Case studies

The Think Poverty sessions were developed to highlight the impact living in poverty has on people’s lives and wellbeing. These are online, interactive sessions where staff can discuss the reality of poverty in a judgement-free space. The sessions raise awareness of the impact poverty on the lives of local people, as well as the national big picture. While these sessions raise awareness of poverty,…

The Scottish Borders Child Poverty Index (SB CPI) is a quantitative tool used as a proxy for understanding the level of child poverty within the Scottish Borders. The index gives an indication of the level of child poverty in an area (data zone) based on a combination of two components: proportion of children in low-income families and proportion of pupils in receipt of school clothing grant. The …

The ‘1 in 5’ project was set up in response to the 20% child poverty rate in Edinburgh and aimed to improve understanding of the causes and impact of child poverty. The project provided insight into changes which schools could implement to support children from low-income families, especially in terms of reducing school-related costs. Engaging schools, pupils, staff and parents, the ‘1 in 5’ proje…

The Perth and Kinross Anti-poverty Taskforce provides independent active leadership and support for cross-sector collaboration and action to help those most affected by poverty and the cost-of-living crisis. The Taskforce draws upon expertise from across the area and offers meaningful support to those experiencing poverty and most at risk from rising costs. It also provides a co-ordinating focal p…

Tameside’s Poverty Needs Assessment strategy is a cross agency reaction to the post-COVID economic downturn and associated social, educational, and economic poverty. The strategy provides an easily accessible and empirically validated insight into area specific poverty instigators. Additionally, the strategy provides information on key actions taken by Tameside to help minimise the effects of a di…

Energy Support Unit (ESU) based in Point and Sandwick area is designed to support those in the community most vulnerable to the fuel hikes. ESU is designed and delivered confidentially by Muirneag Consulting and financed by income from Point and Sandwick Trust’s (PST) community wind farm. The scheme includes direct cash support in the form of payments to fuel accounts via the PST Fuel Hardship Fun…

End Furniture Poverty is a social research and campaigning arm of FRC Group, a group of not-for-profit charities. End Furniture Poverty does not provide furniture, or grants for furniture directly, but provides a service to direct people experiencing furniture poverty towards the appropriate source of support to meet their furniture needs. End Furniture Poverty also conducts social research to asc…

Fife’s cross-agency Stigma Toolkit is an introductory toolkit which informs and promotes best daily inclusive practices for a broad array of service providers. Lived experiences of stigma within Fife’s socioeconomically deprived communities have informed this service provision partnership approach to: inform best practice, provide insight, and provide the tools to challenge structural stigmatisati…

In the project “Ask Three Questions” school-age children are asked three questions; “How is the cost-of-living crisis affecting you?”, “how is it affecting those around you?” and “What do you think should be done about it? Through this project, the Tackling Poverty Team of the North Lanarkshire Council seeks to both raise awareness and collect information on how services and outreach could be impr…

Caledonia Funeral Aid offer advice for those coping with a loss and campaigns to tackle funeral poverty. The organisation is Scotland’s first and only non-profit funeral directors. Most clients contact the service when realising the high costs of funerals or to help with funeral debt. They work with sub-contractors to deliver a 24/7 funeral arranging and specialist support helpline, providing emot…