Earlier this month, the Scottish Government published its Programme for Government 2021-22, which aims to create a fairer, more just, prosperous, and equal Scotland. The wide-ranging programme covers reform of care services, child poverty, climate change, economic...Read more...
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Invitation to a meeting on GCC’s Open Government Partnership
We have been asked to share the following information with our members and the wider third sector in Glasgow on the development of Glasgow City Council’s Action Plan on the Open Government Partnership initiative. Dear colleague Glasgow City Council was accepted...Read more...
Meeting Of Third Sector Organisations Working In Employability In Glasgow
Scottish and local government have a strategy for employability (“No One Left Behind”), a cornerstone of which is the transfer of resource and decision-making from central government to local councils. As part of this approach every area is expected to have a Local...Read more...
Our World Reimagined – Can Feeley Lead to a Care Economy? 16 Sept, 2.00pm
We’re delighted to be running this event jointly with the Scottish Women’s Budget Group on 16th September. This next Our World Reimagined – Social Care session will consider the gender issues linked to social care and whether the Feeley Review and...Read more...
Agenda – Co Production and Feeley, Our World Reimagined Session, 24 August.
The agenda for our next ‘Our World Reimagined – Social Care’ session is now available. You can access this here – OWR Social Care Conversation Feeley and Co Production agenda 24 August 1.30Read more...
Glasgow Life Digital Volunteer Development Project
Over the last 18 months, volunteers across Glasgow have worked tirelessly to support many people in our Communities by delivering food supplies, sharing information and being a friendly face or voice helping to combat loneliness or isolation for those shielding. As...Read more...
Glasgow Children, Young People and Families Mental Health Services Mapping
The wellbeing of children and young people has been a focus for concern in Scotland, particularly since the pandemic. The Scottish Government has increased the funding available to local authorities to continue their work to support young people’s mental health and...Read more...
Managing Risks & Dealing with a Crisis
Managing Risks & Dealing with a Crisis Are you running out of money to pay staff? Do you know furlough is coming to an end and the September will be the last? Do you know that you could be personally responsible for these liabilities? Staff Salaries As has always...Read more...
Our World Reimagined Social Care – Unpaid Carers and Covid Trauma
Following the recent “Our World Reimagined” session on Social Care and Trauma, key speaker Fiona Collie (Carers Scotland) laid out learning from her work and concerns about COVID and the additional pressures the pandemic has placed on the now 1 million unpaid carers...Read more...
Co-production and Feeley – OWR Social Care Session on 24/8/21
Our agenda for the next session of the ‘Our World Reimagined – Social Care’ series. You can see the full agenda for the event on 24 August here – OWR Social Care Conversation Feeley and Co Production agenda 24 August 1.30Read more...
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