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Celebrating our volunteers

National Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1 to 7 June every year and is a celebration across the UK of all the contributions volunteers make within their community.

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has a wide range of volunteers supporting its services including Mental Health services, Prisons and Local Engagement Forums. 

On Wednesday 7 June some of our HSCP volunteers attended a Volunteer Glasgow event at Maryhill Burgh Halls. The event showcased a range of volunteer opportunities in North West Glasgow.

Carers Week 2023: Supporting Carers in the Community

From 5 to 11 June, we celebrated Carers Week to highlight the importance of Glasgow’s unpaid carers. 

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities. This year’s theme for Carers Week was ‘Recognising and Supporting Carers in the Community’, and it was about coming together to make sure carers get the information and support they need to be able to care for their loved ones. 

Project Search celebrates 10 years of success in partnership

DFN Project SEARCH has been making a positive difference to young people’s lives in Glasgow for 10 years.

Project Search, in association with our Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), is celebrating 10 years in Glasgow with a proven record of over 72% of young people completing the programme and gaining full-time employment. 

Project Search is an innovative and exciting work experience programme for young people aged between 18 to 29 years with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum conditions. 

Walking & Talking for Mental Health Project Recognised at National Awards

An innovative project for young people, partly funded by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), was a finalist in the Youthlink Scotland, National Youth Awards. The awards held in June celebrated youth work and the youth workers who make a difference every year in the lives of young people.

Latest research on the Glasgow Youth Court

The Glasgow Youth Court is a judicially led initiative, supported by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), which has been operational since June 2021. Functioning within the Glasgow Sheriff Court, it covers cases involving a young person, aged between 16 and 24 years old, who has pled guilty or been found guilty of an offence that would normally be dealt with by a Sheriff Court.

Positive Payback – A person-centred approach to justice

In the community, an unpaid work order is often a significant part of the Community Payback Order (CPO) disposal. A CPO Unpaid Work Order is also an opportunity for services to engage with people, provide supports that contribute to a lower risk of re-offending and provide the offender with an opportunity to develop new skills and opportunities around employability.

‘Circles of Support’ helps building family support for children and young people in Glasgow

When we need support, the first people we often look to are our friends and family. But what happens for people who may not have that circle around them when they need care?

A successful approach to building circles of family support for children and young people is now being adapted to support adults and older people in a new pilot project.

The ‘Family Group Decision Making’ approach, which strengthens family and community networks to support children remain at home and avoid going into care, will be adapted for the pilot ‘Circles of Support’ project. 

Robotic cat brings joy to one of our service users

A robotic cat has brought back memories, joy and improved interactions for one of our service users. 

Deborah Thomson, one of our Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Social Workers, has been trying to find innovative ways to improve one of her service user’s life after she was diagnosed with Charles Bonnet Syndrome and Dementia. 

Recognition for HSCP Health Visitor Nicola Boyle at National Children’s Awards

Nicola Boyle, a Health Visitor in Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s North West Locality, won the Children’s Choice Award at the 2023 Scottish Children’s Health Awards in September.

The Children’s Choice Award recognises someone who has made a significant difference to a child or young person undergoing treatment in hospital, at home or in the community. It’s a ‘thank you’ in recognition of the difference they’ve made to a child’s world.

Glasgow marks World Suicide Prevention Day

From 4 to 10 September, Scotland stood together during Suicide Prevention Week to raise awareness and shine a light on suicide and what we can do to keep each other safe.

This year, we’re continuing with the theme of ‘Creating Hope Through Action’ and encouraging people to talk about suicide and find out more about suicide prevention activities.