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Cash First Project - helping Aberdeen residents navigate food insecurity through a cash-first approach.
The Cash-First Project initiative adopts a multi-agency approach in the fight against poverty, improving service access and sustainable routes out of poverty for residents of Aberdeen. The Cash First Project is a third sector initiative and is part of Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations (AVCO). The Project offers immediate financial grants to people who are struggling to afford necessities…
Income Boost Project - helping Fife families with a disabled child with living cost reductions and income maximisation through targeted advice.
The Income Boost Project is a service delivered by Citizens Advice and Rights Fife designed to support families with children who live with a diagnosed or undiagnosed disability. The service is aimed at families who are already engaged with NHS Fife or partner social care services. Advisors provide one-to-one support to help families with their financial wellbeing by carrying out benefit checks, e…
The young parent co-design project - supporting young parents into employment through informed employment pathways.
The project aimed to support young parents in Aberdeen, particularly mothers and fathers under the age of twenty-five, by identifying barriers to employability and co-designing services which met the populations specific needs. Through this approach, the project aimed to engage at least twenty-five young Aberdeen based parents through provision of a service which improved: Client confidence. Emplo…
The Health Equity & Learning Project (HELP) -providing practical healthcare access solutions for low income Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray families.
The Health Equity & Learning Project (HELP) is a test of change project led by NHS Grampian and Aberdeenshire Council. The project provides financial and practical solutions to barriers identified as preventing families from accessing essential NHS services, such as lack of funds or living rurally. It uses insights from families and frontline staff with lived experience to tackle issues relating t…
What Matters? Collecting, measuring, and using data that is meaningful to families in East Lothian - a collaborative agency approach to embed local lived experiences into local actionable policy.
The Project, ‘What Matters? Collecting, measuring and using data that is meaningful to families in East Lothian’ is a Test of Change for East Lothian Council. The Poverty Prevention Project aims to bridge a current knowledge gap related to individuals with lived experience of poverty though the identification of families and individuals who have been missed by poverty support services. The data co…