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Equipped for Learning (Midlothian) - providing digital devices for learning for pupils and classrooms
Equipped for Learning has provided digital devices for learning for all pupils and classrooms in Midlothian. Key to this project is the support that goes alongside this provision. This includes the installation of assistive software and literacy support on each device, safeguarding technology, and assistance for teachers, pupils, and families to help them use their devices effectively. The project…
No One Left Behind (Salford City Council) - strategic approach to tackling the root causes of poverty
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…
Star Project (Renfrewshire) - holistic community development project delivering a range of creative services to tackle poverty
Star Project is a holistic community development project in Paisley that takes a person-centred approach to deliver a range of services to tackle poverty. The services include for example counselling, a Befriending Scheme, workshops, Men’s Shed for mental health support, targeted activities for children, a community fridge and a pantry. Community members with lived experience of poverty are involv…
Forgewood Community Cinema (Motherwell) - alleviating socioeconomic pressures by providing free cultural experiences
Urban entertainment poverty project community cinema aimed at strengthening the sociocultural experiences of a low percentile SIMD ranked community. Providing a free at point of access, fixed community base within Forgewood’s Community Centre, the project provides a venue for social interaction, education, and social activities. Free snacks and drinks enhance the cinema experience for service user…
Fun and Food (Dundee) - mitigating impacts of child poverty and addressing food insecurity during school holidays
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…
Financial Services, Education and Mentorship Hub (Glasgow) - employability support through upskilling in financial services
The Financial Services, Education and Mentorship Hub seeks to reduce the gender, socioeconomic and ethnic minority talent gap within the financial services sector by providing individuals from multiple deprived areas with the right skills and knowledge to compete within the sector. Through providing a free Mentoring, Internship, Networking and Training (MINT) initiative, the project enables indivi…
Midlothian Reheatable Foods Service (Midlothian Council) - delivering ready-made meals to mitigate effects of cost-of-living crisis
Midlothian Reheatable Foods Service was a meal delivery service administered by the Midlothian Council and the British Red Cross. Ready-made meals were delivered to those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. The pilot primarily targeted low-income people who needed short-term support and could not afford to cook or struggled for various reasons. Supplied by ParsleyBox, the well-balanced, vac…
Changing the Rules (throughout UK) - participatory policy-development workshops
Changing the Rules initially comprised four participatory policy-development workshops that took place across the UK in 2022/23. The workshops were collaboratively designed in an intensive session in Manchester in October 2022. This was facilitated by Legislative and Forum Theatre practitioners, respectively - Katy Rubin and Dan Boyden, and co-facilitators from Together for Change, a panel of live…
Moray School Bank (Moray) - alleviating financial strains on families by providing school related material support and activities
The project operates with a small team of paid part-time staff and volunteers. Initially focused on providing school uniforms for impoverished children, the project expanded its scope to address broader educational access and closing the attainment gap. Evolving to meet community needs, it runs initiatives like No Worries in Moray, a community garden, a beach hut, a driving project, and a pop-up s…
PEEK Project (Glasgow) - fostering personal growth by engaging children and young people in extracurriculars
PEEK is a multi-award-winning organisation that aims to improve the life chances of children and young people in Glasgow by providing opportunities through their different programmes. The PEEK-A-CHEW food truck is community-funded and looks to tackle poverty by providing free meals to children, young people, and families. The Thrive programme looks to broaden the horizons of young people by provid…