The first year report for Our Future Now – Inspiring Scotland’s 10 year youth employability fund to help a generation of young people in Scotland flourish.
Through the Our Future Now Fund, Inspiring Scotland has created a vehicle which enables the Third Sector to respond as a collective and at scale, utilising its 10 year track record in helping to reduce youth unemployment. 12 high performing and high potential charities were selected for the OFN Portfolio to be active across 24 geographical areas.
Our Future Now launched on the 1st April 2019 and has exceeded initial expectations by engaging more than 4,791 young people.
The Support in the Right Direction (SiRD) programme provides local independent support, advice and advocacy in line with the Scottish Government’s vision for Self-directed Support. Independent support is integral to social care and without it, many care users and carers would struggle to access the support they need and make use of it in the
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