People First October 1st
The Scottish Trades Union Congress, in parnership with a growing number of faith, equality, anti-poverty and campaign organisations held the People First march and rally on 1st October 2011.
Around 15,000 marched from Glasgow Green to Kelvingrove Park to hear music and a speech from Tony Benn before attending a range of fringe events held in places of worship, student unions, public buildings and hotels in the vicinity of the park.
The event also featured a specific initiative to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal created to help those hit by famine in Africa.
Sponsoring and supporting organisations for the event were very diverse, but have in common the aim of working together on a non-partisan basis to:
• challenge poverty levels and campaign for redistribution of wealth across Scotland and the UK;
• campaign to protect those hardest hit by service and benefit cuts; and;
• help to build and reconnect Scotland’s communities.
