Debt advice levy funding

Debt advice levy funding allocated by the Scottish Government.


The table below gives details of the debt advice levy funding allocated by the Scottish Government during financial year 2019-2020.

Organisation

Activity

Amount

Advice Direct Scotland

Pilot project for a cloud-based platform enabling better integrated client journeys

£250,000

Advice Direct Scotland

Debt advice marketing project

£20,000

Citizens Advice Scotland

Debt advice transition and capacity provision projects

£281,504

Citizens Advice Scotland

Debt advocacy

£62,000

Improvement Service

Projects on levy allocation models, Common Advice Performance Management Reporting Framework and Funders’ Framework

£175,000

Improvement Service

Distributing grants of £96,250 to local authorities to support ‘Tests of Change’ and providing evaluation support

£100,000

Money Advice Scotland

Core funding, training courses for debt advisers, workforce strategy project and digital pilot project

£271,657

Money Advice Trust

National Debtline and Business Debtline

£232,948

Money Advice Trust

“How to deal with Debt” guide

£24,072

Money Advice Trust

Debt advice marketing project

£20,000

Scottish Legal Aid Board

Projects under Making Advice Work and Early Resolution & Advice Programmes

£1,581,369

StepChange (Foundation for Credit Counselling)

Project to increase debt advice provision, with a focus on vulnerable clients

£647,150

StepChange (Foundation for Credit Counselling)

Multichannel debt advice

£252,300

StepChange (Foundation for Credit Counselling)

Debt advice marketing project

£20,000

Total

 

£3,938,000

Total debt advice levy for 2019-2020 was £3,938,000. 

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