Funding provided to elderly, disability and nursing charities or organisations: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002


Information requested

Please supply any and all recorded information showing the most recent funding to elderly, disability and nursing charities or organisations between 8/12/2018 - 8/12/2021 using public tax money in order to uphold human rights, prevent injury or stop death of the three mentioned groups due to COVID-19.

Response

Below is a table of Scottish Government funding for the period requested. This provides the Organisation, a brief outline of the project, the amount of funding provided and the relevant fund. As requested this is funding specifically related to COVID. I have included older people's and disabled organisations/charities and have included funding to organisations whereby the project is solely aimed at older people. There has been no COVID related funding to nursing charities or organisations.

Whilst I hope this information is helpful, I will apply Section 12 of FOISA to the remainder of the request due to the excessive cost of compliance. To explain, this is due to the volume of the information and the time it would take to locate all of the information.

SG Funding to Elderly and Disability Charities or Organisations due to COVID

Organisation

Brief outline of Funding

Amount

Fund

Scottish Ethnic Minorities Older People’s Forum

To support grassroots befriending activities and food distribution for people at risk / shielding

£75,000

Winter Fund - 2020

Generations Working Together

For faith and care home programmes, supply of digital resources and individual radios for care home residents

£76,200

Winter Fund -2020

Age Scotland

Friendship Line

£50,000

Summer Fund - 2021

Befriending Networks

Befriending Projects

£170,000

Summer Fund -2021

Age Scotland

Helpline Costs – technical and IT transition costs

£93,516

Social Justice Fund/ Wellbeing Fund

Age Scotland

Additional resource to respond to the increased demand on the virtual Call Centre due to COVID 19

£615,420

Social Justice Fund/ Wellbeing Fund

Scottish Pensioners Forum

The purchase of a laptop, printer and accessories, stationery and postage to allow home working

£2,800

Social Justice Fund- Wellbeing Fund

Generations Working Together

To reconnect younger and older generations in the face of COVID-19 by increasing staff hours for 3 months to connect isolated people.

£41,000

Social Justice Fund- Wellbeing Fund

Food Train

To respond to the increased demand for older people seeking home delivery of ffood.

£241,515

Food Fund

Generations working Together

Directly supports new ways of delivering intergenerational learning, responds to the impacts of Covid and will have a future beyond Covid

£17,690

Wellbeing Fund

Action Against Elder Abuse Scotland (now

Hourglass Scotland)

To support the helpline and provide a new telephone befriending service.

£12,256

Immediate Priorities Fund

Networking Key Services (NKS)

For the Minority Ethnic Older People’s Network to provide culturally appropriate food and support to vulnerable minority ethnic communities across Scotland.

£10,650

Immediate priorities Fund

Mel-Milaap Community Centre

For the Minority Ethnic Older People’s Network to provide culturally appropriate food and support to vulnerable minority ethnic communities across Scotland.

£12,500

Immediate priorities Fund

Outside the Box

To develop practical resources that help older people get the support they need to reduce social isolation and improve mental wellbeing.

£17,069

Immediate priorities Fund

Perth Chinese Association

For the Minority Ethnic Older People’s Network to provide culturally appropriate food and support to vulnerable minority ethnic communities across Scotland.

£22,750

Immediate Priorities Fund

Scottish Highlands and Islands and Moray Chinese Association

For the Minority Ethnic Older People’s Network to provide culturally appropriate food and support to vulnerable minority ethnic communities across Scotland.

£22,092

Immediate Priorities Fund

Wing Hong Chinese Elderly Group

For the Minority Ethnic Older People’s Network to provide culturally appropriate food and support to vulnerable minority ethnic communities across Scotland.

£8,880

Immediate priorities Fund

Glasgow Disability Alliance

Additional staff costs for telephony and online support

£116,500

Summer Fund

Glasgow Disability Alliance

Funding for the Third Tranche of the COVID-19  Transitional  Response Project 2020-21 to enable GDA to continue the vital work  to  prevent disabled people falling  through  gaps, add a transitional focus and lay foundations for sustainability in the relationships, networks, opportunities and supports which people access

106,866.00

Winter Fund 2020

Scottish Autism

To extend the Scottish Autism advice line service.

£100,000

Winter Fund 2020

British Deaf Association

Public health information to be translated into British Sign Language (BSL) and for there to be an easy, one-stop shop approach for BSL users to find official information

£26,213

Summer Fund - 2020

Deafblind Scotland

The proposal covers costs: 1. to produce information in Braille, Moon, XXL print, BSL videos or audio CDs; 2. to increase access to advocacy and advice staff to help people understand what support is available to access

£29,937

Summer Fund -2020

 

grants and support; and 3. to increase home visits for Deafblind people who don’t have self-directed support. The organisation may be able to produce general information in Braille for all visually impaired people.

 

 

Deafblind Scotland

This funding is to directly cover high production costs specifically  for producing regular key information on COVID-19 in different formats. Deafblind Scotland have other regular newsletters they send out, which would be the main method of distributing information going forward. However, in the current situation  it is crucial that fast-changing information on COVID-19 is shared as quickly and as often as possible with people who are highly isolated and who acutely struggle to access information.

Producing and distributing accessible information on COVID-19 topics in a range of formats that is accessible to people who are both deaf and blind, namely Braille and Moon, in XXL print, BSL videos or audio CDs. This currently has a reach of minimum 474 people, and is offered to other partner organisations for onwards dissemination.

£23,000

Winter Fund - 2020

Lead Scotland (Linking Education and Disability)

To build our capacity to reach at least 260 disabled people and carers through extension of befriending telephone support and delivery of online courses to increase essential digital skills, understand online accessibility and demonstrate cyber resilient behaviours.

£23,164

Summer Fund- 2020

Cash for Kids

To give vouchers/cards to families for essential items including food and fuel.

£500,000

Summer Fund -2020

Family Fund

Funding for the Third Tranche of the COVID-19 Transitional Response Project 2020-21 to enable GDA to continue the vital work to prevent disabled people falling through gaps, add a transitional focus and lay foundations for sustainability in the

£260,000

Winter Fund- 2020

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