NEWS & EVENTS
NEWSFLASH Who Cares? Scotland’s Members’ Newsletter
Winter Aid Who Cares? Scotland has been provided funding to help alleviate the impact of fuel, material and food poverty during winter and as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This support comes in the form of a one-off payment of £150 and is available to Care Experienced people who have left the care system, kinship carers and parents of children looked after at home on a supervision requirement Our application form opens on Monday mornings at 9.30am and closes when we reach 100 applications. We will only accept one application per household. This fund will come to an end on Monday 28th March.
The Young Person’s Bus Travel Scheme Applications are now open for National Entitlement Cards (NEC) and YoungScot NECs to access the Young Person’ Bus Travel Scheme which gives free bus travel to young people under the age of 22.
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Evidence Submitted to the Health, Sport and Social Care Committee
Our Policy Development Coordinator Lucy Hughes gave evidence to the Health, Sport and Social Care Committee to aid in its inquiry into the health and wellbeing of children and young people. Lucy leant on evidence gathered through our advocacy work and our Annual Participation Programme particularly the themes of Sexual Health (read the report on this theme here) and Mental Health.
Scottish Child Payment Update
Back in February 2021, the Scottish Child payment was first introduced. This is a £10 per week payment that is designed to financially support eligible families with children under the age of 6 We welcomed the joint letter sent by The Poverty Alliance to the First Minister and Scottish Government calling for the payment to be doubled. In November 2021, the First Minister announced that the Scottish Child payment would double to £20 a week starting from April 2022. The payment will include eligible families with children up to the age of 16 by the end of 2022. The payment increase is a step forward in tackling child poverty in Scotland.
