Research projects

Strengthening Social Security: research into the five family payments

We're currently undertaking a research project into Scottish child payment, best start grants and best start foods. The project is running from December 2023 to December 2025, with funding from the Robertson Trust.

Find out more about our Strengthening Social Security project

Early Warning System

The Early Warning System gathers information and case studies about families and individuals affected by changes to the benefit system.

Find out more about the Early Warning System

Cost of the School Day

Our Cost of the School Day project works with children and young people, parents and school staff to find out where problems lie for children from low income households, how their school participation and experiences are affected by costs, and which current and potential policies and practices could help to prevent these problems arising.

Cost of the School Day

Support for advisers in Scotland

We provide training, information and support for organisations and individual advisers through a number of projects.

Advising low-income families

Supporting those working with low-income families in Scotland, including lone parents, young parents, low-paid workers, and families affected by violence or imprisonment. 

Find out more about the support we offer to those advising low-income families in Scotland

Advising disabled people and carers

Support for those working with disabled children and families.

Find out more about the support we offer to those advising disabled people and carers in Scotland

Advising migrant groups

Support for anyone working with migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. 

Find out more about the support we offer to those advising migrant groups in Scotland

Advising students

Support for those working with lone parent students, disabled students, carers and other low-income students.

Find out more about the support we offer to those advising students in Scotland

Advising kinship carers

Support for organisations and individual advisers on benefits for kinship carers.

Find out more about the support we offer to those advising kinship carers in Scotland

Advising care-experienced young people

Support for organisations and individual advisers on benefits for care-experienced young people and their families.

Find out more about the support we offer to those advising care-experienced young people in Scotland

Advising families with a child in the care system

Support for organisations and individual advisers on benefits when a child is looked after by the local authority, living with a kinship carer or foster carer, being adopted or leaving care.

Find out more about the support we offer to those advising families with a child in the care system in Scotland