Glasgow Carers

28/05/2026

Open to all carers - join us for our Carers' Information Fair on 10th June at Glasgow East End Community Carers. Please register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XTRCTBP

28/05/2026

19/05/2026

🌈✨ Join us for a fantastic Family Fun Day!
🤝👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Connect with other families and take part in fun, inclusive workshops delivered by:
🎶 Hear My Music | 🤸 Modo Circus | 💃 Indepen-Dance
💛 Created for children with additional support needs and their siblings.
🚻 Pamiloo mobile changing toilet will be there too!
🎉🆓 Free to attend – register now 👉 https://tinyurl.com/34ajkpbz

07/05/2026

🔊Apply now!

Take a Break Scotland provides cash grants to parents caring for disabled and seriously ill children and young people, aged 0 to 17.

The grant can be used for things like day trips, a short break away, travel costs, additional carer, gardening and home entertainment equipment, and much more. It aims to improve unpaid carers' quality of life and wellbeing by supporting them to access a break from the day-to-day routine of caring.

grants are funded by the Scottish Government and administered by the charity .

👉Find out more and apply online now: https://takeabreakscotland.org.uk

07/05/2026

Hello everyone!

We've been hard at work on our Greenhouse getting it ready for the season!

We will be having an open day for our Greenhouse on the 14th and 15th May from 10am to 2pm. There will be lots on offer for sale including lots of plants and shrubs and more! We hope you can come along to have a look, enjoy a tea or coffee and see what's available

If you can please share this picture. It will help us out. Please help us support the greenhouse project. Looking forward to seeing you there. 🤗

01/04/2026

Social Security Scotland!!!!!¡

Good Afternoon,



I am writing to share an opportunity with you/people in your network. We are recruiting new members of our Executive Advisory Body and wanted to share more information about these roles.



Our Non-executive Members are an essential part of our management team. They share advice and give us the benefit of their experience to help us deliver an excellent service for the people of Scotland. Our Non-executive Members are an essential part of our management team. They contribute their views on how we deliver our commitments and give us the constructive challenge we need to develop as an organisation.



To support us in delivering our priorities in the year ahead, we are excited to be recruiting several new Non-executive Members who will bring a range of skills, insight and experience to support both our Executive Advisory Body and Audit and Assurance Committee. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce that reflects the people we serve.



We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those who may be currently underrepresented on Scotland’s public bodies. This includes people of different ages, genders, ethnicities, and lived experiences, including those with direct or personal experience of the current benefits system. No prior board experience is necessary – full training and support will be provided. A day rate and reasonable expenses are payable for these roles.



To learn more about these opportunities, please view the job role on our website: Non-executive recruitment - Social Security Scotland

Application link: Non-executive Board Member - Social Security Scotland - Scottish Government OGD Recruitment Careers



With Kindness,



Claire

13/03/2026

What does it take to move from hope into real action across health and social care?

The ALLIANCE Annual Conference 2026: Hope to Action, taking place on Monday 23 March 2026 at the Radisson Blu in Glasgow. The conference will bring together leaders, practitioners, people with lived experience and community groups from across Scotland.

The full day programme features keynote talks, panel discussions, interactive workshops and creative sessions. Themes include rights based practice, prevention, inclusion health, self management, housing and integration. The agenda has been developed to support reflection, shared learning and practical approaches that participants can apply in their own work.

Whether you are interested in policy, practice innovation, collaboration or lived experience voices, this is an opportunity to connect, learn and shape the future of health and social care in Scotland.

Browse the programme here:
https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/alliance-annual-conference-2026-hope-to-action/

27/02/2026

📢 March Training for Carers

We’re delighted to share our upcoming March sessions at Glasgow South Carers Centre!

This month’s programme offers advice, practical support and informative workshops to help you in your caring role. Topics include wellbeing, mental health first aid, digital resources, autism & puberty, creative activities and more.

📞 To book a place, please contact Glasgow South Carers Centre on 0141 423 0728.

25/02/2026

The Unpaid Carer Hustings is your opportunity to ask the political parties about their stance on carers' issues ahead of the election in May.

All the major parties will be represented and Brian Whittle MSP from the Scottish Conservatives is already confirmed to attend.

Find out more and book you place today: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-election-2026-unpaid-carer-hustings-tickets-1982521414920

06/02/2026

Hi Glasgow Carers,



Hope you are well.



As you may be aware from 15th March Scottish Government will be introducing Improvements to Carer Benefits.



One of these improvements is the introduction of Carer Additional Person Payment. The first payment of its type in the UK , it is designed to recognise unpaid carers in Scotland who are undertaking multiple caring roles.



Carer Additional Person Payment is a £10 weekly payment, increasing to £10.40 from April 2026. It will be paid alongside Carer Support Payment and eligible carers must be:



paid Carer Support Payment
care at least 20 hours per week for one or more additional person(s) who receives a qualifying disability benefit
caring hours can be carried out at the same time across all cared for persons
care cannot be provided as part of a contract of employment or where volunteering as part of a charitable/non-profit organisation


To help with the introduction of Carer Additional Person Payment, Social Security Scotland would like to engage with carers intending to apply. We are looking to complete advance paper applications with existing carers:



in receipt of Carer Support Payment who will be applying for Carer Additional Person Payment or;
carers wishing to make a new combined application to both Carer Support Payment and Carer Additional Person Payment.


Social Security Scotland Programme colleagues would visit your premises during week beginning 9th March to complete paper applications with carers. These applications would processed as part of our final testing taking place on 14th and 15th March to prove our service is working as intended for Carer Additional Person Payment applications opening on 16th March.



It would be greatly appreciated if you could advise whether Glasgow Carers Group would be in a position to identify carers interested in taking part in the advance application process with Social Security Scotland?



Many Thanks



Claire