Scottish Welfare Fund

Angela Constance Support has been stepped up for young people at risk of being pushed into homelessness due to UK government changes to housing benefit, social security secretary Angela Constance has said.

Jeane Freeman The Scottish Welfare Fund has allocated grants totalling £116 million to low income households since the scheme was established in 2013.

Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi) has directly created 16 new jobs as a result of its contract to supply furniture to vulnerable individuals being supported by the Scottish Welfare Fund. The figures were disclosed last week following a visit by Jeane Freeman, social security minister, t

Jeane Freeman Low income households have benefitted from £9.2 million in grants in the first three months of this financial year thanks to the Scottish Welfare Fund, new figures have shown.

More than 200,000 low income households have received almost £98 million in grants through the Scottish Welfare Fund, according to official statistics. New figures show that since the scheme was set up in April 2013, £97.9 million worth of grants have been given to nearly 204,000 households in Sco

A total of £24.5 million was awarded through the Scottish Welfare Fund during the first nine months of 2015/16, official statistics have revealed. Covering the period from 1 April 2013 to 31 December 2015, the money equates to around 70 per cent of the £35m available through the Scottish Welfare F

Margaret Burgess More than 178,000 vulnerable households, including around 59,000 families with children, have received essential help to buy everyday products through the Scottish Welfare Fund.

John Swinney The Scottish Government has announced a year-year increase of £90 million to its affordable housing budget to help it achieve its target of delivering 50,000 affordable homes during the next parliament.

West Dunbartonshire Council has extended the service it provides to help residents facing extreme hardship. The extended scheme helps struggling residents who may struggle to pay for food or heating at the weekend by providing vouchers for shopping or pre-payment cards for electricity and gas.

Margaret Burgess More than 164,000 vulnerable households, including around 54,000 families with children, have received essential help to buy everyday products like nappies, food and cookers through the Scottish Welfare Fund.

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) has launched a consultation to help inform the way it will approach and manage reviews about welfare fund decisions. The consultation sets out a draft statement of practice which explains how SPSO will approach decision-making in this new and different r

Margaret Burgess More than 150,000 vulnerable households, including around 50,000 families with children, have received essential help to buy everyday products like nappies, food and cookers through the Scottish Welfare Fund.

Margaret Burgess The Scottish Welfare Fund has helped nearly 135,000 households since the scheme began in April 2013, according to new statistics.