Ending Destitution Together (EDT) aims to improve outcomes and support options for people with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) living in Scotland. The strategy was developed jointly by Scottish Government and COSLA and published on 24 March 2021. Engagement to inform the development of the strategy included input from frontline staff in third sector support organisations, local authorities, public services, legal practitioners and people with lived experience of NRPF and destitution. The strategy will run until 2024 and is being delivered in partnership between the Scottish Government and COSLA. The strategy builds on an inquiry by the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee and its report: Hidden Lives – New Beginnings. It takes a preventative approach that aims to support people to resolve the issues they face before they reach a point of crisis. For people who experience destitution, it aims to improve the safety nets that are available in Scotland.
Contents
- Strategy Delivery and Implementation
- Essential Needs
- Advice and Advocacy
- Inclusion
- Looking ahead
- Continued commitment
- UK Legislative Changes
Useful Websites
- For more information about destitution in Scotland see FAIR WAY SCOTLAND
- Migration Scotland
- Scottish Refugee Council
More Information
- Hidden Lives – New Beginnings: Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland | Scottish Parliament
- Destitution by Design: righting the wrongs of UK immigration policy in Scotland | Heriot Watt University