by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | May 17, 2022
Community based organisations provide a wide range of crisis supports for destitute people with No Recourse to Public Funds. There are growing networks across Scotland, although many are currently based in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Fair Way Scotland is a national...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Nov 4, 2022
Councils will need to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of how different immigration statuses impact on people’s rights and entitlements to local authority services including housing and homelessness services and financial assistance, and the legislation that can be...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | May 17, 2022
COSLA’s No Recourse to Public Funds Scotland Network provides a forum for Scottish local authorities to access information and advice on NRPF issues. To join the network contact info@migrationscotland.org.uk COSLA have also produced a range of resources to assist...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Nov 6, 2022
In 2021 Scottish Government and COSLA published ‘Ending Destitution Together’. This is the first strategy of its kind and sets out the ambition to ensure that people living in communities across Scotland do not experience destitution because of their immigration...
by Will Tuladhar-Douglas | Feb 2, 2023
To understand what support people are entitled to and to help people out of destitution, local authorities have to work with people to establish their immigration status and in some cases to support them to access immigration advice.
