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The Equal Programme (North Ayrshire) - employment support for people with physical, mental health, or neurological conditions affecting ability to work
The Equal Programme targets North Ayrshire residents over the age of 16 with physical, mental health or neurological conditions that impact their ability to work. The programme provides support in two ways: 1) by encouraging members to learn new skills through engaging in activities, and 2) by providing tailored, one-to-one support to help each member find a long-term job that suits their unique s…
Living Wage Action Group (Dundee) - support for employers to become Living Wage accredited
Dundee Living Wage Action Group is an alliance of Living Wage accredited employers in Dundee working with Dundee City Council, Chamber of Commerce and Social Security Scotland. The group has recently launched the next stage of its Living Wage Action Plan for 2022-2025 (group est. 2019). It aims to double the number of workers benefiting from the Real Living Wage from 18,000 to 36,000 and to increa…
Walking, thinking, and talking: An exploration of the lived experiences and hidden geographies of poverty (Dublin) – a participatory research project
The Walking, thinking and talking project documented the voices of people living in poverty in Ireland by using photographs, sound files, video/film, drawing/mapping, and drawing on a creative, walking-based methodology. The project was conducted by researchers from Trinity College Dublin in partnership with All Together in Dignity (ATD) Ireland. Through the project, an artefact in the form of an …
Tayside Family Financial Wellbeing Project (Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross) - innovative approaches to financial support
Tayside Family Financial Wellbeing Project supports families struggling with public debt by testing new approaches to financial advice and support. It strives to implement innovative ways of delivering financial wellbeing support within Aberlour Children’s Charity’s family support model. It combines this model with approaches from Tayside’s statutory and third sector to empower families and reduce…
Ask Three Questions (North Lanarkshire) - information on young people's perspectives on poverty to improve outreach and services
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…
Edinburgh Community Food Project (Leith, Lothians and Edinburgh) - improving access to nutritious food through cooking courses
The Edinburgh Community Food Project (ECF) tackles food poverty and broader social issues through cooking courses, health training and partnerships with various organisations. During the pandemic, ECF expanded its services to meet increased community needs, providing about 1,500 food boxes per week and serving an estimated 1,000,000 meal portions in a year. The support included doorstep deliveries…
Caledonia Funeral Aid (Scotland) - emotional and practical funeral support to tackle funeral poverty
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…
Arran Youth Foundations (Lamlash, Isle of Arran) - a safe space for rural youth to develop life skills through activities
The Arran Youth Foundations provides a safe, welcoming environment for young people to have fun, build life skills and connect with their peers. In doing so, it provides relief to families by delivering free trips away and counselling services to members who need support with their mental wellbeing. The project enables young people to achieve their goals through activities of their choosing, inclu…
Flexible Food and Fuel Fund, FFFF (Argyll and Bute) - advice and support for immediate food and fuel poverty emergencies
Post COVID legacy Project. Argyll and Bute’s partner incentivisation scheme provides service users with one-off cash funds to meet immediate (food, fuel poverty) emergencies in conjunction with targeted household and financial advice from Bute Advice Centre and anti-fuel poverty advice from ALIenergy Where grants are not suitable due to preset criteria, support is offered through referrals to Bute…
Scottish Borders Child Poverty Index (Scottish Borders) - a quantitative tool for better understanding levels of child poverty in the area
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 …