Case Studies

The Workforce Mobility Project aims to identify and support sustainable solutions that reduce transport barriers to employment, training and education in the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland (ESES) City Region to alleviate poverty and social mobility issues in rural and rural-remote areas.

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,…

Tameside’s Poverty Needs Assessment strategy is a cross agency reaction to the post-COVID economic downturn and associated social, educational, and economic poverty. The strategy provides an easily accessible and empirically validated insight into area specific poverty instigators. Additionally, the strategy provides information on key actions taken by Tameside to help minimise the effects of a di…

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…

The Salford Tackling Poverty Strategy takes a systematic approach to tackling poverty and inequality, highlighting poverty as a societal rather than an individual issue. The strategy recognises the importance of a cooperative approach and coordinating the city-wide efforts in tackling poverty. Developed in extensive cooperation with the Salford Poverty Truth Commission and other local organisation…

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 Financial Insecurity Fund is a local fund which provides assistance to those on low incomes in the Perth and Kinross area. If a household is struggling due to the cost-of-living crisis and has no recourse to public funds, they can apply for financial assistance through the fund to pay back debts. The debts, for which the fund provides assistance include for example gas, electricity, broadband …

The Onwards and Upwards programme aims to close the poverty-related attainment gap. This is done by removing barriers to learning and providing targeted support with the hope of allowing all pupils at Braes High School the same opportunity to excel to their fullest potential. The Onwards and Upwards programme also helps to build strong and positive relationships, to engage learners and raise aspir…

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”…