Referral pathways to money advice in education settings - briefing

As a way of helping to boost family incomes and reduce the impact of child poverty, school communities are increasingly offering referral pathways to welfare rights and money advice for families.

'Pathways to money and welfare rights advice from education settings' is a Public Health Scotland briefing for anyone working in a school or early years setting, in a local authority and for elected officials.

The briefing offers insights into how welfare rights advice can make a significant difference for families, examples of different pathways to advice in schools across Scotland, and makes recommendations about how we can make sure more parents or carers get access to advice. 

"Providing pathways to money and welfare rights advice from education settings can help prevent child poverty or mitigate its effects, and from a setting that most families with children engage with.” 

Public Health Scotland

This briefing was written by Julie Arnot, a Health Improvement Manager in the Fair Work and Employability team at Public Health Scotland. It was developed while Julie was working in the Child Poverty team at the same organisation, and was supported by members of their Child Poverty in Schools Practice Network.