Category

• Emerging Local Practice

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Poverty impact

• Awareness

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Poverty driver

• Non-driver - improving quality of life

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Keywords

• Stigmatisation
• Poverty impactor
• Inclusivity
• Social exclusion
• Education

Aim

The aim of the project is to provide an accessible toolkit that challenges and gets people thinking critically about poverty-related stigma at a local level. It also strives to enhance positive outcomes for families and individuals affected by the negative impacts of stigma when accessing local and government services.

Summary

Fife’s cross-agency Stigma Toolkit is an introductory toolkit which informs and promotes best daily inclusive practices for a broad array of service providers. Lived experiences of stigma within Fife’s socioeconomically deprived communities have informed this service provision partnership approach to: inform best practice, provide insight, and provide the tools to challenge structural stigmatisation of vulnerable families.

What difference does it make?

The Stigma Toolkit highlights the importance of appropriate language and behaviour as a tool to poverty eradication and equal distribution of resources.

Key take-aways

• Stigma perpetuates poverty.
• Striving to eradicate structural and individual poverty-related stigma at all levels of society is made easier through free, educational tools.
• Providing insight into the inappropriate use of language and labelling of stigmatised groups can help raise awareness about the effects of poverty.

 

Organisations

Fife Gingerbread, Clued Up, Citizens Advice & Rights Fife, Fife Intensive Rehabilitation & Substance Use Team, Poverty Alliance

Location

National

An ongoing resource.

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