Funded Projects
Work we are funding
We make grants totalling around £2m every year.
A full list of organisations awarded funding is below, click on the organisation name for detailed information on the project.
2021 Projects Funded
Spending | £60,139 | August 2021 – July 2022
Research into homeless young people’s experiences of food insecurity and development of evidence-based policy solutions.
Income | £90,500 | September 2021 – August 2022
To develop and secure support for UK-wide and Scotland-only improvements to income replacement policies, using learning from the pandemic.
Income | £99,371 | August 2021 – December 2022
Research, policy work and resources to mitigate the financial impacts for prisoners families in Scotland.
Income | £74,786 | August 2021 – September 2022
Research to understand the impact of job-loss on single parents and examine ways to help them back into sustainable employment.
Income | £80,000 | Summer 2021 – Summer 2022
Research on pay ratio disclosures detailing pay distribution at major UK employers; and reviewing stakeholder voice mechanisms in corporate governance structures.
Assets| £162,000 | July 2021 to December 2022
Research and policy work on reforming pensions taxation.
Spending | £104,493 | June 2021 to July 2022
Research to better understand the challenges people with dementia face as consumers and identify policy, practice and product solutions.
Assets | £86,233 | June 2021 to March 2022
Research to explore opportunities for voluntary increases in employer contributions to pensions and other financial workplace benefits.
Income | £31,250 | June 2021 to September 2021
Design an extension to furlough, with a focus on improving skills which address the challenges of levelling up and net zero.
Income | £73,708 | July 2021 to December 2021
Modelling work to develop an evidence base to inform the next Scottish Government’s child poverty delivery plan.
2020 Projects Funded
Income | £67,982 | April 2021 – March 2022
Research and policy work to address the problem of low-income and self-employment in Wales.
Income | £74,960 | January – December 2021
A comprehensive assessment of work incentives in the UK’s tax and benefit system.
Income | £96,198 | January 2021 – March 2022
An analysis of the distributional consequences of a progressive consumption tax compared with current income tax and VAT arrangements.
Assets | £135,000 | February 2021 – August 2022
Developing an employer-facing ‘Living Pension’ programme to increase the retirement savings of those in lower paid roles.
Assets| £158,975 | December 2020 – November 2021
Examining the impact of economic disruption and income volatility on saving for retirement.
Assets | £112,139 | March 2021 – February 2022
Research examining whether affordable homeownership schemes are more sustainable for lower-income homeowners than buying unassisted on the open market.
Income | £52,300 | May-August 2020
Employment and financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on low-income working households.
Income | £90,000 | May-August 2020
Real-time monitoring of personal finances through the coronavirus pandemic.
Income | £21,000 | May-June 2020
Assessment of Universal Credit and the coronavirus pandemic.
Income | £49,000 | May-October 2020
Greater understanding of the economic security gap for key-workers during the pandemic.
Income | £37,000 | May-October 2020
Rapid analysis of immediate economic safety needs and future resilience of victim-survivors of economic abuse in the context of coronavirus.
Income | £76,000 | August 2020 – July 2021
Coronavirus pandemic: Social and economic impact on women
Spending (Problem Gambling) | £125,000 | October 2020 – October 2022
Betting in the UK: How to tackle problem gambling
Spending | £133,000 | May 2020 – May 2022
Emergency support in the social security system
Income | £48,621 | June 2020 – December 2020
Single parents: Tracking the effects of the coronavirus pandemic
Spending | £180,000 | August 2020 – July 2023
Debt: Supporting people with experience of debt problems to influence policy
Income | £70,000 | June 2020 – May 2023
Social security: reviewing the decision-making system
2019 Projects Funded
Income | £150,000 | June 2019 - December 2021
Rethinking Scotland’s social security system
Income | £104,000 | Feb 2020 – Apr 2021
Financial well-being: Adult children living at home
Income | £70,000 | July 2019 – December 2020
Financial hardship in rural areas
Spending | £75,000 | July 2019 – June 2022
Poverty in Scotland: Engaging people with lived experience
Assets | £190,000 | October 2019 – October 2022
Wealth in Britain
Income | £77,000 | February 2021 – February 2022
New pension rules, choices people make
Income | £109,460 | November 2019 - October 2020
Public attitudes on taxation
Income | £74,000 | November 2019 – January 2021
Social security: understanding public attitudes
Income | £68,000 | November 2019 – November 2020
In-work poverty: the role of working hours
Income | £62,000 | November 2019 – February 2021
High pay: analysis of pay ratios in the UK
Income | £37,000 | November 2019 – November 2020
Universal Credit: Reducing economic abuse
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