Case Studies

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 Perth and Kinross Anti-poverty Taskforce provides independent active leadership and support for cross-sector collaboration and action to help those most affected by poverty and the cost-of-living crisis. The Taskforce draws upon expertise from across the area and offers meaningful support to those experiencing poverty and most at risk from rising costs. It also provides a co-ordinating focal p…

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…

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…

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”…

The Angus Cost of Living Road Shows project offered support to the most vulnerable individuals residing in the Angus Council region and helped them to access help and support for their financial difficulties. The project supported low-income households who were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis. This was done by establishing positive relationships b…

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 Maximise Angus! Project is a collaborative effort between Education and Lifelong Learning in Angus, managed by the Angus Council Welfare Rights Team. Initiated in July 2022 and predicted to run for two years, the project employs a holistic approach to develop and normalise advice to families and contribute towards reducing child poverty in the Angus area. Two Financial Wellbeing Practitioners …

The Boosting Budgets project is a 7-week financial capability group for parents and carers across various schools across Fife with a weekly class covering a different topic every week. It addresses issues from fuel poverty, saving and borrowing, to benefits and rights as well as cooking on a budget with separate sessions dedicated to budgeting, benefit support and cooking. The service can provide …