The Self-directed Support: Support in the Right Direction Fund (2015 – 2018) aims to build the capacity and availability of independent support services across Scotland. In this second year £2.9 million was spent by 36 funded projects delivering Independent Support and this report outlines reported progress to March 2017. Projects are delivering a range of activity which can make it difficult to summarise concisely. This report provides a snapshot of activity and some of the impact that projects are reporting.
Different minds. One Scotland. is the first national campaign on autism and was created in response to The Scottish Government Consultation on The Scottish Strategy for Autism, which highlighted the stigma and discrimination that autistic people face.
Read MoreThe Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund 2017-21 aimed to make a real difference for people and communities, with a focus on the protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010. These include age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity. The fund was worth approximately £2.2
Read MoreIn this blog post, Children’s Parliament team member and current student-teacher Catrin discusses her experiences of playing and learning outdoors and what can get in the way of children realising their right to play and their right to reach their full potential through education.
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