A Cash First Future Glasgow
Opening plenary
1 – Welcome and opening remarks
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2 – What do we mean by cash first?
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3 – How to ensure people with lived experience are at the heart of a cash first approach
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4 – Putting cash first into practice: lessons from today and next steps for tomorrow
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Morning workshops
1 – The crucial role of local authorities in delivering a cash first approach
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2 – Building the foundations of a cash first approach: using the Worrying about Money? leaflet and building partnerships
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3 – Ending the need for food banks with a cash first approach: projects, systems and long term change
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Afternoon workshops
1 – Recognising the cash first approach in the Right to Food and other campaigns
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2 – The crucial role of the advice sector in delivering a cash first approach
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3 – Cash first and tackling the food waste problem
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About the conference
The Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) and the Trussell Trust's joint event A Cash First Future: Ending the need for charitable food aid in Scotland together was held in person at The Studio in Glasgow on the 27th of March 2023.
This event was an opportunity for people working with local authorities, the advice sector, the NHS, food banks, food pantries, social supermarkets, food redistribution charities, anti-poverty charities as well as the Scottish Government and other elected representatives to share learning, perspectives and plans to build a cash first future. Break-out workshops and plenary sessions covered both what a cash first future looks like and how it can put into practice.
The conference was due to take place following the publication of the Scottish Government's eagerly anticipated plan to end the need for food banks in Scotland.
The plan was finally published in June 2023 and we released a joint report A Cash First Future – Case studies, presentations and next steps from our conference in October 2023.
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