We continue to develop creative and collaborative approaches to commissioning public services via these ongoing projects: Promoting Variety: The updated guide to market facilitation within the field of short breaks…
Creative commissioning
Wave of publication
You wait ages for new resources, and six come along at once! 2017/18 was an amazingly productive year for our work on publications and learning resources. I’ve just uploaded six…
Review of 2016 – Part One: Carers
One of the main themes from 2016 was our work with carers’ organisations. In previous years we’ve written consultation and evaluation toolkits, helped put together a national eligibility framework and…
Funders’ Forum presentation
One of the highlights of recent weeks was being invited to share our ideas on sustainability with the 40+ members of Scotland Funders’ Forum. We focused on the work we’ve…
A duty to support carers
We recently helped the National Carer Organisations to produce a draft framework for national eligibility thresholds linked to the Carers (Scotland) Bill. The framework sets out the circumstances in which…
Highland ISF Evaluation published
The evaluation I carried out on behalf of In Control Scotland on the Highlands pilot of Self-Directed Support and Individual Service Funds has now been published. There is a lot…
Consultation toolkit launched
The Shared Care Scotland Easy Consultation Toolkit has now been launched and tested with several audiences. We have run workshops for carers, short break providers and commissioners and the toolkit…