Cash First Communities Glasgow
Open plenary
2 – Cash first bingo
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Morning workshops
1 – Exploring common evaluation frameworks: measuring the impact of cash first interventions
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2 – Local leadership: learning from Aberdeenshire’s anti-poverty strategy
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3 – Listening to communities: improving the development and delivery of the Scottish Welfare Fund
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4 – Poverty and people seeking asylum and refuge: experiences, successes and what more can be done in Scotland
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Afternoon workshops
1 – Emergency responses: tackling infant food insecurity with cash first
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2 – Empowering access: the value of integrating advice into the community
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3 – Referral resilience: partnership learning from Perthshire on building a robust referral pathway
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4 – Destitution, dignity and driving forward change: Citizens Advice Scotland Food Insecurity Pilot
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Closing plenary
1 – Panel: Towards a cash first UK
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About the conference
The Cash First Communities: Ending the need for charitable food aid in Scotland conference was held jointly by The Trussell Trust and IFAN in Glasgow in March 2024.
Our successful A Cash First Future conference, in March 2023, highlighted initiatives throughout Scotland to end the need for charitable food aid with a cash first approach. Shortly afterwards, in June 2023, the Scottish Government became the first UK government to publish a plan towards ending the need for food banks.
This year's Cash First Communities conference provided an opportunity for anyone with an interest in reducing the need for charitable food aid in Scotland to consider how we can take the plan forward and embed and strengthen local cash first approaches to food insecurity. We shared learning, perspectives and plans on implementing effective cash first support in communities across Scotland.
The Trussell Trust's Podcast - Cash First Approaches: Sharing Knowledge and Best Practice
Join the Trussell Trust, and our partners across Scotland, on a journey as we explore how we can move towards our vision of a Scotland without the need for food banks.
To combat financial insecurity and poverty six projects innovative cash first projects have been launched across Scotland, each tailored to their specific community. These groundbreaking projects will enhance access to financial support, advice, and holistic services while preventing crisis and fostering economic security.
On this podcast we will be following the progress of each project and hearing from the experts who are designing and delivering this work.
IFAN's 'Worrying About Money?' cash first referral leaflet project
Worrying About Money?' cash first referral leaflets are co-designed as straightforward resources both for people facing money worries as well as support workers.
The step-by-step guides identify which local agencies are best placed to help people maximise income and access any existing financial entitlements taking a cash first approach to food insecurity.
The leaflets are based on learning from Scotland's A Menu for Change (https://amenuforchange.wordpress.com/) project. Since June 2020, IFAN has collaborated with local authority teams, advice providers, food aid organisations and other local stakeholders to co-produce cash first referral leaflets for over 120 local authorities in Scotland, England and Wales.
Find your localised 'Worrying About Money?' resource here
Order free copies of the leaflets here
Find out more about IFAN's cash first referral leaflets in Scotland here
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