An Autism Family Support Practitioner (AFSP) will provide direct support to families and autistic people to help them understand their autism, what help and support is available locally and their next steps in accessing support and assistance post diagnosis. They will coordinate weekly drop-in sessions that will focus on wellbeing and self-care, building skills, talents and confidence and will be focused on a variety of themes. A free helpline will be established. The AFSP will create resource materials for people to help them understand what it means to be autistic.
Inspiring Scotland invites tenders to undertake a locality needs assessment for services responding to violence against women and girls. Glasgow East Women’s Aid in Easterhouse recently ceased operating bringing to an end their domestic abuse service and delivery of community gender-based violence (GBV) services in the area. This leaves a gap in direct frontline service
Read MoreWe recently brought together organisations to host an event looking at where kinship care currently is in Scotland and where it needs to be to support young people and their wider families to thrive. The kinship care landscape in Scotland “We need to do more for kinship carers and children” Since 2016, Inspiring
Read MoreEarlier this month, some of the Inspiring Scotland Thrive Outdoors team, alongside partners hosted a workshop at the Power of Sport and Physical Activity Conference. The conference, held at Easterhouse Community Hub, marked 10 years since the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and looked to celebrate the power of sport and physical activity for people to
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