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14 October 2024
by Robert Armour

Grants available up to £750

A new drive to give financial support to people who have become unable to work because of a long-term medical condition has been launched by the Royal Society for Home Support (RSHS).

Read more: New royal charter boosts reformed welfare charity - Third Force News (TFN)

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Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) Newsletter. News and events from across the Third Sector Fri 19/10/2024

Read more: Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) Newsletter. News and events from across the Third Sector Fri 19/10/2024

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for registered care home services (grade 3 or above) to join our new reducing stress and distress improvement programme.

Read more: Applications now open for registered care homes to join new reducing stress and distress...

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We have now published A multi-agency quality improvement framework for adult support and protection. 

Read more: A multi-agency quality improvement framework for adult support and protection - Care Inspectorate

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15 October 2024
by Robert Armour

They traditionally earn less than their peers and cohorts

Care experienced people could be facing a wage gap as high as £10,000 compared to their non-care experienced peers a report has revealed.

Read more: Care exerperienced burdened by earnings gap - Third Force News (TFN)

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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We are currently consulting on our Equality Outcomes for 2025-2029 under the Public Sector Equality Duty.  

Your feedback plays a vital role in shaping our equality outcomes and improving social care and social work services in Scotland. By hearing from services, people who receive care, families and carers, we can better understand the needs of diverse groups. This feedback helps to drive improvement, supporting social care and social work services to meet everyone’s needs, including people from underrepresented groups. 

We invite you to share your views and play a vital role in shaping a more inclusive and equitable future for social care.

The above information is from a Care Inspectorate Newsletter Provider update for children and young people services from the Care Inspectorate Tue 15/10/2024

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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From week commencing 21 October 2024, we are changing the process of how we collect feedback from care service providers following inspections. Previously, feedback from providers was gathered through Microsoft Forms. We are now introducing a more streamlined process that links feedback to individual inspections. Find out more. 

The above information is from a Care Inspectorate Newsletter Provider update for children and young people services from the Care Inspectorate Tue 15/10/2024

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Category: Third Force News
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10 October 2024
by Robert Armour

Housing associaitions are facing a "devastating" 25% cut in funding

Read more: Housing cuts risk trapping vulnerable tenants in hospitals amid bed-blocking crisis - Third Force...

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9 October 2024
by Robert Armour

Walking is consistently proven to be the best exercise for health and wellbeing

Read more: Poorer communities not accessing Scotland's most popular outdoor pursuit - Third Force News (TFN)

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4 October 2024
by Robert Armour

Agreement signed between two leading organisations

Helping Scotland’s most disadvantaged young people achieve a positive future is the aim of a new partnership agreed this week.

Read more: Patrnership aims to forge better futures for young people facing disadvantage - Third Force News...

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Category: Equality and Human Rights Commission (Articles)
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We have published new guidance to help employers understand their legal obligations and the practical steps they can take to support disabled employees with hybrid working.

The Equality Act 2010 places a duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments, meaning they must take steps to remove, reduce or prevent obstacles faced by disabled staff. Making these adjustments creates an environment where staff can perform more effectively and achieve their full potential.

Read more: New guidance: Hybrid working and reasonable adjustments - Equality and Human Rights Commission...

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Category: Equality and Human Rights Commission (Articles)
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We have published our annual Whistleblowing report showing statistics on the whistleblowing disclosures we have received between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024.

We became a prescribed body for whistleblowing in November 2019. This means that workers who are concerned that their employer is committing breaches of equality and human rights law can report their concerns to us.

Read more: Whistleblowing report for 2023 to 2024 - Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Category: Equality and Human Rights Commission (Articles)
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The Public Sector Equality Duty requires government departments to have due regard for how their policies and decisions affect people with protected characteristics. 

As Britain’s equality regulator, we wrote to His Majesty’s Treasury to remind them of their obligation to consider the equality impact of changes to eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments, and to be able to show evidence they have done so.

Read more: Our statement on changes to Winter Fuel Payment eligibility - Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Category: Third Force News
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27 September 2024
by Graham Martin

Euan’s Guide launches its 2024 Access Survey to uncover the state of disabled access

Read more: Disabled people asked to speak out on access as part of major survey

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30 September 2024
by Robert Armour

Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway adminsters the scheme

Round four of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund is now open in Dumfries and Galloway, with £440,157 available to community groups and organisations.

Read more: Mental health fund open for applications - Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund - Third...

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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We have designed new posters for services to display in their settings beside their registration certificate.  

Read more: Get confident with being confidential - We have designed new posters for services to display in...

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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Improving nutrition and hydration to make every mouthful count is so important for people living in care homes. We have published a practice note on Promoting good nutritional care in care homes. It highlights what we would expect services to put in place, how to support those with a texture modified diet, how good nutritional support meets the Health and Social Care Standards and how this links to our quality framework.

The above information is from Provider update for adult and older people services from the Care Inspectorate Newsletter Thu 26/09/2024

Find out more about our work at: www.careinspectorate.com

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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We have recently published our Children’s rights, care experience and corporate parenting plan 2024- 2027.

This high-level plan details our commitments and priority actions to meet our obligations, as corporate parents, to care experienced people. Read more on our website.

Read more: Children’s rights, care experience and corporate parenting plan 2024-2027 

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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It has come to our attention that some services are receiving phishing emails falsely claiming to be from us. These emails may appear authentic at first glance.  An example of how one might look is included below.

Read more: Phishing emails claiming to be from Care Inspectorate - Care Inspectorate

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Category: Fife People’s Panel
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Dear People's Panel Member

Fife Health and Social Care Partnership has asked us to contact you to tell you about how you can help shape the training of the next generation of medical students working in Fife's hospitals and local communities. 

Read more: Fife Health and Social Care Partnership - ScotCOM Programme Public Survey. Fife People's Panel

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Category: Third Force News
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9 September 2024
by Stephanie Millar

Citizens Advice Scotland has been advocating for a social tariff, which discounts energy bills for those on the lowest incomes

The UK Government recently announced stark changes to winter energy support that means many hundreds of thousands of pensioners will have less money to pay for fuel costs.

Read more: Fuel poverty warning for pensioners as higher energy bills are expected this winter - Third Force...

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9 September 2024
by Robert Armour

Frontline staff's views are being actioned by leading children's charity

A new report by Action for Children highlights views of its front-line staff on children’s residential homes. 

And the charity is calling for action on key areas where faster reform is needed.

Read more: Staff survey informs future of care services - by Robert Armour, Third Force News (TFN)

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5 September 2024
by Robert Armour

Prevention efforts will be hampered

Scotland’s leading mental health organisations have expressed severe concern at further cuts to mental health funding by the Scottish Government.

Read more: More cuts to mental health funding as campaigners respond in anger

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Category: Fife People’s Panel
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Dear People's Panel Member

Fife Health and Social Care Partnership has asked us to inform you about an opportunity where you can participate in a new development to help shape the future of health and social care services in Fife; a Fife Wide Public Engagement Forum that will bring together members of the public, alongside health, social work, and social care services, known as Fife Health and Social Care Partnership.

Read more: Fife Health and Social Care Partnership - Invitation to join the Fife Wide Public Engagement Forum

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Category: Equality and Human Rights Commission (Articles)
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We have responded to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s call for evidence seeking views on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.

Read more: Consultation responses - Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill – call for...

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Category: Equality and Human Rights Commission (Articles)
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We are just over halfway through the public consultation on our upcoming three-year Strategic Plan.

This twelve-week consultation encourages individuals and organisations to share their views on our future direction as Britain’s independent equality and human rights regulator.

Read more: Our Strategic Plan 2025-2028: Your views welcome - Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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Our senior improvement adviser (pharmacy), David Marshall, and colleagues from HC One, have collaborated on a quality improvement project to improve dementia care and reduce inappropriate psychoactive medication for people living with dementia.   

Read more: Reducing psychoactive medicines in care homes - Care Inspectorate

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Category: Third Force News
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29 August 2024
by Robert Armour

One on six would give more but the sector is failing to exploit the potential from rich donors

Read more: Wealthy would give billions more to charities, new research reveals - Third Force News (TFN)

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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We have published a report on disabled children and young people’s experiences of social work services.

Read more: Report on disabled children and young people’s experiences of social work services - Care...

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Category: The Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
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St Modan’s care home in Fraserburgh created a sensational sensory space for residents to enjoy. The room provides a soothing environment for individuals living with a wide range of conditions, including brain injury and many types of dementia.

Read more: Sensational sensory space, St Modan’s care home in Fraserburgh - Care Inspectorate

  1. Hospice at Home celebrates ten years of vital community work - Third Force News (TFN)
  2. Scots advised to prepare for Universal Credit switch - or they could lose benefits - Third Force News (TFN)
  3. Charity launches online resource to boost women's heart health - Third Force News (TFN)
  4. Charity to cease on the back of Peter Pan house closing - Third Force News (TFN)
  5. The threat of invasive non-native species in Scotland - Third Force News (TFN)
  6. Scottish Government to scrap universal winter fuel payments for pensioners - Third Force News (TFN)
  7. Safe staffing update - Care Inspectorate
  8. Changes to the information requested in the ‘Restraint and restrictive practices’ notification - Care Inspectorate
  9. Bogus callers - Care Inspectorate
  10. Time for joined-up solutions on accessible housing and social care crises - Lorna Cameron is chief executive of Horizon Housing Association
  11. Cancer patients urged to check benefits' eligibility - Third Force News (TFN)
  12. Third sector urged to join Housing and Social Care Accessibility Summit - Third Force News (TFN)
  13. “Death sentence”: chancellor slammed by charities after cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners - Third Force News (TFN)
  14. Pensioners condemn UK government as it plans to axe winter fuel payments - Third Force News (TFN)
  15. Infection prevention and control - Care Inspectorate
  16. Changes to the information requested in the ‘Restraint and restrictive practices’ notification - Care Inspectorate
  17. Provider information for regulated services - Care Inspectorate
  18. Right language ‘key to recruiting qualified social care staff’, new report finds
  19. Scottish venues still inaccessible to many - Third Force News (TFN)
  20. Inquiry chair appeals for witnesses to come forward - Investigations focus on Donaldson’s School for Deaf Children and St Vincent’s School for the Deaf and Blind - Third Force News (TFN)

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