Funding provided to elderly, disability and nursing charities or organisations: FOI release
- Published
- 4 February 2022
- Directorate
- Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
- FOI reference
- FOI/202100262492
- Date received
- 9 December 2021
- Date responded
- 12 January 2022
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 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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| 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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