Support in the Right Direction
Carers Link East Dunbartonshire helps unpaid carers to understand and explore their self-directed support options as part of their caring role, have a voice and make informed choices around services and activities that could improve both their own and the cared-for person’s quality of life. Carers are supported to develop an Adult Carer Support Plan with the project liaising on their behalf with social work. Peer support activities bring together carers at the start of their social care journey, or those already managing care packages with their family, to share experiences and learning.
Today (30 April 2025), the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) fund team published a report sharing insights from four years of managing funding to support parents’ and infants’ mental health and wellbeing across Scotland. Inspiring Scotland managed £3.8 million of Scottish Government funding through the PIMH Fund between October 2020 and September 2024. This
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More funding has been announced for the Scottish Government’s Autistic Adult Support Fund and is available to third sector organisations providing services to autistic adults – promoting wellbeing and helping them to understand what neurodivergence means for them. Since 2023, the Scottish Government has allocated £1.5 million to 15 organisations, including those helping autistic adults
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More funding has been announced for the Scottish Government’s Autistic Adult Support Fund and is available to third sector organisations providing services to autistic adults – promoting wellbeing and helping them to understand what neurodivergence means for them. Since 2023, the Scottish Government has allocated £1.5 million to 15 organisations, including those helping autistic adults
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