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Connection Matters - Is loneliness affecting the people you support?

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has long recognised the impact of social isolation on our well-being and launched a Socially Connected Strategy in June 2022. The strategy heard from people across the city on how vital social connections are, and essential in supporting someone to live well in their local community for as long as possible – a key factor of the Maximising Independence approach.

Parkhead Hub - June Update

Progress with the construction  Construction of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) new Parkhead Health and Social Care Hub at Salamanca Street, Parkhead is well underway. The building is on course to be wind and watertight by the end of June, and the internal fit out works are progressing well. Windows and curtain walling units are currently being installed.

Complex Needs Service celebrates its one-year anniversary

Our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Complex Needs team has recently celebrated their one-year anniversary since launching the innovative new service in March 2022.  

The Complex Needs Service was launched as a brand new outreach model that aims to provide a specialist, highly personalised service for individuals presenting with multiple and complex health and social care needs who aren’t engaging with mainstream services in Glasgow. 

Strategic Plan Approved

Our new Strategic Plan was recently approved for implementation by the Integration Joint Board (IJB) at its meeting on 28 June.

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.