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The Scottish Older People’s Assembly - Inspiring Scotland

Equality and Human Rights

The Scottish Older People’s Assembly

E&HR Project

Delivery of an annual Assembly and regular outreach meetings ensuring that older people’s voices are heard in all decisions that affect them.

Find out more at Scottish Older People’s Assembly.

Delivering Equally Safe (DES) supports 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence with report launch.
26.11.2024

Delivering Equally Safe (DES) supports 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence with report launch.

Monday 25 November, Minister for Equalities, Kaukab Stewart marked the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence by sharing Delivering Equally Safe’s latest six month Impact Report at a visit to funded project Monklands Women’s Aid. Monklands Women’s Aid supported 331 women and 109 children and young people in the six month period through

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Support for survivors of childhood abuse
22.11.2024

Support for survivors of childhood abuse

“We are deeply grateful for this opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of survivors, guiding them towards a brighter and more hopeful future.”   A new phase of the Scottish Government’s Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support (SOCAS) fund has now started. 22 third sector organisations across Scotland will share the £3.3m over

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Successful community groups selected to develop local nature restoration projects
25.09.2024

Successful community groups selected to develop local nature restoration projects

The first 14 projects supported by the Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund will kick start their local nature restoration projects this month. Ecological surveys, wetland restoration, pond excavations, peatland restoration and biodiversity surveys are just some of the projects that will benefit from the £146,000 of funding. Additionally, each project will receive £1,500 to be spent on

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