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Glasgow's Caring Community - Carers Strategy Implementation Update 2021
Last month, from 7 - 13 June 2021, we celebrated national Carers Week to highlight the importance of unpaid carers by ‘Making Caring Visible and Valued’. To mark Carers Week, Glasgow Local Carers Centres organised a calendar of events for all unpaid carers to attend, from cream teas to fancy hat garden parties.
Help for New Mums - New Telephone Breastfeeding Support Service
A new pilot telephone breastfeeding peer support service is being offered to support pregnant and new mums living in Glasgow City.
New Nature Reserve Opens Near Woodside Health and Care Centre
Celebrations took place on the afternoon of Saturday, 31 July to mark the opening of the Claypits Glasgow Inner City Reserve at Hamiltonhill in the north of the city. Local residents, community groups and politicians turned up for a fun-filled day.
The Claypits is a 6.7-hectare green space, home to an array of plants, trees and wildlife including roe deer, peregrine falcons, whitethroat warblers and a host of waterfowl.
Glasgow Takes Part in Research into Creation of Drug Checking Services
Glasgow's Alcohol and Drug Partnership is working with the University of Stirling to explore how drug checking services could be developed to reduce harms in Scotland.
The city is one of three taking part in the research led by Professor Tessa Parkes. Addictions specialists in Dundee and Aberdeen are also contributing to the study, which received funding from the Drugs Deaths Taskforce - a body established by the Scottish Government in 2019 to prevent drug deaths in Scotland.
Community Support Service for Older People with Dementia Expands Across Glasgow
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Community Support Service for older people with dementia has operated in the North East of Glasgow for 25 years. The service supports older people with a diagnosis of dementia to stay in their own homes and give respite to family and carers.
Annual Accounts for the Period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
HSCP Staff Help College to be First in Scotland to Receive Breastfeeding Friendly Accreditation
It’s World Breastfeeding Week from 1 to 7 August this year, and Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) staff are delighted that with their help Glasgow Clyde College has become Scotland’s first Further Education institution to obtain accreditation from Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland.
Supported by the Scottish Government, the scheme aims to provide mums with positive experiences of breastfeeding when in public.
Launch of Socially Connected Glasgow Strategy
On 23 June 2022 Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) launched The Socially Connected Glasgow Strategy, which was commissioned by the HSCP and co-produced by Impact Funding Partners (IFP) and the people of Glasgow.
The development of the strategy focuses on the importance of mental well-being in our recovery from the pandemic as a city and in the HSCP’s Maximising Independence programme.
Consultation on the draft Glasgow City HSCP Strategic Plan
Recent Awards and Nominations for Glasgow City HSCP Staff and Projects
Several Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) staff and projects have been nominated and successful in recent awards. Congratulations to all staff involved and good luck to those still to hear results!
The HSCP’s Housing First Service is one of three finalists in the ‘Excellence in Adult Services’ category in this year’s Scottish Social Services Awards. The winner will be announced at the Award ceremony on 15 September.