£4m fund to help small organisations reduce loneliness by covering equipment costs
The Local Connections Fund is a new £4 million fund that is set to help small organisations in England that are working to reduce loneliness…
ADASS calls for urgent £480m cash injection to support “exhausted” social care sector
A leading social care organisation is calling for an immediate cash boost for social care and new recruits to support its “exhausted” workforce and ensure…
£13,250 donation to Lifelites helps disabled children play thanks to inclusive gaming equipment
London-based games development studio Future Games of London donated £13,250 to the charity Lifelites, which donates assistive technology to give life-limited and disabled children using…
Innovative COVID-safe electric wheelchair awarded £175k government funding
A pioneering electric wheelchair from Centaur Robotics, designed to enable social distancing and built with COVID-resistant materials, has been awarded a UK government grant of…
ADASS calls on government to increase funding to make effective post-discharge care a reality
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has welcomed the British Red Cross and Healthwatch England report on hospital discharges, but is calling…
Councils allocated £1bn of additional support ahead of difficult winter period
Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed allocations for individual councils from the £1 billion of additional support, which will be used to ease pressure…
MPs call for urgent £7bn annual increase in social care funding as starting point for reform
The Health and Social Care Committee has published a new report exploring the reforms needed to the system of funding social care and the level…
£430k funding boost for housing adaptations to improve lives of vulnerable people
Fanchea Kelly, Chief Executive at Blackwood A pioneering housing provider has been awarded funding that will enable it to adapt homes and directly improve the…
Care providers receive £546m funding boost to bolster infection control throughout winter
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that care providers will be given an extra £546 million to reduce COVID-19 infection and…
Scottish Government offers new funding opportunities to support telecare service development
To support its work in progressing telecare service development and to help provide better services to users, the Scottish Government has opened up four new…