Up to £500,000 to be shared by local projects.
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 of child poverty reduction: improving income from
employment, supporting people with the cost of living, and
increasing awareness and uptake of social security benefits.
Ahead of a Scottish Parliament debate on eradicating child
poverty, Social Justice Secretary said:
“Eradicating child poverty is a central mission for the Scottish
Government and we must find new and innovative ways to achieve
this.
“Measures such as the Scottish Child Payment are estimated to
keep 100,000 children in Scotland out of relative poverty this
year, but we are determined to go further. The Child Poverty
Practice Accelerator Fund will support projects that target the
root causes of child poverty and create lasting change in our
communities.
“Local authorities and health boards are already undertaking
transformative work to tackle child poverty and this fund will
support them to go further and share best practice, to help make
child poverty a thing of the past.”
Background
Applications are open
until 5pm on Friday 12 July 2024.
Applications can be submitted by local authorities and health
boards, who may choose to work with other groups and
organisations in the community.
