Uganda’s Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has developed a 5-year Expanding Social Protection Programme (ESPP), in partnership with UK DfID, Irish Aid and UNICEF, to address the needs of the least well-off in Ugandan society. The Programme’s aims are to develop a national social protection policy framework; implement two direct income support pilot schemes; and generate evidence on impacts. One of the pilot schemes is a Senior Citizens Grant (SCG), effectively an old-age pension. Implementation of the SCG pilot began in 2011. This study was conducted to (i) generate further data on the impacts of the SCG on beneficiaries, and (ii) collect information on spill-over effects of the SCG in local communities and economies. A rapid appraisal approach was used to collect information in two pilot SCG Districts, Kiboga and Kyenjojo, over two weeks in June 2013. Qualitative data was collected using Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and individual interviews, using interview guides. Target groups for FGDs and interviews were SCG beneficiaries (women and men), local traders/businesses and non-beneficiary family or community members.