Social security: benefit take-up strategy

Annex B: Social Security Policy Stakeholders

Agency Operations Reference Group

NHS Scotland
Skills Development Scotland
CoSLA
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Citizens Advice Scotland
DWP
Child Poverty Action Group
Macmillan Cancer Support
PCS Scotland
Inclusion Scotland
Building Connections
The ALLIANCE
The Independent Living Fund Scotland
Disability Agenda Scotland

Carer Benefit Advisory Group

Carers Scotland
Carers Trust
MECOPP (Minority Ethnic Carers)
Social Work Scotland
CoSLA
Highland Carers Centre
Child Poverty Action Group

Social Security Communications and Engagement Partnership Group

Citizens Advice Scotland
CoSLA
NHS Health Scotland
One Parent Families Scotland
Poverty Alliance
Child Poverty Action Group
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
The ALLIANCE
Age Scotland
Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations
Engender
MECOPP (Minority Ethnic Carers)
Inclusion Scotland
Disability Action Scotland
Coalition of Carers representing national Scottish Carers organisations

Disability and Carers Benefits Expert Advisory Group

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Glasgow Disability Alliance
Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
Carers Scotland
Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living
Dundee Carers Centre
East Ayrshire Citizens Advice Bureau
Coalition for Racial Equality & Rights
Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH)
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
NHS
Glasgow Caledonian University
Child Poverty Action Group
Scottish Recovery Network
Inclusion Scotland
Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Advisory Group

Scottish Trades Union Congress
Armed Forces Medical Advisor
Clydeside Action on Asbestos
Child Poverty Action Group
Citizens Advice Bureau Airdrie
MacMillan Cancer Support
CoSLA
Stirling University

Joint Ministerial Group on Welfare

UK Government

• Secretary of State for Scotland
• Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• Minister for Employment

Scottish Government

• Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People (Co-chair)
• Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills

Short-Life Working Group on Terminal Illness for Disability Assistance (SLWG)

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Glasgow & Clyde Palliative Care Network Group
Consultant in Occupational Medicine,
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
Scottish Public Health Network
NHS Highland
NHS Lothian
NHS Forth Valley and HIS
NHS Grampian
NHS Borders
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Children's Hospice Association Scotland
Social Care, Fife Local Authority
Adult Learning Disability Service
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care

Best Start Grant Reference Group

One Parent Families Scotland
Children In Scotland
Engender
Scottish Women's Convention
Poverty Alliance
Save the Children
Children, Young People and Families Services, Dundee Health
Parent Network Scotland
Early Years Scotland
South Lanarkshire
NHS Scotland
Centre of Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland
Child Poverty Action Group
COSLA
Scottish Women's Aid
Maternity Action
Action for Children

Funeral Poverty and Funeral Expense Assistance Reference Group

Church of Scotland
Scottish Older People's Assembly
Lothian NHS
Money Advice Scotland
Funeral Planning Authority
Scottish Working Group on Funeral Poverty
Society Of Allied And Independent Funeral Directors
Bereavement Consultant
Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management
Association of British Credit Unions Ltd
Child Poverty Action Group
Scottish Pensioners Forum
Muslim Council of Scotland
National Association of Funeral Directors
Marie Curie
CoSLA
Citizens Advice Scotland
Dignity

Ill Health and Disability Benefits Stakeholder Reference Group

Coalition of Care and Support Providers Scotland
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
NHS Income and Welfare Reform
NHS Public Health Practitioner
NHS Lothian Occupational Therapy
Child Poverty Action Group
Castle Rock Edinvar
University of Glasgow
CoSLA
Rights Advice Scotland
Coalition of Care and Support Providers Scotland
Disability Agenda Scotland
National Rural Mental Health Forum
Inclusion Scotland
Citizens Advice Scotland
Disabled Children and Young People Advisory Group

Terminal Illness Stakeholder Reference Group (SHRG)

Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
Marie Curie Scotland
MND Scotland
The ALLIANCE
MS Society Scotland
Macmillan Cancer Support
Hospice UK
Heart Foundation
Parkinson's UK Scotland
Citizen's Advice Bureau
Disability and Carers Benefits Expert Advisory Group for Social Security Scotland
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Young Carer Grant Working Group

Young Scot
Child Poverty Action Group
Shared Care Scotland
Carers Trust
Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carers Centre
Edinburgh Young Carers Project
Scottish Youth Parliament
CoSLA