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Praise for Glasgow’s World Leading Dementia Strategy

Glasgow's Dementia Strategy has been hailed as world leading in a prestigious global study.

The city ranked second out of 30 cities across the world for dementia innovation in a report by the Global Coalition of Aging (GCOA), Alzheimer's disease International (ADI) and the Lien Foundation.

Making it Happen: helping people with complex mental health needs live well in the community

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has taken a bold step to tackle a long-standing challenge — supporting people with severe and enduring mental ill health to move out of hospital and into the community.

The ‘Making It Happen’ project was created to help individuals who have spent many years in hospital, often due to failed attempts at community placements, to finally find a place they could call home.

Another Successful Year Delivering Project Search

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership through the Supported Employment Service are a key partner in developing and delivering Project Search in Glasgow, an intensive work experience programme for young people with learning disabilities and / or an autistic spectrum condition. The goal of Project Search is to support all participants into full time paid employment and this is the fifth year the programme has been delivered in Glasgow.

Time to talk - breaking mental health stigma

Twenty organisations from across north east Glasgow have been working together to tackle mental health stigma.

A six-part podcast by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s  North East Health Improvement Team and East End Community Radio featuring over 30 local voices is now available. The podcasts promote open conversations around mental health and were developed as part of the national Time to Talk Day campaign.

New Leaflet - A guide to paying for your care home

Glasgow Celebrates Carers Week 2022

Glasgow Red Cross Work With Our HSCP to Deliver Emergency Food Parcels

The Red Cross has been working with Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) on the Winter Food Project, launched to help people experiencing food poverty during the coldest months of the year.

Due to the economic impact of increased fuel and food prices and the rising costs of living impact, many of our HSCPs most vulnerable service users’ financial circumstances were worsening markedly, month on month. 

Glasgow Marks Carers Rights Day 2022

On Thursday 24 November, we marked Carers Rights Day and raised awareness of the unsung heroes of our communities, unpaid carers.

This year, the campaign focused on the many ways in which caring costs affect unpaid carers – from carers’ wellbeing and ability to access health services, to costs to their finances and employment options, to the current cost of living crisis that’s being felt even more acutely by carers throughout the UK. 

Carers Week 2021 - Making Caring Visible and Valued

June saw the country celebrate Carers Week to highlight the importance of unpaid carers. From 7 to 13 June, Local Carers Centres in Glasgow City raised awareness and organised activities for people who provide everyday unpaid support to friends, family and neighbours who can’t manage otherwise.