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Housing Access & Support https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/british-gas-energy-trust-makes-debt-grants-of-up-to-ps1700-available The Individual and Families Fund is open to credit and pre-payment meter customers. You do not need to be a British Gas customer to apply for this fund – […]

If Social Security Scotland takes longer than 56 calendar days to complete a re-determination, you can appeal directly to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland’s Social Security Chamber.  Here’s what happens […]

Funded by the Scottish government, MATRICS (Money Advice Training, Resource, Information and Consultancy Service) is a partnership between Money Advice Scotland (MAS) and Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) The law covered […]

August 2024 This paper argues that over the period 2017-24, Scottish Government strategy and plans directed to reducing child poverty narrowed in focus, with cash interventions prioritised as the core […]

29 August 2024 This is our sixth annual Living Standards Outlook. It provides an assessment of incomes, poverty and inequality as things stand in 2024-25, and projections up to 2029-30 […]

21 August 2024 Fixing the foundations – the need for better targeted support for energy consumers  1.53 MB Energy affordability no longer dominates headlines as it did when prices were at […]

In this long-read, Independent Age’s Senior Policy Officer Tatiana Sherwood explores what it’s like to claim financial support past State Pension age, and the devastating impact if people are not […]

You need to move to Universal Credit if you get a Migration Notice letter and you’re State Pension age, as tax credits are ending soon. Contents

If you’re in a couple where one of you is State Pension age, and you get a Migration Notice, you both need to move to Universal Credit as your benefits […]

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Like a foodbank but for mobile data, the National Databank provides free mobile SIM cards for people who can’t access the internet.  Internet access is essential in today’s society, and […]

If you or a loved one need help to connect to the internet, check to see if there’s local support near you. If you’re here to learn digital skills as […]