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  • Statement: Ofgem must do more to protect children’s rights from impact of forced pre-payment meters and energy disconnection

    Date: 8th February 2024
    Category: Child poverty

    Energy regulator Ofgem recently granted permission for three energy companies to restart a previously banned activity of force-fitting pre-payment meters in the homes of the most vulnerable. Read on to hear what Scotland’s Children and Young People’s Commissioner has said about the dangers of the practice for children and young people and their families.

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  • New briefing: Scottish Government needs to do #BetterforBabies

    Date: 5th October 2023
    Category: Child poverty

    Save the Children is calling on Scottish Government to do #BetterforBabies in a new briefing which shows that action is needed to reduce the 34% of babies under one living in poverty in Scotland. They are calling on organisations to support their calls to further protect babies from the harms of poverty.

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  • ‘Giving with One Hand, Taking Away with the Other’

    Date: 25th April 2023
    Category: Child poverty

    In March, Aberlour hosted an event for Debt Awareness Week – ‘Giving with One Hand, Taking Away with the Other’ – to highlight the impact of public debt on low income families and the role it plays in trapping families in poverty. Read on to find highlights of the event including presentations and a shared experience of living with debt from a parent, Caroline.

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  • The cost of higher learning in England

    Date: 8th March 2023
    Category: Education, including vocational education, Child poverty

    University students in England are forced to skip lectures to work paid shifts due to increasing pressures caused by the cost-of-living crisis, according to a recent poll.

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  • Video resources: Human Rights Act & the cost-of-living crisis

    Date: 8th March 2023
    Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, Child poverty

    The British Institute of Human Rights has published informative video resources on the importance of the protection of the Human Rights Act (HRA) during the cost-of-living crisis.

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  • School uniforms in Scotland

    Date: 13th October 2022
    Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Child poverty

    Closing date: 14th October 2022

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  • Rising child poverty linked to 10,000 more children in care

    Date: 1st August 2022
    Category: Care Experienced children, Child poverty

    Recent research completed by the University of Liverpool has found that a rise in child poverty over the last five years (2015-20) correlated with an additional 10,351 children being removed from their homes and taken into local authority care in England.

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  • Delivering for families? A response to Best Start, Bright Futures the Scottish Government’s second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan

    Date: 7th July 2022
    Category: Child poverty

    After speaking to 49 parents, JRF and Save the Children have made 50 recommendations on how Scottish Government can address the gaps in its second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. These recommendations aim to ensure action does not fall short of ambition to tackle child poverty.

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  • Scottish Government announces increase to Scottish Child Payment

    Date: 7th April 2022
    Category: Child poverty

    Scottish Government has said the payment will double from £10 to £20 a week by April 2022. It will then rise to £25 per week by the end of the year. This benefit will be extended to under-16s by the end of 2022.

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  • New report: The cost of having fun at school

    Date: 7th April 2022
    Category: Child poverty

    This new report captures the experiences of pupils and parents in schools across Britain, including insights from focus groups with over 1600 children and young people in Scotland. Lower income families share difficulties making the most of school life and taking part in special activities and events due to cost. The report includes ideas and suggestions from pupils and families about how events can be made more inclusive and examples of good practice from schools.

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  • Advice to Scottish Government on the Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26

    Date: 2nd February 2022
    Category: Child poverty

    The Poverty and Inequality Commission has told Scottish Government it must use all levers available to it to end child poverty. The report calls for much clearer actions in the next Child Poverty Delivery Plan, with regards to what impact Scottish Government expects its actions to have on the targets and how it will measure this.

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  • Scottish Government commits to doubling Scottish Child Payment

    Date: 16th December 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    After further pressure on Scottish Government to double the Scottish Child Payment to £20 per week, the First Minister has announced that this change will commence in April 2022.

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  • First Minister confirms launch of free bus travel for under 22s

    Date: 16th December 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    The First Minister has officially confirmed plans to launch free bus travel for under 22s on 31 January 2022. The transformational policy aims to embed sustainable travel behaviours early on and is essential in helping Scotland to tackle the climate emergency and meet the ambitious target to become net zero by 2045.

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  • New report on families’ experiences of poverty and services

    Date: 16th December 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    includem has launched its Voices Report, which focusses on families’ experiences of poverty and services and calls for children, young people and families having a say in what services are needed, how they are developed and how they can be delivered.

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  • New report on reducing the poverty-related attainment gap

    Date: 12th November 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    The Poverty Alliance has published a new rapid evidence review which examines evidence on the effectiveness of mentoring and tutoring for children and young people living in poverty and provides an overview of the current policy and practice landscape in Scotland.

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  • Ending the need for food banks

    Date: 12th November 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    Closing date: 25th January 2022

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  • Take part in the worldwide study exploring non-take-up in the context of social protection

    Date: 22nd October 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, is conducting a worldwide study to discover the reasons why people and families who are eligible for certain benefits don’t receive them.

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  • Draft proposal for Member’s Bill to include right to food in Scots Law

    Date: 17th September 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    A draft proposal for a Member’s Bill to include a right to food in Scots law has been lodged by MSP Rhoda Grant. It aims to reduce food insecurity and improve health.

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  • UK Government responds to calls to End the Young Parent Penalty

    Date: 3rd September 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    Following calls to end to the Young Parent Penalty in Universal Credit, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Work and Pensions MP Wendy Chamberlain, received a response from the UK Government. Within the letter, the UK Government stands by the decision to offer young single parents a lower rate of Universal Credit than those above 25.

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  • Child Poverty Action Group calls for changes to make Universal Credit work for families and children

    Date: 23rd August 2021
    Category: Child poverty

    CPAG has published a briefing giving an overview of Universal Credit’s (UC) main problems and offering recommendations for change in five areas, in order to improve UC, make it work for families and reduce child poverty.

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