Evaluation of Tayside Family Financial Wellbeing Pilot
Aberlour’s Family Financial Wellbeing pilot has successfully delivered positive change for Tayside families struggling with public debt (such as Council Tax, School meal debt). It has done this by testing new and innovative approaches to financial advice and support. The pilot uniquely combined Aberlour’s family support model with financial wellbeing advice offered by Tayside’s statutory and third sector to empower families and reduce the impact of poverty. The pilot was established in 2022 to run for 3 years and is funded by the Robertson Trust, Corra Scotland and Aberlour. It is delivered by Aberlour working in partnership with Dundee City, Angus and Perth & Kinross Councils. An independent evaluation of the pilot was completed by Social Value Lab.
Aims of the pilot were to:-
- Work with Tayside’s existing financial wellbeing support providers (such as welfare advice) to design a shared vision for how financial wellbeing can be better delivered for families.
- Implement new and innovative ways of delivering financial wellbeing support within a family support model.
- Deliver a Tayside Hardship Fund to pay off the public debt of families with unmanageable problem debt.
This was welcomed by the parents involved, one of whom said: “I felt like I was stuck in a hole, and I was getting deeper into it, and I wasn’t going to be able to get out of it.”
Read the full pilot project Evaluation of Tayside Family Financial Wellbeing Project