The Scottish Welfare Fund (SWF), delivered by local authorities, provides vital support for those experiencing crisis, and those who are at risk when setting up or maintaining their home – through Crisis Grants and Community Care Grants. Following an independent review of the SWF, the Scottish Government has been working with partners to deliver a … Read more
At The Poverty Alliance, we believe that people with experience of living on a low income should help shape the solutions to poverty. Over the last decade there has been a significant increase in public bodies and third sector organisations collaborating with people with experience of living on a low income to shape policy and … Read more
The Scottish Government is working to raise awareness of Scottish benefits, and to ensure that people are receiving what they’re entitled to. To support this, the Poverty Alliance – as part of the Get Heard Scotland project – worked to recruit, facilitate and support a Citizens’ Panel on the impacts of poverty related stigma on … Read more
In November 2022, the Poverty Alliance’s Get Heard Scotland project was commissioned to recruit, support and facilitate a Citizen’s Panel of people with experience of poverty and using public transport in Scotland to share their views and shape the Fair Fares Review. The main messages were that people living on low incomes in both urban … Read more
In a just and compassionate Scotland, everyone would have affordable, sustainable travel options that give them more freedom, increase their opportunities, and support their health and wellbeing. As part of our Get Heard Scotland project, the Poverty Alliance was commissioned by the Just Transition team at the Scottish Government to support the engagement of people … Read more
In a just Scotland, everyone will be have warm, green, energy efficient homes that they can afford to heat. As part of our Get Heard Scotland project, we were commissioned by the Just Transition team at the Scottish Government to support the engagement of people on low incomes in the development of Scottish Government’s policies … Read more
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The Scottish Government have committed to the Community Wealth Building (CWB) approach to economic development as a means of achieving their wellbeing economy objectives. As part of the consultation on CWB legislation, the Poverty Alliance were commissioned to recruit, support and facilitate a citizen’s panel of people with experience of poverty to share their views … Read more
We report on sessions that we ran in order to test key messages around the Scottish Government’s Lifetime Skills offer with equalities organisations, adding important perspectives to our previous citizens’ panel work ensuring that the recommendations of the citizen’s panel reflected the needs of women, Black and minority ethnic (BME) people, and older people. Across the … Read more
Cash-first payments to support families should be at the heart of the Scottish Government’s efforts to end child poverty, according to a new report that outlines the views and experiences of grassroots organisations and people living on low incomes in Scotland. As a contribution to the development of the Scottish Government’s new Child Poverty Delivery … Read more
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