Case studies

The Young Parents’ Support Base (YPSB) supports young parents in attaining the best possible start in life for themselves and their children by helping them balance their academic and parenting responsibilities. The project provides a range of services, including childcare facilities, parenting and personal development classes, as well as peer support services. The programme also offers academic s…

The project aims to support families and alleviate poverty by maximising income. It provides one-to-one guidance and support in welfare rights and debt management. The focus is on increasing income through unclaimed benefits like Universal Credit, with referrals to employability and energy advice also provided.

The Big Blue Mobile Pantry is an outreach zero waste initiative. With about 450 members, it receives over 3,000 visits annually and distributes nearly 17 tonnes of food to Moray's most rural villages. The project also provides reasonably priced, wholesome food to 30 villages in rural Moray, where stores are more than 30 miles away. Managed by Moray Food Plus, it gives everyone access to nutritious…

Home Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire (HSGNNL) provides practical and emotional support to families with at least one child under five. It aims to create long-term benefits for communities across the North of Glasgow and North Lanarkshire. HSGNNL recruits and trains volunteers to offer regular support that is tailored to individual family needs in their own home setting. HSGNNL relies on …

The Care Rights Project is an ongoing charitable initiative launched in December 2021 to reduce homelessness and destitution among migrants with no recourse to public funds (NRPF). NRPF restricts access to welfare benefits and social housing due to immigration status. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities can provide accommodation and support to those with care needs. The project links NRPF p…

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…

‘Worrying About Money?’ cash first referral leaflets are co-designed as straightforward resources both for people facing money worries, and frontline support workers. The step-by-step guides identify which local agencies are best placed to help people maximise income and access any existing financial entitlements. Their design is based on learning from Scotland’s A Menu for Change project.

The NHSGGC Secondary Care Emergency Maternity Fund was a financial initiative project which identified maternity service users in need of immediate and long-term support. The NHSGGC Support and Information Services (SIS) pilot was funded by Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity. The project was piloted around SIS-identified gaps in maternity financial aid for pregnant individuals or for those who ha…

The Inverclyde Approach is founded on the principle that alleviating poverty requires not just a single programme intervention, but a comprehensive network of interconnected support. This approach places individuals and their needs at the centre, ensuring that services are grounded in relationships. It aims to drive systemic change in service delivery by holistically assessing people’s needs and c…

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…