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Information on the criteria used to assess applications for the Housing Infrastructure Fund and how to apply can be found here: Housing Infrastructure Fund : guidance for applications - gov.scot

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The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The “Women Asylum Seeker Housing Project” was funded to address housing problems of women asylum seekers by training and supporting women to report repairs and resolve housing issues. Training would focus on rights and responsibilities,reporting housing issues and signposting women to other support services. The findings would be used to campaign for equal access to housing of a standard available to the general community. They would also address emerging issues such as overcrowding and families having to share accommodation.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Discrimination in housing provision for asylum seekers will be tackled and women from asylum seeker backgrounds will gain in confidence and skills through their participation
• Women from asylum seeker backgrounds will gain in confidence and skills through their participation

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The Parents’ Project was funded to build on the People First’s Parents’ Group work in reducing the discrimination experienced by parents with learning disabilities and supporting parents to participate in, and engage with, services and society. The project would employ a part-time development worker to support a self-advocacy group of parents with learning disabilities (Parents’ Group), provide individual advocacy, support parents to provide training and participate in strategic planning fora.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Parents with learning disabilities are more aware of their rights and responsibilities and have increased confidence and skills both in parenting and in contributing to training and policy
• Parents with learning disabilities have access to more information in appropriate formats, helping them to engage with services, participate in society and be the best parents they can be
• Professionals have an increased awareness and understanding of the issues for parents with learning disabilities, they are more likely to adopt a supported parenting approach in line with current policy so parents with learning disabilities experience fewer barriers to exercising their right to family life.

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that all young people have the opportunity to develop core STEM skills and knowledge. Through the Curriculum Improvement Cycle, we have established a systematic approach to curriculum improvement which will help to ensure that STEM subjects are attractive and accessible to all children and young people.

Health and Wellbeing is one of the eight curricular areas in Curriculum for Excellence. Learning in Health and Wellbeing is designed to ensure children and young people develop the knowledge and understanding, skills, capabilities and attributes which they need for mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing.

While the Curriculum for Excellence framework is set at a national level, it is up to local authorities and schools to determine how they will deliver the curriculum to best suit the children and young people in their area. Local authorities and schools will use a range of approaches and resources to support children and young people with their mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing in line with local needs and circumstances. This can include learning and teaching about cardiovascular health for which there are existing learning experiences and outcomes in Health and Wellbeing and Sciences where this learning can be delivered.

Health and Wellbeing is also about the whole approach of the nursery, school, college or other setting. The concept of health and wellbeing as a responsibility of all emphasizes that everyone, including educators, parents, and community members, plays a crucial role in promoting and supporting health and wellbeing of children and young people.

The Scottish Government remains committed to implementing a high quality and clinically safe thrombectomy service. We have invested £39 million to date on expanding access to thrombectomy. While we continue to face significant financial challenges, we are committed to further expanding the service, ensuring access is as equitable as possible.

Whilst the Scottish Government cannot currently provide a timeline for expanding the service, Scottish Government officials and NHS planners have been asked to work at pace on developing a plan for the next steps for service expansion.

We have provided funding for thrombectomy nurse posts in spoke sites with high rates of ischaemic stroke, including NHS Borders, and this will support maximising access to thrombectomy across Scotland.

Procurement of a national artificial intelligence imaging tool is underway and, once implemented, this will help delivery of the service by improving detection of patients with strokes suitable for thrombectomy.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The Refugee Health Policy and Strategy Action Group project was funded with the intention that refugees in Scotland would develop a greater understanding of the policy landscape and would be advocating for better and appropriate mental health and wellbeing support for themselves and their peers. By incorporating lived experience refugee voices at national and regional forums, knowledge and understanding in local areas across Scotland of refugee health needs would be improved and local action to support this will be led by refugee groups.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Refugees living in Scotland are active advocates for mental health and wellbeing both locally and nationally
• Local and national health and civic society agencies are engaged in refugee led prevention and support approaches to service planning and provision
• Statements and dialogues on mental health and wellbeing are being initiated and led by refugees in places and spaces across Scotland

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The Scottish Pensioners' Forum (SPF) project was funded to enable SPF to work with the STUC, particularly through their equality structures, to engage and consult with trade union members in communities throughout Scotland to provide older people with a democratic voice and the opportunity to influence decisions that affect their daily lives, particularly around health and social care, social security, pensions and transport.

SPF would also utilise the STUC equality structures to engage in specific activities around ageing and the impact that this has within many minority frameworks including LGBT, disability, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and youth and would place particular emphasis on women and the focus of inequality in state pensions.

Meetings and consultations undertaken would be used by the SPF to gather evidence on the views and needs of older people, making sure that their voices were heard and that their needs were taken into consideration. This would help them to develop stronger community connections and be more aware of services available to them in their local areas.

Through consultation, the SPF would also work with trade unions and other older people's organisations to inform government policy in key priority areas; care and care homes, social security, transport and health and social care and how they relate to loneliness and isolation in older people.

SPF would also develop intergenerational work between older and younger trade union members to share experiences of the world of work, ageing, and transition into retirement and how the Fair Work Framework can deliver for the ageing workforce .

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• People with protected characteristics are confident in asserting their rights on ageing in society, and in the workplace, and feel confident in challenging inequality in pensions and other issues that potentially have an impact on the quality of their retirement.
• Older people have the confidence to have their say on issues affecting them in their local communities and are supported to share the views on future design and delivery of public services at local and national level that can improve their lives.
• The SPF increases and improves engagement with Scottish Government on public policy affecting older people, retired trade unionists and workers by taking their views forward and ensuring that they have access to information on all activities the SPF carry out as representatives on their behalf which will result in less social isolation and more active participation when making the transition from working life into retirement

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The Connexions project was funded to enable the work done by the agency, mainly in Kirkcaldy, to be ‘rolled out’ into areas of East and West Fife. In addition to services such as language support, information, advice and advocacy, assisting people access rights and employment the project would, through Participatory Action Research, address more determinedly that migrant communities share ownership and integrate with local communities. Cross-community action would help address the demographic changes in Fife and Scotland.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• There will be a significant increase in uptake of information and advice across a range of human rights issues within Fife from members of migrant communities
• People from migrant communities will demonstrate an increased feeling of belonging to local areas and ownership of public places, civic institutions and commit to stay in Fife rather than leave due to uncertainty of status following ‘Brexit’
• More people from migrant communities will move from low paid, low skilled employment (reflecting qualification and skill) and will show an increased willingness to stand for public office

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf