds of millions of people. This World Health Day, more than 150 organisations and networks have called for debt in the global south to be cancelled to fight to COVID-19 outbreak. Some of the world’s […]
Our Report for change – Rethinking Private Financing of Scottish Public Projects
In the midst of a windy day on the 29th of January 2016, the side of Oxgangs School in Edinburgh collapsed. A large section of the gable wall came crashing down with nine tonnes of bricks falling across the path below. An independent report concluded that it was “a matter of timing and luck” that […]
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