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RESOURCES.

Guides, tools, and materials to help you challenge poverty stigma and put the Commitment into action. This page brings together the full toolkit, training resources, campaign materials, and useful links.

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Stigma Toolkit

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Co-created by Making it Work for Families and Poverty Alliance with families in Fife -  practical tools to recognise poverty stigma and improve practice.

 

Change the Story Commitment

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Co-developed with families and practitioners through Capital City Partnership, this document sets out our shared commitment to challenge poverty stigma.

Change the Story Digital Badge Pack

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Add this badge to your website, email signature, or social media to show your organisation has signed the Commitment and stands against poverty stigma.

Change the Story Poster 

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Print-ready posters to display in workplaces, schools, and community spaces, promoting the Commitment and challenging poverty stigma.

Short Film - Impacts of Stigma

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A short film featuring parents from Making it Work for Families and members of End Poverty Edinburgh, sharing lived experiences of poverty stigma and its impact on everyday life.

Change the Story Social Poster 

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​Our campaign post is designed to challenge myths about poverty and get people talking. By sharing it, you can help shift attitudes and spread the message that poverty is about systems, not personal failings.

Change the Story: CPW Webinar 

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This webinar launches Change the Story. It shares how the work began in Fife through the Making it Work for Families project, explores what poverty stigma looks like in practice, and introduces practical tools to help services embed dignity and respect in everyday interactions.

JRF Talking about Poverty Toolkit 

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Guidance from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on how to talk about poverty in ways that build understanding, shift attitudes, and challenge stigma.

CEC Animations - Coming Soon 

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