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Report Reveals Financial Challenges for Care Experienced people
Created: 01/11/2024
News/Events Category: Children and Families
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Who Cares? Scotland has published 10 key solutions following new research that has shown that care experienced people could be facing a wage gap as high as £10,000 compared to their non-Care Experienced peers.
This research, published in the report, ‘Lifelong Rights for Care Experienced People: Finance Issue Paper’, highlights that some care experienced people are significantly struggling to make ends meet.
- Those with experience of care system could face wage gap as large as £10,000
- Cost of living crisis is making financial situation worse for care experienced people
- Implementing ten solutions will play a part in upholding the principles of The Promise
Data also reveals that those in employment are potentially earning less than their non-care experienced peers. For those aged 18-21, there was a potential 29% earnings gap. However, this widens to 38% for those aged 22-29 which is the sum of nearly £10,000.
The second in a five-part series, the paper is part of the charity’s Lifelong Rights Campaign, to show that care experienced people currently do not have the same life outcomes as their non-care experienced peers.
The paper is based on a variety of sources including an online survey conducted by the charity and data from its advocacy work with care experienced people who have accessed advocacy in local authorities and through their National Advocacy Helpline.
It concludes by setting out ten solutions which includes:
- Widening access to mid-market rental schemes to include specific provision for care experienced adults
- Financial education should be made widely available and implemented from the early stages of care
- Waiving council tax and rent arrears within local authority housing and publicly funded housing associations for care experienced individuals over 26 who were unable to access the council tax exemption or benefit from aftercare support
- The Scottish Welfare Fund should ring-fence funding for an emergency fund for care experienced adults, with no age cap
The charity believes these are necessary and realistic actions for duty bearers to take before the conclusion of The Promise. The Promise is a flagship policy during former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s tenure which promised to transform the children’s care system.
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