Transforming Child Maintenance

Transforming Child Maintenance was a partnership project between Fife Gingerbread, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Scotland, and One Parent Families Scotland, funded by The Robertson Trust. Over three years, we worked alongside parents with lived experience, policymakers and partner organisations to understand the challenges families face when navigating child maintenance and develop recommendations for change.

The project has now concluded. The final report, Better for everyone: a new vision for child maintenance, sets out recommendations to improve the child maintenance system and strengthen the information, support and advice available to families.

 

More information related to child maintenance

• Find out more about the how to arrange child maintenance and what the Child Maintenance Service can do.
• OPFS research report on single parents’ experiences of the CMS
• OPFS submission to the DWP on improving enforcement through curfew orders
• OPFS and Scottish Women’s Aid briefing on the UK Government Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill
• Speak to other parents about your experiences of child maintenance on our Parent Forum.
• If you are a parent living in Fife who would like support with your child maintenance claim, contact Fife Gingerbread on 01592 725 210.