Edinburgh In the wake of the Scottish independence vote a bit more than a year ago, a coalition came together that included ACORN Scotland, EPTAG – the Edinburgh Private Tenants’ Action Group, an ACORN affiliate, the Scottish Student Union and others to form what we called the Living Rent Campaign. The demands were not new, …
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Finding the Line on Benefits and Drawing the Line on Rubbish
Edinburgh When it came time for the Leith ACORN branch chair to report on the accomplishments of the first 5 months of campaigns, the conversation among the leadership went from speculative and quizzical to animated and excited. As much as the big issues of lease security and rent management engaged everyone in the room, campaigning …
Living Rent Campaign is Huge Opportunity in Scotland
Edinburgh At ACORN, we’ve always said that one of the assets of political campaigns, even in losing, is the ability to test and prove your base, allowing an organization to expand its capacity and measure its support. Never has that been truer that the depth of the engagement of people in Scotland in the wake …