Case studies

The NHSGGC Staff Crisis Support Fund is a multi-partner agency staff health improvement pilot project. The programme offers targeted poverty mitigation support, advice, and guidance to NHS secondary care staff within NHSGGC health board boundaries.

The Fun and Food programme by Dundee Bairns works to reduce food insecurity during holidays by delivering cold packed lunches across Dundee during April, Summer and October school holidays. The project delivers the food out to community groups, schools, and family support teams. Fun and Food also helps to support other community provisions such as community fun days in areas of high multiple depri…

The Home Energy Crisis Response Service provides a crisis support service across the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde health board board area to mitigate the impact of fuel poverty for acute care and mental health patients. The service is funded by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde with the aim of improving the flow of patients being discharged from a hospital setting back into the community. Removing the …

The Child Poverty Index (CPI) is designed to provide additional insight into child poverty in the West Lothian Council (WLC) area. Specific data on the different types of poverty is limited and most services tend to rely solely on SIMD data which lacks specificity. The CPI was originally developed by the Scottish Borders Council and is now being undertaking in WLC as part of a national pilot schem…

The Salford Tackling Poverty Strategy takes a systematic approach to tackling poverty and inequality, highlighting poverty as a societal rather than an individual issue. The strategy recognises the importance of a cooperative approach and coordinating the city-wide efforts in tackling poverty. Developed in extensive cooperation with the Salford Poverty Truth Commission and other local organisation…

Midlothian Council’s Trusted Partner Model is a cash-first initiative to reduce food and fuel poverty in the area. Developed as a response to COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis, this model addresses the needs of Midlothian residents with dignified financial aid. This council-wide project aims to mitigate the financial inequalities intensified during the pandemic by directly increasing income f…

The Maximise Angus! Project is a collaborative effort between Education and Lifelong Learning in Angus, managed by the Angus Council Welfare Rights Team. Initiated in July 2022 and predicted to run for two years, the project employs a holistic approach to develop and normalise advice to families and contribute towards reducing child poverty in the Angus area. Two Financial Wellbeing Practitioners …

The Slow Cooker Project arose from the need to assist the rising number of vulnerable families in Tameside facing food and fuel poverty post Covid and in a deepening cost-of-living crisis. Working through a referral-based system, the project is providing slow cookers, starter kits and a recipe and energy saving booklet to those in need in the Tameside area. Using a slow cooker allows for more ener…

Aberlour Urgent Assistance Fund provides financial support to families with children under 21 facing extreme hardship across Scotland. Families can apply online to gain assistance for a range of urgent needs, such as food, utilities, clothing, bedding, appliance repairs, replacement of appliances that have failed, or other essentials. The cash-first-based support has spread in recent years to cove…

My Academic Family is a social enterprise that provides information and support to first-generation students in Glasgow. It provides one-to-one support orientated to help “new” students understand the academic environment to maximize their Higher Education experience. The support includes recognition of university opportunities, strategies for managing stress and anxiety, strategies for improving …