CPAG in Scotland’s Strengthening Social Security research project is investigating the circumstances in which parents and carers on a low income can miss out on Scottish child payment and the rest of the five family payments (Best Start foods and Best Start grants.) Please see this earlier project briefing, which highlights some of the different reasons families can miss out (often because of a universal credit issue).
The project team is currently interviewing parents and carers, and they are hoping you can help them spread the word.
CPAG in Scotland is looking to speak to:
- Families who are eligible for Scottish child payment (and the rest of the five family payments) but have not claimed it;
- Families on a low income who are ineligible for Scottish child payment;
- Families who have had gaps in their Scottish child payment entitlement for any length of time;
- Families on a low income who have lost entitlement to Scottish child payment (and the rest of the five family payments); and
- Families who receive universal credit inconsistently.
Interview participants will be sent a £25 Evoucher as a thank you for their time.
Interview participants will have further opportunities to be involved in the project throughout 2025, such as creative activities, workshops and meetings with decision makers from the Scottish Government and Parliament.
If you have any clients who might want to take part in the research then please provide them with the information sheet and consent form.
There is a poster available if you would like to advertise the project.
Families on a low income in Scotland who want to take part in the research should email Matilda Bryce (mbryce@cpaginscotland.org.uk) with the email subject ‘Tell me more about the Scottish child payment project’.
