Treanor’s longitudinal qualitative research with families influenced the Scottish Government decision to introduce an income supplement of £10 per week per child for low-income families, announced in the ‘Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2018-2022’, from December 2020. This is expected to reach over 400,000 children in Scotland, lifting 30,000 children out of relative poverty. John Dickie, Director of CPAG Scotland writes:
“The experience of parents living in israel rcs data poverty reflected in your research has directly informed CPAG’s involvement in the Give Me Five campaign to top-up child benefit in Scotland by £5 a week. to such a top-up they have committed to introduce an income supplement for low income families by 2022.” John Dickie, CPAG.
Implementation of training for practitioners and delivery of professional services
Treanor’s engagement with practitioners and professionals has led to changes in professional practice. It supported the development of a ‘Child poverty, health and wellbeing’ eLearning module for use in the initial education of healthcare workers. Treanor’s involvement encouraged NHS Health Scotland to include education professionals into their work on child poverty.