Seldom Heard Groups Action Plan
This Seldom Heard Groups Action Plan outlines how the Scottish Government and Social Security Scotland will continue to tackle the systemic barriers to benefit take-up faced by seldom-heard groups.
Footnotes
1 Scottish Government (Various), Experience Panel Seldom Heard Voices - Research Reports
2 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 6
3 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 12
4 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 8
5 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 28
6 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 28
7 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 12
8 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 55
9 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 18
10 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 31
11 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 8, 14 & 17
12 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 29
13 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 8, 14 & 17
14 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 15
15 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 10
16 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 6-7
17 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 4-5, 13, 33
18 Scottish Government (2019), Devolved benefits: evaluating the policy impact and Scottish Government (2021), Devolution of disability benefits: evaluation strategy
19 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 6-7
20 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 6-7
21 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 13, 17
22 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 33
23 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 29
24 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 13
25 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 12
26 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 29, 60
27 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 13
28 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 29
29 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 13
30 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 30
31 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 14 and 17
32 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 28
33 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 13 and 18
34 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 17
35 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 28
36 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 12
37 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 14
38 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 59
39 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 31
40Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 31
41 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 16
42 Scottish Government, ScotCen (2024), Research into seldom-heard groups within the Scottish social security system, pg. 29
43 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 16
44 Poverty Alliance (2024), The Impact of Stigma on Benefit Take-Up: Report of a Get Heard Scotland Citizens’ Panel – May 2024, pg. 13
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