New Standards for Temporary Accommodation to be Launched
October 25, 2010 · No comments

The first ever guidance on standards in temporary accommodation is to be published by Shelter...

International Dementia Conference – Press Call
October 22, 2010 · No comments

Scotland's largest social care provider is hosting an international dementia conference next week, as experts...

GSCPF Changes into the Social Care Ideas Factory
October 5, 2010 · No comments

Glasgow Social Care Providers Forum is to relaunch as the Social Care Ideas Factory, with...

Mental Health Rights Respected – but Scots Service Users Say More Work to be Done
September 30, 2010 · No comments

Five years after new Scottish mental health laws came into force, there’s a general consensus...

Broke or Broken: Scottish Carers Battle Poverty and Depression
September 23, 2010 · No comments

More than than one in three (40%) carers surveyed in Scotland do not want to...

YMCA Glasgow's Residents to Elect New Management Committee
September 16, 2010 · No comments

YMCA Glasgow Residents’ Association (YGRA) is holding its 1st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday...

Housing Associations Building Social Networks
September 1, 2010 · No comments

  SHARE – the organisation responsible for training housing associations in Scotland – has enlisted...

Scots Risk Having Insufficient Power of Attorney for Loved Ones
August 16, 2010 · No comments

Many Scots are risking leaving their affairs in jeopardy if they become old and infirm...

We're off to the World Cup!
May 27, 2010 · No comments

A group of young people from some of the poorest communities in Scotland who are...

Exam Success for Care Commission Staff
May 14, 2010 · No comments

Having well-qualified and better trained regulatory staff will help drive up the quality of care...

Public Have More Positive View of Social Work in Scotland
May 12, 2010 · No comments

Attitudes to social work in Scotland improved over the last year according to research carried...

Ideas Factory Goes to Work on Making SDS a Reality
April 16, 2010 · No comments

Glasgow Social Care Providers Forum has won the backing of the Scottish Government to take...

Cafe Connect will Provide New Opportunities for Town and its People
April 6, 2010 · No comments

The opening of Café Connect in Broad Street, Fraserburgh, by Alex Salmond First Minister of...

Little Progress on Breaks for Carers
February 26, 2010 · No comments

The level of respite services for unpaid carers provided by many Scottish councils has reduced...

Shell Helps Lochgelly
January 8, 2010 · No comments

The Coalfields Regeneration Trust has brought together volunteers running a new community venture in Fife...

Direct Payments Take-up 'Patchy' Across Scotland
December 17, 2009 · No comments

Direct Payments provide users and their carers with a flexible and personal service – but...

Report Calls for Scotland to Unlock the Potential of its
December 14, 2009 · No comments

Edinburgh, 14 December 2009;  Scotland should consider its ageing population an asset rather than a...

Carers in Scotland Join Together to Fight for their Rights
December 4, 2009 · No comments

Scotland’s carers will be visiting their local MPs on Friday 4th December to highlight carer...

Third of older people caught in
November 16, 2009 · No comments

Research by older people’s charity WRVS has revealed a “cruel transport trap” that condemns a...