November 2015
Scotland’s Climate March
Join the worldwide movement marching for a better future. Ahead of the UN climate change negotiations in Paris, we will stand up for people affected by rising global temperatures and demand that world leaders agree an ambitious deal. A low carbon society will create green jobs, improve our transport and food systems and protect our land, air and water. Scotland needs to show its colours in Paris and beyond with strong action on climate change.Wear your brightest colours as Scotland marches…
Find out more »May 2016
Open the Books on PFI: Campaign Planning Session
Make your voice heard at this next public meeting on confronting the scandal of PFI/PPP.Jubilee Scotland are supporting this Common Weal event which will look at... monitoring potential escape routes from these deeply damaging contractsalternative public financing modelsreaffirming the basic principles upon which public sector construction should be based. Let's build the momentum by building a plan of action!
Find out more »June 2016
Jubilee Scotland AGM 2016
Come along to our Annual General Meeting to be held in the Studio of Augustine United Church. The AGM is open to all and offers the chance to get more involved in the activities of Jubilee Scotland, and to help shape our campaigns going forward.We invite all of our member organisations to put forward a representative to stand for election to the Board of Directors. If you've got any questions or want to know some more about standing for our Board then email kirsty@jubileescotland.org.uk Hope…
Find out more »October 2016
Private finance, global aid, and collapsing schools
We're teaming up with Common Weal as part of the Edinburgh World Justice Festival to run a session: Private finance, global aid & Edinburgh schools collapsing - a look into PFIs, PPPs & NPDs 17 Edinburgh schools shut down and their PFI contracts are costing the public a fortune. However, our governments haven’t just been pushing PFIs here but abroad too and developing countries are being pushed further into debt. Come find out about these issues, how a different economic system…
Find out more »January 2017
Alternatives to the Local Council Debt Crisis
Local authorities in Scotland are facing a debt crisis huge amounts of money are wasted repaying largely historic debts, to the UK Treasury and to private banks. The levels of debt Scottish Local Authorities have is double the average in England and Wales and amounts to more than £6000 per household. To start examining this and looking at different ways of financing and spending local authority money we’ve brought together speakers from a range of organisations and want you all…
Find out more »June 2017
Annual General Meeting (& Money Puzzles film screening)
This year our Annual General Meeting will be taking place on the 15th of June at 5:45 in Augustine United Church. You're all more than welcome to come along and have your say in the work of the organisation. We also invite our member organisations to put forward a representative to stand for election to our Board of Directors. So, if you work with one of our members and would be keen to take a leading role, this could be you! If…
Find out more »December 2019
Email your MSP about PPPs
Jubilee Scotland will be outside of The University of Edinburgh Main Library asking students to take a stand against PPPs. We will handing out flyers encouraging students to join our email campaign. There will also be Christmas cookies.
Find out more »January 2020
Book Launch: Public Alternative to the Privatisation of Life By Dexter Whitfield
Jubilee Scotland has the pleasure of inviting Dexter Whitfield (Director, European Services Strategy Unit) to speak about his exciting new book Public Alternative to the Privatisation of Life. The book sets out a radical agenda for decommodification, public ownership and provision, re-municipalisation, reconstructing democracy, public management and public investment. It explains the drivers of financialisation, marketisation, individualisation and privatisation. Public Alternative to the Privatisation of Life provides comprehensive evidence of the failure of privatization and the economic, social and environmental…
Find out more »Rethinking Private Financing of Scottish Public Projects
Please join us at the event “Rethinking Private Financing of Scottish Public Projects”, sponsored by Neil Findlay, MSP. When: Wednesday 29th January 2020, 6pm Where: Committee Room T4.60-CR6 (The Livingstone Room) at the Scottish Parliament At this event, Jubilee Scotland will present findings from their report on private financing of public projects in Scotland. We will also hear from guest speakers about the effects of schemes such as PFIs, NPDs and HUB. The event will encourage rethinking of how Scotland…
Find out more »February 2020
Workshop: How to make your voice heard
How do you make sure your local politicians know what matters to you and your local community? Throughout 2019 Jubilee Scotland has been working on our campaign against Public Private Partnerships. Now, we want to share our findings in a workshop which will equip you to engage with local politicians and thereby have a say in the matters that affect your community. The workshops will give you life‐long skills that will enable you to engage with the work of local councils…
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