Welfare Key Points: SCVO seeks the full devolution of welfare – excluding pensions.,In 2013, over 70% of third sector organisations had experienced a significant increase in demand for,The latter is predicated upon the devolution of welfare to Scotland.,senior staff - 24 September 2014 Joint event hosted with Scottish Government Third sector Division, 12,Murray, SCVO Susan Smith, SCVO Teresa Bray, Changeworks Theresa Shearer, OMS Willie Sullivan, Electoral Reform
https://scvo.scot/p/6582/2014/11/03/scvo-response-smith-commission
Welfare
The devolution of powers and associated budgets that affect welfare support, either wholly or,In 2013, over 70% of third sector organisations had experienced a significant increase in demand for,of the discussion about the devolution of welfare has taken place.,References
[i] https://storage.googleapis.com/scvo-cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/welfare-reform-mapping-report2,.pdf [ii] http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-blogs/tfn-blogs/equality-law-should-be-devolved [iii] http
https://scvo.scot/p/6295/2014/10/10/smith-commission-scvo-interim-response
reforms.,Calls for a cumulative impact assessment of welfare reform to date must be met.,[i] http://reidfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/InPlaceOfAnxiety.pdf [ii] http://www.cpag.org.uk,Call for Evidence, page 3 [ix] https://storage.googleapis.com/scvo-cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/welfare-reform-mapping-report2,Economic Sense Too – Mohamed El-Erian, [xvii] http://blog.church-poverty.org.uk/2013/12/04/benefit-sanctions-ineffective-and-immoral
https://scvo.scot/p/5184/2014/04/01/sanctions-briefing-scvo-appearance-before-welfare-reform-committee
The human costs of welfare reform
The sector has been at the forefront of dealing with the fall out of,Many of these mirror the challenges we identified in our first “mapping” exercise in 2013[v]: These include,%20factsheet%20Oct%2014%20_0.pdf [ii] http://www.cpag.org.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/14-05%20Sanctions,%20Stats%20Briefing%20-%20D%20Webster%20May%202014.pdf [iii] http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/uploads,[v] https://storage.googleapis.com/scvo-cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/welfare-reform-mapping-report2
https://scvo.scot/p/6701/2014/11/12/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-debate-on-welfare-12-november-2014
Overview The impact of welfare reform has been felt across Scotland, and, as research commissioned by,the Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee shows, the most deprived areas in Scotland will take,a key effect of the welfare reforms will be to widen the gaps in prosperity between the best and worst,This report aims to provide a snap-shot of: The ways in which welfare reforms have impacted/are likely,Download the full report [PDF]
https://scvo.scot/p/2462/2013/05/05/scvo-welfare-reform-mapping-report
