Support in the Right Direction
Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living provides pre-assessment support with social care and self-directed support in Glasgow, South Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire. This includes information provision; awareness raising workshops; 1:1 assessment preparation sessions and budget information, advice and support; informal advocacy support; support to connect to local activities; enhanced payroll support; and PA employer training. GCIL provides support to all social care users and also facilitates person-centred planning groups around transitions, young people leaving school and other subsequent milestones.
Today (Thursday 27 February 2025) the Support in the Right Direction fund team launched a report focusing on the last round of funding, which ended in March 2024, and lasted almost six years. During this time, 31 organisations received funding of £15.8 million to provide independent support to people navigating the social care system to
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We are pleased to share that Equalities Minister, Kaukab Stewart has announced a £2.4 million funding uplift for over 100 organisations supported by our Delivering Equally Safe fund. The funding boost will bring the total Scottish Government investment in Delivering Equally Safe (DES) up to £21.6 million for 2025/26. The announcement was made during Ms.
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The Scottish Government’s recent public consultation on Developing a Universal Definition of ‘Care Experience’ presents a critical opportunity to address the imbalance of support available to those experiencing the ‘care system.’ intandem, managed by Inspiring Scotland is a national mentoring programme for young people in, or at risk of experiencing the ‘care system’, is well
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