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Members of Aberdeen City Council's Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee have paid a visit to Aberdeen Cyrenians as part of a series of planned visits to communities and organisations supporting them. Aberdeen Cyrenians is a local charity and social care provider, supporting some of the most vu

Urgently reversing recent cuts to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) budget is vital for the First Minister to meet his policy priorities, CIH Scotland has told the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee is carrying out

Angela Constance The Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill has been published and will see Scotland become the only part of the UK with statutory targets in a bid to reduce the number of children experiencing the damaging effects of poverty by 2030.

Almost £6 billion has been invested to support low income households across Scotland over the last three years. More than a third of that total, around £2.18b, has directly benefitted children as the Scottish Government prepares to publish its Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan for 202

Projects aimed at tackling child poverty across the country will receive increased, multi-year funding thanks to a boost from the Scottish Government.   Successful applicants to the third round of the Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund, now worth more than £1.8 million, will receive

A new Fairer Funding pilot to deliver on the Scottish Government's top priority of eradicating child poverty will provide additional multi-year funding in the form of 45 grants to organisations across Scotland.

First Minister John Swinney should prioritise social housing in his plan to tackle child poverty, Shelter Scotland has said. Outlining his vision for eradicating child poverty in Scotland yesterday, Mr Swinney focused on the Scottish Government’s plans to remove the two child benefit cap, a mo

The Scottish Child Payment needs to be rethought with higher priority given to prevention, place-focused interventions and addressing the circumstances and needs of the most vulnerable and poorest families, according to Scotland's former social justice minister.

A fund to trial new ways of combating child poverty has opened for a second round of applications. The Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund (CPAF) will provide up to £80,000 per grant towards local projects that test and evaluate new approaches which target at least one of the three drivers

A new project aimed at helping young parents manage their home and reducing child poverty is helping young families in north west Glasgow. Thanks to the Scottish Government's Homelessness Prevention Fund, Queens Cross Housing Association has already supported 11 families at a higher risk of homeless

A new report published today has revealed how the Scottish Government's Scottish Child Payment could be improved to better meet the needs of low-income families in Scotland.

Naomi Eisenstadt Glasgow is to be the focus for the Scottish Parliament's social security committee as it begins looking at proposals aimed at tackling child poverty.

By Nora Uhrig, policy officer at Shelter Scotland How do you break free from a cycle of poverty when you grow up in a home that makes you ill and reduces your chance of going to and finishing school?

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today that the Scottish Government is set to bring forward legislation to tackle the deep-rooted causes of child poverty for the first time in its history.

Innovative approaches to providing families with locally-based wrap-around support will be backed in five more areas as part of £1.57 million of additional investment this financial year. The Fairer Futures Partnerships will ensure services are integrated to help families where and when they n