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More mental health support for health and social care staff
An additional £500,000 will be made available to health boards this financial year to provide dedicated mental health support for health and social care staff during the (Coronavirus) COVID-19...
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DBI programme: More support for people in emotional distress
More support will be available to people experiencing emotional distress following the expansion of the Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) programme to further local areas. If someone presents as ‘in...
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£2.8m for Edinburgh business support: first come, first served
Eligible Edinburgh businesses can apply for new Discretionary Fund payments from Wednesday Applications for £2,000 business grant payments will be open on the City of Edinburgh Council’s website from...
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Online support for new teachers
Hundreds of teachers who are new in post, or working in pastoral or child protection roles, are to be offered support to manage the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Scotland and...
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£11.6 billion for local councils
Details of how £11.6 billion of funding from the Scottish Government will be distributed to individual local authorities in 2021-22 have been published. The settlement provides councils with an...
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A Budget for a Fairer Scotland?
‘We are putting tackling poverty at the heart of the Budget’ – Social Security Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville Tackling deep-seated poverty and inequality will be supported by increased funding from...
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Self-Isolation support extended
The £500 Self-Isolation Support Grant is being significantly extended to more people on low incomes. The grant will be available to workers earning the Real Living Wage or less, as well as those in...
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One million Scots vaccinated
Milestone reached as programme gathers momentum More than one million people at greatest risk from Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland have had their first dose of the vaccine. The landmark of one...
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£244 million paid to Scottish businesses in January
Finance Secretary doubles funding for councils to respond to local needs Payments to support businesses affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic increased following the tightening of essential...
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Support confirmed for dental students
The British Dental Association Scotland has welcomed action from the Scottish Government in response to its call to support dental undergraduates who face having to repeat a year owing to COVID...
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Winter warmer: More than £14 million awarded to low income households across...
A total of 144,128 COVID Winter Hardship Payments have been made to families across Scotland. The payments are available to families with children receiving Free School Meals on the basis of low...
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Avian Influenza outbreak: what you need to know
Bird keepers in Scotland are reminded to maximise biosecurity and keep their flocks housed after avian influenza (H5N1) was confirmed in a flock of approximately 14,000 mixed gamebirds on a gamebird...
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New funds for drugs services
Applications for additional support open this week Two funds, worth £1 million each, will open this week to support grassroots, community and residential organisations to improve drugs services. A...
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Benefits Boost: New Scottish Child Payment starts today
More than 77,000 Scottish Child Payment applications have been received since Social Security Scotland started taking applications on 9 November. The new benefit, which is unique to Scotland, will...
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Call Centre Workers Still Putting Their Lives On The Line
Covid-19 still a major threat to call centre workers’ health Workers call for more action to protect staff Covid-19 still presents a major threat to contact centre workers and action needs to be taken...
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Time To Be Bold: Care union urges MSPs to support call for £15 an hour social...
GMB Scotland is urging all MSPs to support its campaign for a £15 an hour minimum wage for care workers. In a letter to political party leaders ahead of a Scottish Parliamentary debate on the...
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Return to school confirmed – but EIS says safety concerns must be addressed
REMOTE LEARNING TO CONTINUE FOR MAJORITY First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today confirmed that only strictly limited numbers of children and young people will return to classrooms next week, backed by...
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Audit Scotland: Lessons to be learned from pandemic response
The Scottish Government acted quickly to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed by Covid-19, but it could have been better prepared to respond to the pandemic, according to a new report from Audit...
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Adult Social Care: Scottish Government supports Feeley Review recommendations
Collision course with COSLA over National Care Service? Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has accepted the findings of the Independent Review of Adult Social Care, and the Scottish Government is already...
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Non-domestic rates relief extended
Extra money for mental health, education and tackling poverty Retail, hospitality, leisure and aviation businesses will pay no rates during 2021-22 under proposals outlined yesterday. It is one of a...
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