Tackling Child poverty and the public debt crisis conference

Date: 17th March 2025
Time: 10:00- 16:00
Location: University of Glasgow

Cost: free

Aberlour Children's Charity and the University of Glasgow's Centre for Public Policy are co-hosting a national conference during Debt Awareness Week to address child poverty through public debt reform.

Professor Morag Treanor, a leading expert in social policy and inequality from the University of Glasgow will deliver a keynote speech. Other key speakers include:

  • Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice;
  • Nicola Killean, Children & Young People's Commissioner Scotland;
  • Professor Nicola McEwan, Director of the Centre for Public Policy;
  • SallyAnn Kelly OBE, CEO of Aberlour Children's Charity.

The conference invites professionals from the third sector, public sector, and academia who are committed to tackling child poverty.


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