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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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