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13 - 11 - 07: Invisible Lives - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - finding the missing millionsSource: British Lung Foundation This report is an important step for the British Lung Foundation in its task of drawing public attention to the issue of lung disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an illness that is generally unheard of by the public and yet has a high incidence and causes untold misery to the people who have it. The BLF wants to ensure that every one who has COPD, or who might have it at some point in the future, knows about the risks and is given the best treatment. |
05 - 11 - 07: Communication and Dementia: How Talking Mats can help people with dementia to express themselvesSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation An assessment of Talking Mats, a low-tech communication tool, as a way of helping people at different stages of dementia to express their views. Findings | Full report |
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29 - 10 - 07: Adults’ experiences of self-harm: interim report, October 2007Source: Outside the Box Interim Report from the 'Who Cares?' survey. |
29 - 10 - 07: Devolution and regional governance: Tackling the economic needs of deprived areasSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation A study that links two of the main policy agendas of the last ten years: devolution of power, and policies to tackle deprivation. The study looks at:
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| 25 - 10 - 07: PROP Stress Centre October Newsletter Source:PROP Stress Centre |
24 - 10 - 07: The impact of heavy cannabis use on young people's lives Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This research explores the impact of heavy cannabis use on young people's lives, through interviews and questionnaires with 100 young people and data from practitioners. Findings | Full report |
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23 - 10 - 07: Making reasonable adjustments at work for people with mental health problems Source:SAMH The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) have produced new guidance for employers. |
September 2007: Community Care Providers Scotland Annual Review Source: CCPS |
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11 - 09 - 07: Our Future Health Secured? A review of NHS funding and performanceSource: King's Fund Since the Wanless review of 2002, Securing our Future Health, NHS spending has increased by nearly 50 per cent. This report looks at where that money has been spent, what it has achieved, whether government policy has promoted effective use of the resources, and what needs to happen next. Report summary | Full report [4.5mb] |
07 - 09 - 07: Experiences of poverty and educational disadvantageSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Children in poverty face greatly reduced educational prospects and future life chances. This is the conclusion not just of social policy experts and government statisticians, but of young children themselves. This report shows that children are aware of such outcomes from an early age and that their own stereotyping reinforces these differences. |
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31 - 08 - 07: Promoting social well-being in extra care housingSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This study looks at ways of promoting and facilitating the social well-being of 'frail' people living in extra care housing. Full report | Findings |
30 - 08 - 07: PROP Stress Centre August Newsletter Source: PROP Stress Centre |
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15 - 08 - 07: Our lives, our communities: Promoting independence and inclusion for people with learning difficulties Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This research, by people with learning difficulties, examines the issue of independence and inclusion. Full report | Findings |
02 - 08 - 07: Routes to SustainabilitySource: CHEX This CHEX Briefing highlights resources to help your organisation plan its long term sustainability. It contains information on business planning, monitoring and evaluation, addressing health inequalities, working with communities, influencing policy and practice, marketing, partnership working, advocating your agenda, and funding. |
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17 - 07 - 07: Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This study provides a new spatial analysis of Britain's changing picture of poverty and affluence over the last 40 years. Full report | Findings |
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17 - 07 - 07: Public attitudes to economic inequalitySource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Economic inequality - the unequal distribution of financial resources within the population - is now a marked feature of the socio-economic structure of the UK. However, relatively little is known about public attitudes on this issue. This study examines public attitudes to economic inequality, and related issues of poverty and redistribution. Full report | Findings |
04 - 07 - 07: Index of Wellbeing for Children in ScotlandSource: Barnardo's Scotland This is the first edition of Index of Wellbeing for Children in Scotland (IWCS). Its purpose is to attempt to put the position of Scotland’s children into an international perspective. The component parts of the Index consist of estimates representing five different domains: Child poverty, economic participation, education, risk behaviour and physical health. |
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04 - 07 - 07: Free personal care in Scotland - recent developments Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This report examines the operation of the free personal care policy in Scotland, and considers its impact, problems and limitations. Full report | Findings |
June: Opening the door of the Chinese Healthy Living Centre: Becoming more accessible for physically disabled Chinese adultsSource: Chinese Healthy Living Centre This research was commissioned as an important first step towards identifying practical steps that the CHLC could take to make information, activities and services more accessible to physically disabled people. |
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19 - 06 - 07: Severe Child Poverty in the UK Source: Save the Children This research is based on a new measure for severe poverty, combining income and material deprivation data from the Family Resources Survey. The reason for this new measure comes from Save the Children’s focus on those in the severest poverty and our belief that a measure that combines household income with deprivation provides a more robust indicator of household living standards than either measure on its own. Full report | Report summary |
18 - 06 - 07: Speak Up! - The Bullying of Children with Learning DisabilitiesSource: ENABLE Scotland More than 90% of children with learning disabilities are bullied, according to a report from Enable Scotland. |
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14 - 06 - 07: The UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People 2007Source: Action on Elder Abuse This report suggests that current adult protection systems are not reaching older people, that medication abuse continues to be a major problem, and that in many cases people are being left in bed, or unwashed, or left without food or access to the toilet. While two thirds of abusers are family members, nearly one tenth are domiciliary care staff. Twenty percent of theft is by domiciliary care staff. |
13 - 06 - 07: Project 42 - report on results to date Source: COPE Project 42 was funded by Drumchapel Life was initiated by COPE with the goal of discovering the barriers to employment and to create an accessible database of local support services for their clients. This report provides an update of the results to date |
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13 - 06 - 07: Spotlight on older people in the UKSource: Help the Aged This report brings to light the issues faced by vulnerable older people: poverty, neglect, ageism and isolation. |
31 - 05 -07: Smoke-Free Success: ASH Scotland Presents the Scottish ExperienceSource: ASH Scotland To mark World No Tobacco Day 2007, ASH Scotland has published this comprehensive and detailed report which documents Scotland’s successful move to bring in a ban on smoking in public places, the lessons that other countries can learn, and the beginning “of a new and healthier Scotland”. |
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23- 05 - 07: It Doesn't Happen Here - The reality of child poverty in the UKSource: Barnardo's Scotland This report looks at the lives of the poorest children, based on interviews with over 40 families with whom Barnardo's works in different parts of the UK. The interviews demonstrate the reality of life for those most deeply mired in poverty. These include children in black and minority ethnic families, those in families struggling on low wages, lone parent families, families affected by disability and large families. The report also looks at other vulnerable groups, including children in asylum-seeking families, children in poor housing and young people living independently. Report summary | Full report |
21 - 05 - 07 : Scottish Voluntary Sector Statistics 2007 Source: SCVO The latest key facts on the Scottish voluntary sector. |
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May 07: Fruitful participation - involving people in food and health work Source: Community Food and Health (Scotland) This publication gives a snapshot of how getting people involved in decision-making around food and health issues can be enjoyable, democratic, empower those involved and make a difference |
May 07: PROP Stress Centre May Newsletter Source: PROP Stress Centre |
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May 07: Social Care and Support Services in the Voluntary Sector - Funding Survey 2007 Source: Community Care Providers Scotland The findings of the survey suggest that serious financial problems are widespread, and common to all across the field; that voluntary organisations view withdrawl from service provision as an option of 'last resort'; that there may be early indications that the quality of services, as well as workforce terms and conditions, is beginning to suffer; and that the outlook for 2007/08 is a matter for serious concern. |
30 - 04 - 07 : The Point - issue 20 Spring 2007 Source: SAMH This issue is themed around the centrality of mental health to every aspect of our lives, from childhood and relationships to our working lives and old age. |
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30 - 04 - 07: Poverty among ethnic groups how and why does it differ?Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This paper discusses how the rates of income poverty differ between different ethnic groups and provides an analysis for the reasons for some of these differences. Findings | Full report |
30 - 04 - 07: Poverty and ethnicity in the UKSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
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26 - 04 - 07: For Social Justice: An Agenda for Action on PovertySource: The Poverty Alliance This agenda sets out some of the challenges and actions needed to make greater progress in the fight against poverty, draws on the views of more than 150 organisations that attended Poverty Alliance seminars across Scotland earlier this year and also on the experience of people living on low incomes who took part in the Get Heard project. |
25 - 04 - 07: Election Special Report on Fuel PovertySource: Energy Action Scotland Energy Action Scotland has asked the main parties to outline how they would tackle fuel poverty. This report sets out their responses. |
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20 - 04 - 07: Mapping of Local Tobacco Control Alliances across ScotlandSource: ASH Scotland The mapping exercise illustrated instances of partnerships co-ordinating and influencing the development of local activities involving parents, schools and the local community in education programmes for young people; promoting smokefree homes; reducing under-age-sales and further developing stop smoking support. |
20 - 04 - 07: Scotland's Carers ManifestoScotland's Carers Manifesto and the Time to Deliver campaign have been produced by a partnership of the national carer organisations |
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19 - 04 - 07: Older people’s views and experiences of resources in later lifeSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This study explores how older people plan, use and value the resources available to them |
19 - 04 - 07: The needs and resources of older peopleSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This study explores the needs of people in later life, including expenditure, health, social networks, services, housing and neighbourhood, as well as income |
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16 - 04 - 07: Highland Voluntary Sector ManifestoSource: Highland Voluntary Sector Forum Council and Scottish Parliament candidates in Highland have been asked to listen to the voices of the voluntary sector, value their work and create a climate in which voluntary activity can flourish |
29 - 03 - 07: Living with a Warm Home and a Carbon Footprint - Recommendations for ending Fuel Poverty in ScotlandSource: Energy Action Scotland This document sets out the main actions needed for tackling fuel poverty, with a particular focus on devolved issues |
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29 - 03 - 07: Changing neighbourhoods: The impact of ‘light touch’ support in 20 communitiesSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This study gives an overview of the lessons learned from the JRF’s four-year programme of work with 20 disadvantaged neighbourhoods in England, Scotland and Wales |
26 - 03 - 07: SCOT Manifesto 2007: Tobacco an ongoing challenge, prevention a prioritySource: Scottish Coalition on Tobacco |
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23 - 03 - 07: Alzheimer Scotland 2007 Dementia manifesto Source: Alzheimer Scotland With the number of people with dementia set to increase by 75% in less than 25 years, from 58,000 in 2007 to 102,000 in 2031, Alzheimer Scotland’s manifesto urges the new Scottish Parliament to pledge an additional £15 million to tackle this growing epidemic. |
19 - 03 - 07: Voices of people experiencing poverty in ScotlandSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This research aims to ensure that the voices of people living in poverty are heard as policies to tackle poverty and disadvantage in Scotland are developed |
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17 - 03 - 07: Drug user involvement in treatment decisions Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This study explores how drug users are currently involved in decisions about their own treatment, what constrains involvement and what might improve practice |
16 - 03 - 07: A new approach to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harmSource: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This study reviews international experience of using a ‘multi-component’ approach to develop community-based prevention |
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08 - 03 - 07: Caledonia Youth Manifesto Source: Caledonia Youth A manifesto for relationships and sexual well-being of our future generations |
21 - 02 - 07: RNID Scotland manifesto Source: RNID Scotland This manifesto aims to challenge the policymakers and politicians of the next Scottish government to meet, and indeed exceed the expectations of everyone who has a hearing loss. |
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January 2007: A review of engagement in Scotland by Councils for Voluntary Service with ethnic minority communities Source: BEMIS
In November 2006 BEMIS undertook a Review of Engagement with Ethnic Minority Communities in Scotland by Councils for Voluntary Service (CVS). The review focused on five 'indicators of engagement' - community profiling; involvement of service users; provision of support; monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in place; and improvements identified. |
January 2007: A review of engagement by Public Sector agencies in Scotland with ethnic minority communities Source: BEMIS In November 2006 BEMIS undertook a review of engagement by local authorities, health boards, and police forces with ethnic minority communities in Scotland. The review focused on five 'indicators of engagement': community profiling; involvement of service users; provision of support; monitoring/evaluation in place; and improvements identified. |
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23 - 01 - 07: ASH Scotland manifesto Source: ASH Scotland
As smokers across Scotland and the UK get to grips with their New Year's resolution to stop smoking, ASH Scotland today sets out what politicians need to do next to win the health battle against tobacco. In its manifesto for the 2007 elections, ASH Scotland calls for action to limit the availability of cigarettes, extra help for pregnant women who smoke and a full programme of measures to deter young people from starting smoking. |
05 - 12 - 06: A World to Belong to - Social Networks of People with Mental Health ProblemsSource: SAMH The research shows that people using mental health services are less likely to have a partner, less likely to have a job and more likely to score lower on a measure of social support. |
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04 - 12 - 06: Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Scotland 2006Source: Joseph Rowntree Foundation An independent assessment of progress in eliminating poverty and reducing social exclusion in Scotland. |
24 - 11 - 06: Gender Issues Network on Alcohol (GINA) project November newsletter Source: Alcohol Focus Scotland This newsletter announces the start of the second phase of the Gender Issues Network on Alcohol (GINA) project. |
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24 - 11 - 06: Dundee Voluntary Action November / December newsletter Source: Dundee Voluntary Action Features included: Letters Page, Dates for Your Diary, funding notes, Volunteer Centre Dundee Training programme and RSPB local events dates. As ever we welcome stories, letters, pictures, news, complaints etc., from the voluntary sector. The deadline for material for our next issue is Friday 20 January 2007. |
22 - 11 - 06: PSALV manifesto Source: Psoriasis Scotland Arthritis Link Volunteers As presented at the PSALV Briefing and working dinner, Scottish Parliament, 22nd November 2006 |
| 22 - 11 - 06: Agenda for Action, a manifesto for the 2007 Scottish electionsSource: SAMH |
22 - 11 - 06: What It's Worth - The Social and Economic Costs of Mental Health Problems in Scotland Source: SAMH Mental health problems impact on almost everyone in Scotland. If you don’t experience problems with your own mental health, then you will very likely know someone who experiences problems with theirs. As the World Health Organisation has stated, ‘there is no health without mental health’. |
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10 - 8 - 06 : Serving Glasgow: A Voluntary Sector Manifesto for Glasgow - consultationSource: GCVS The Voluntary Sector Manifesto for Glasgow is very much work in progress and GCVS want to ensure that as many organisations as possible have the opportunity to contribute. Do please let GCVS know if there are key areas that have not been covered to date. They would also like to hear if there are issues in the Manifesto that you do not agree with. All feedback received will be compiled into a report which will be made available at the GCVS AGM, 27th September 2006. |
1 - 8 - 06: Scottish Factfile 2006-07 Source: NCH Scotland FactFile 2006-07, a report card on Scotland's children, highlights improvements in smoking but highlights that 20% of Scottish children are overweight and 40% of girls do not take enough exercise to meet basic health guidelines. Download the report |
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7 - 7 - 06: Minding Their Own BusinessSource: Scottish Community Diet Project An introduction to business and social enterprise for those supporting local communities tackling inequalities in diet and health Download the toolkit here |
26 - 6 - 06: Better lives for Scotland’s children and young people. Children in Scotland Manifesto for 2007 Source: Children in Scotland In preparation for the 2007 Scottish Elections, Children in Scotland is launching its manifesto, Better lives for Scotland’s children and young people. Amongst other recommendations, the manifesto calls for child health to be made a national priority, focussing specifically on obesity, mental and sexual health and an entitlement to free, nutritious school meals for all primary and pre-school children. |
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19 - 6 - 06: SCVO Manifesto 2007 Source: SCVO This is a collaborative document drawing together voices from across Scotland's voluntary sector. It is designed to encourage debate, new thinking and real change in the way we work together to the benefit of Scotland's communities. Download the manifesto here |
14 - 6 - 06: Building community well-being: Can Scotland afford not to?Source: Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health On June 14th 2006 a national conference to inform local planning and taking action towards the promotion of community wellbeing was facilitated by the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health in association with The Community health Exchange, CHEX. The conference was a partnership event supported by the National Programme to Improve Mental Health and Well being, NHS Scotland and Communities Scotland. The event marked the culmination of local initiatives in four areas of Scotland to promote community well being. Download the report here |
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5 - 6 - 06: Best Practice in Fuel Poverty SchemesSource: Energy Action Scotland Decision-makers at all levels of government need to put in place now measures that will develop initiatives to tackle the problem of fuel poverty in Scotland. These measures are detailed in a new report by Energy Action Scotland. 'Best Practice in Fuel Poverty Schemes' sets out proposals and recommendations for the future of fuel poverty schemes in Scotland. Research drew on the experiences of mainly Scottish projects in order to assess what is working and to establish best practice which can influence the shape of future programmes. Download the report here |
1 - 6 - 06: The Social Fund - Current Role and Future Direction Source: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation The report first examines the current role of the Social Fund. Focus groups held with eligible applicants and non-applicants revealed how people cope with living on a low income, and the applicants' experience of the Social Fund. Analysis of national survey data is used to investigate the characteristics of people in receipt of Social Fund awards, and the repayment of loans. The research also highlights how government support could best address people's needs. |
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19 - 5 - 06: Barnardo’s ‘Hear 4 U’ mental health advocacy service informationSource: Barnardos |
27 - 4 - 06: Paying for long-term careSource: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation A new Joseph Rowntree Foundation report spells out five affordable reforms to start funding long-term care more fairly, adequately and coherently. The report argues that long-term care funding will eventually need a major overhaul with more public money, but its costed reform options demonstrate how improvements could begin immediately. |
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6 - 12 - 05: Britain's Poorest Children RevisitedSource: Save the Children Britain's Poorest Children Revisited updates Save the Children's original report which found that up to a million children were living in severe and long-term poverty. This new report shows there has been little or no improvement in the percentage of children living in severe poverty in Britain. Report summary Full report |
February 2006: The UK Voluntary Sector Almanac 2006: The State of the SectorSource: NCVO The estimates of the size and scope of the UK voluntary sector are derived from a sample of over 40,000 charities’ annual reports and accounts held by GuideStar UK, together with data supplied by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA). |
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5 - 12 - 05: Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Scotland 2005 Source: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation In 2004, the New Policy Institute reported on poverty and social exclusion in Scotland. The Institute has now updated this analysis for all the latest data. Overall levels of income poverty continue to fall, particularly among pensioners and children. But almost a million people in Scotland still live in income poverty |
24 - 11 - 05: Scottish Factfile 2005Source: NCH Scotland Figures in NCH Scotland's Factfile 2005 report show how children from the poorest backgrounds are more likely to struggle at school, have difficulty finding work, abuse alcohol or drugs and wind up in trouble with the law. |
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9 - 11 - 05: Tobacco and Inequalities Needs Assessment Source: ASH Scotland As part of the current Tobacco and Inequalities project ASH Scotland have undertaken a needs assessment in relation to the themes of tobacco and mental health, older adults and ethnicity. The research aimed to find out more about the main issues and to identify priorities for action. It was carried out with involvement from key stakeholders. Full summary report Service providers report Service users report |
1 - 9 - 05: New Fair for All Disability baseline survey Source: Disability Rights Commission & SEHD The FFA Disability initiative invited all NHS Boards in Scotland to participate in a survey to identify current activity being undertaken by Boards to meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Evidence was gathered under a range of headings to allow a broad analysis of NHS Boards' understanding of the duties they are required to meet under the DDA and any current activity being undertaken to meet these requirements. The survey is a snapshot in time and not intended to be comprehensive in its scope. Executive summary Full report |
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July 2005: Community Care Providers Scotland - Care Inquiry Source: Community Care Providers Scotland Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 - Call for evidence: response from CCPS |
26 - 1 - 04: The New Mental Health ActSource: SAMH The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, was passed by the Scottish Parliament in March 2003. It came into effect in April 2005. The Scottish Executive is working on a Code of Practice, and other guidance, to give people more detail about how the Act will work in practice. It is important that the views of service users and carers are taken into account in developing the Code of Practice and other guidance. The new Act covers issues like: • when can you be taken into hospital against your will • when can you be given treatment against your will • what your rights are • safeguards to make sure your rights are protected. |
Voluntary Organisations Publications
This page provides a selection of Voluntary Organisation publications.