Welfare Reform Team

Community outreach neighbourhood networkers encouraging change team

Dundee City Council has been awarded money from the Big Lottery Support and Connect Fund which will be used to address the impacts of Welfare Reform. In response to growing hardship, the project will create a Task Force of 8 officers, a Team Leader and 7 frontline, multi-skilled staff, working in local communities, to address the key issues people face as a result of the welfare reforms.

The project will:- • Work in ’s most deprived communities, • Capacity building in grassroots community groups basing an officer in each LCPP area with 15% most to create volunteers with skills necessary to deprived SIMD datazones. provide support to communities post project e.g. budgeting skills training, digital literacy support. • Provide face-to-face advice services in local communities. • The CONNECT officers havedrop-in and at various venues • Raise awareness of the implications of welfare appointment based surgeries within their community area. These are published reform encouraging people to seek help before on the CONNECT website weekly they reach crisis point. www.dundeecity.gov.uk/welfarereform/connect • Engage those not currently accessing advice services. • CONNECT can provide a bite size budgeting • Create a network of public, voluntary & grassroots session for small groups and also a “teaching support organisations in communities to provide others” budgeting course for service providers, effective & holistic solutions to needs of support workers, volunteers etc. so that they can individuals. provide budgeting sessions to their client group. • Work with grassroots organisations to provide Please call Allison to arrange on 07930532527. support to people using their services e.g. food • CONNECT provide tailored sessions on the welfare banks, identifying the cause of crisis & creating a reform changes and where to access help and package of support to mitigate its effects. advice. This can be for service users or service • Assess need & provide basic advice on benefits/ providers. Please call Allison on 07930532527 to benefit changes, budgeting, employability, fuel arrange. poverty etc. • Posters & leaflets will display the customer services • Undertake basic form filling with individuals. telephone number 01382 431205, however the team will have their own mobile number, which • Signpost people to existing advice/support they will give out to their customers for direct agencies where required. Could include money contact when dealing with any follow up. advice services, food banks, Scottish Welfare Fund, social prescribing, digital literacy etc.

welfarer Community outreach neighbourhood reformm networkers encouraging change team information CONNECT team Team Leader - Allison Honeyman contact 01382 431279 or 07930532527 CONNECT Outreach Officers contact details are detailed below

EAST END COMMUNITY Jane Craigie Linlathen Mob: 07983923290 Mid Craigie Douglas COLDSIDE COMMUNITY Amera Coldside The Glen Mob: 07983923271 Dudhope Hilltown Fairmuir Law COMMUNITY Susan Charleston Lochee Mob: 07983923288 Denhead of Gray Dryburgh Pitalpin Sutherland

Lochee cont… Whorterbank ClementPark/Foggyley Michael Beechwood Mob: 07852933752 MARYFIELD COMMUNITY Amera City Centre & Harbour Springhill Mob: 07983923271 Ladywell Susan Blackscroft Woodside Mob: 07983923288 Maryfield & Baxter Park Court Street & Dundonald Street NORTH EAST COMMUNITY Gail Mill O’ Mains Mob: 07983923248 Dalclaverhouse Whitfield Fintry

STRATHMARTINE COMMUNITY Jane Clatto Mob: 07983923290 Baldragon Downfield & The Dales Caird Park Dunsinane North, Kirkton & Trottick, Sherbrook Camperdown Country Park St Mary’s & Brackens FERRY COMMUNITY Gail Central Mob: 07983923248 Barnhill West Ferry Broughty Ferry WEST END COMMUNITY Michael Logie & Blackness Perth Road & Nethergate Mob: 07852933752 West End Pentland & Ancrum Design by PR Dept DCC KL/1/14

welfarer Community outreach neighbourhood reformm networkers encouraging change team information