Cash First is a test of change that explores how direct financial assistance and improved access to wrap-around support can reduce reliance on emergency food provision.
About
Cash First
About
Cash First
About Cash First
Cash First is a test of change that explores how direct financial assistance and improved access to wrap-around support can reduce reliance on emergency food provision.
Cash First is a test of change that explores how direct financial assistance and improved access to wrap-around support can reduce reliance on emergency food provision.
Cash First Project
The Cash First approach forms a dignified response to financial hardship and aims to reduce the need for emergency food provision.
The Cash First approach forms a dignified response to financial hardship and aims to reduce the need for emergency food provision.
The Aberdeen Cash First Network was developed as part of the Scottish Government Cash First Pilot. The Scottish Government recognised that the main reason why some people are compromising on food is insufficient and insecure incomes. Cash First was a test of change to understand how financial support can replace emergency food provision across Scotland.
The approach aims to provide a more dignified response to financial crisis by empowering individuals to decide how best to use the funding, delivering assistance in a way that reflects their circumstances, and facilitating access to holistic support that can help prevent future hardship.
Following on from the success of the Cash First pilot in Aberdeen, ACVO and partners have secured funding from The Robertson Trust and Aberdeen City Council Anti-Poverty Committee to extend the level of Cash First support provided across Aberdeen City.
The Aberdeen Cash First Network was developed as part of the Scottish Government Cash First Pilot. The Scottish Government recognised that the main reason why some people are compromising on food is insufficient and insecure incomes. Cash First was a test of change to understand how financial support can replace emergency food provision across Scotland.
The approach aims to provide a more dignified response to financial crisis by empowering individuals to decide how best to use the funding, delivering assistance in a way that reflects their circumstances, and facilitating access to holistic support that can help prevent future hardship.
Following on from the success of the Cash First pilot in Aberdeen, ACVO and partners have secured funding from The Robertson Trust and Aberdeen City Council Anti-Poverty Committee to extend the level of Cash First support provided across Aberdeen City.
What is Cash First?
Cash First offers flexibility for people to decide what their immediate needs are and choice in what they wish to spend the money on.
Cash First offers flexibility for people to decide what their immediate needs are and choice in what they wish to spend the money on.
It can be an effective and dignified form of support for people facing financial crisis when partnered with adequate advice and needs-based holistic support.
The project will also look to streamline and support existing referral pathways. This includes advice regarding benefits, finances, housing, employment and health.
It can be an effective and dignified form of support for people facing financial crisis when partnered with adequate advice and needs-based holistic support.
The project will also look to streamline and support existing referral pathways. This includes advice regarding benefits, finances, housing, employment and health.
It can be an effective and dignified form of support for people facing financial crisis when partnered with adequate advice and needs-based holistic support.
The project will also look to streamline and support existing referral pathways. This includes advice regarding benefits, finances, housing, employment and health.
Aberdeen Cash First Network
ACVO has co-designed the Aberdeen Cash First project alongside 7 partner third-sector organisations delivering services within Aberdeen City.
ACVO has co-designed the Aberdeen Cash First project alongside 7 partner third-sector organisations delivering services within Aberdeen City.
Flexible Crisis Fund
The Cash First Flexible Crisis Fund in Aberdeen focuses on single adults, over the age of 18 years-old, who have no full-time dependants, and who are in receipt of an income-related benefit.
The Cash First Flexible Crisis Fund in Aberdeen focuses on single adults, over the age of 18 years-old, who have no full-time dependants, and who are in receipt of an income-related benefit.
The Fund provides individuals with money and access to wrap-around support. Trusted partners from the Aberdeen Cash First Network can refer the individual for up to £500 – either in one-off or recurring payments depending on their level of need and personal circumstances.
The Fund is delivered to individuals via vouchers, cash payments or direct payments depending on their ability to budget the funding and any risks around providing them with cash payments.
Trusted partners involved in the Aberdeen Cash First Network include:
Aberdeen Foyer
Aberdeen North Foodbank - Kings Community Foundation
Aberdeen Cyrenians
Alcohol & Drugs Action
Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE)
Instant Neighbour
Social Bite
The Fund provides individuals with money and access to wrap-around support. Trusted partners from the Aberdeen Cash First Network can refer the individual for up to £500 – either in one-off or recurring payments depending on their level of need and personal circumstances.
The Fund is delivered to individuals via vouchers, cash payments or direct payments depending on their ability to budget the funding and any risks around providing them with cash payments.
Trusted partners involved in the Aberdeen Cash First Network include:
Aberdeen Foyer
Aberdeen North Foodbank - Kings Community Foundation
Aberdeen Cyrenians
Alcohol & Drugs Action
Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE)
Instant Neighbour
Social Bite
Stories
Stories from Cash First Aberdeen
Find out more about the stories from those who have benefitted from the Cash First Flexible Crisis Fund in Aberdeen.
Stories
Stories from Cash First Aberdeen
Find out more about the stories from those who have benefitted from the Cash First Flexible Crisis Fund in Aberdeen.
Stories
Stories from Cash First Aberdeen
Find out more about the stories from those who have benefitted from the Cash First Flexible Crisis Fund in Aberdeen.
Stories
Stories from Cash First Aberdeen
Find out more about the stories from those who have benefitted from the Cash First Flexible Crisis Fund in Aberdeen.