This is the first report of the Scottish Government’s Equality and Human Rights Fund (E&HR), covering the period October 2021-March 2022. It provides data on the activities, impact, and contribution to Fund Outcomes, of the 48 E&HR funded organisations. It also provides a more detailed account of progress, success and challenges by policy area.
During the first six months of the programme, the funded organisations have focused on project set-up, staff recruitment, and developing monitoring and evaluation plans. The team at Inspiring Scotland has worked on developing positive working relationships, both with the funded organisations, and with Scottish Government colleagues in the 6 policy teams.
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, care users and carers would struggle to access the support they need and make use of it in the way
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Read More2011 marked the three year milestone for the 14:19 Fund and I am pleased to report it is successfully achieving exactly what it set out to – supporting disadvantaged young people across Scotland into employment, education or training. These initial three years have provided £19.2 million of direct cash investment in the ventures in the
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