Author & acknowledgements

The author

Alison Gillies is a welfare rights worker with CPAG in Scotland, working on its Children and Families Project.

Acknowledgements

Grateful thanks are due to Jo Porter for her time and expertise in checking this Handbook and to Judith Paterson for her ongoing support, encouragement and assistance.

Many thanks go to everyone at CPAG in Scotland for their invaluable support and practical help.

Thanks to Pauline Phillips for editing and managing the production of the book and Katherine Dawson for updating the index.

CPAG would like to thank the Scottish government for its financial support in the production of this Handbook.