Case Studies

The Think Poverty sessions were developed to highlight the impact living in poverty has on people’s lives and wellbeing. These are online, interactive sessions where staff can discuss the reality of poverty in a judgement-free space. The sessions raise awareness of the impact poverty on the lives of local people, as well as the national big picture. While these sessions raise awareness of poverty,…

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…

The Private Rented Sector Housing and Welfare Team (PRS Support Hub) works in the City of Glasgow to prevent homelessness and to address child poverty by providing a holistic support service that helps families sustain their PRS tenancies. Taking a proactive Housing Options approach, the service combines financial and housing services to ensure families who are referred to them for being at risk o…

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 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 Household Support Fund was developed by Falkirk Council to provide cash-first support to low-income families living in the Falkirk Council area. Its primary objective is to help reduce the need for crisis support, encourage engagement with advice services, and break the stigma often associated with receiving other types of support such as vouchers or food parcels. The fund is overseen by the F…

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 …

Energy Support Unit (ESU) based in Point and Sandwick area is designed to support those in the community most vulnerable to the fuel hikes. ESU is designed and delivered confidentially by Muirneag Consulting and financed by income from Point and Sandwick Trust’s (PST) community wind farm. The scheme includes direct cash support in the form of payments to fuel accounts via the PST Fuel Hardship Fun…

A charity organisation based in Glasgow offering free Employability Support and workshops to unemployed women, individuals, and ethnic minorities for whom English is not their first language. Employability and Adult learning resources are provided free as means to empower socioeconomically disadvantaged, ethnic minorities to find sustainable employment through the provision of employment skill set…

North Lanarkshire Carers Together (NLCT) are an information and advice service for unpaid carers and professionals, offering a range of services ensuring carers rights and needs are known, upheld, and considered as part of local and national policy and guidance development. NLCT launched their “Tackling the Cost-Of-Living Emergency for Unpaid Carers in North Lanarkshire WE ASKED, YOU SAID, WE DID”…