Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has awarded more than £8 million to help community projects deliver mental health support and wellbeing services for people who are feeling isolated during the coronavirus pandemic. The funding was allocated to 344 projects, who are providing support in communities

Extra financial support is to be given to social care workers in Scotland during the coronavirus emergency. The Scottish Government has stepped in to provide additional funding to ensure all social care workers receive enhanced sick pay where they have received a positive COVID-19 test.

Shire Housing Association has been awarded £50,000 of funding from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund.

Councils will get more support to deal with increased levels of domestic abuse and gender-based violence during the coronavirus outbreak, the Scottish Government has announced.

Trust Housing Association has partnered with the Scottish Government to provide a network of grassroots support for ethnic minority older people during the devastating coronavirus pandemic. Rohini Sharma Joshi, Trust’s equality, diversity and inclusion manager, has mobilised eight ex

The Scottish Government heard yesterday how Govan has put its people first as it tackles the coronavirus health emergency. Housing associations and community groups were working flat out to ensure isolated and vulnerable members of the community received a helping hand like never before.

An initial £50 million to help the social care sector deal with the financial implications of coronavirus has been confirmed by the Scottish Government. The funding will help address the immediate challenges faced in the social care sector and support the ongoing provision of social care.

Properties occupied by charities can now apply for the £10,000 Small Business Grant Scheme to help with pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced.

Organisations from across Scotland have worked together to create a new platform to help health and social care workers and carers look after their physical and mental health. Launching yesterday, a new national digital wellbeing hub will enable staff, carers, volunteers and their families to access

The Scottish Government has provided £200,000 to help communities in Govan deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Now delighted housing providers in the community say the money will be put to work helping people at grassroots level with particular emphasis on the vulnerable and isolated.

Queens Cross Housing Association will continue to deliver healthy meals and food packages to residents after it secured over £23,000 in fresh funding from the Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities programme.

Maryhill Housing has been awarded £94,000 of ‘Supporting Communities’ funding from the Scottish Government. Together with North United Communities (NUC), Maryhill Housing will be dividing this money amongst local organisations which are providing COVID-19 response services.

New measures to assist those affected by drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic have been announced by the Scottish Government. The measures include:

Shona Stephen, the chief executive of Queens Cross Housing Association, has donated earnings from her work with the Scottish Government’s Poverty & Inequality Commission to her Association’s local charity Garscube Community Foundation. The donation of £780 has go

Household claims for Universal Credit in Scotland have increased from an average of 20,000 per month in 2019 to over 110,000 between 1 March and 7 April, highlighting the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on people’s finances.