Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
Home-Start Dunfermline offer one-to-one, personalised support for parents with infants and young children who may be lonely, struggling to cope with day to day routines, or at risk of social exclusion. Services include baby massage and family group sessions and a new baby café that has been successfully piloted in other areas. During these group sessions, staff and trained volunteers provide peer and parenting support.
Mentoring is increasingly being recognised as a powerful form of early intervention, offering vital support to young people. Christine Roxburgh, Fund Manager for intandem — a mentoring programme for young people experiencing Scotland’s care system and proudly delivered by Inspiring Scotland — shares her recent reflections and highlights why mentoring really matters. Recent high-profile programmes like Idris Elba:
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At Inspiring Scotland, we are committed to supporting the third sector to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape. As part of this commitment, we have launched a new initiative: Inspiring Change with AI – a collaborative pilot project designed to explore how artificial intelligence can help address common operational challenges across the sector. This initiative brings
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People with learning disabilities are being supported to fulfil their potential through new funding awards totalling almost £1.6 million. The Learning Disability Support Fund is allocated to community projects working directly with people with learning disabilities to provide opportunities and build a more inclusive society. The fund will run for 30 months from October 2025,
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