Every child, every chance: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/child-chance-tackling-child-poverty-delivery-plan-2018-22/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/publications/child-chance-tackling-child-poverty-delivery-plan-2018-22/</a> [accessed 25 March 2019]
Actions highlighted in the plan include:
£12 million investment in employment support for parents
increased funding for the Workplace Equality Fund
a new minimum payment for the School Clothing Grant
£1 million on support for children experiencing food insecurity during school holidays
new support for childcare after school and in the holidays
a new focus on families in the Warmer Homes Scotland programme
£3 million investment in a new Financial Health Check service
£1 million for the Carnegie UK Trust’s Affordable Credit Loan Fund
a new income supplement for parents on low incomes
a new Best Start Grant for children in lower income families during the early years, to replace the Sure Start Maternity Grant
£2 million investment for the Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland programme
£1.35 million for the further education sector to develop initiatives with colleges and for the Student Awards Agency for Scotland’s outreach programme
£500,000 for a community education programme for Gypsy/Traveller families
£7.5 million Innovation Fund with The Hunter Foundation
£500,000 for the Healthier, Wealthier Children approach.