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The Independent Advocacy Social Care Fund is open for new collective, peer or citizen independent advocacy projects. The projects must support people – or their unpaid carers – accessing, or needing to access, social care services. They must focus on making sure advocacy partners’ voices are heard within the local social care system.

The fund is open to eligible third sector organisations within the Scottish independent advocacy sector.

Your organisation must also currently work in the independent advocacy sector in Scotland (see background section for the definition of independent advocacy used for this fund)

In addition, you must be able to demonstrate that your project:

• will use collective, peer or citizen independent advocacy to support people in Scotland who access, or need to access social care services, or their unpaid carers
• will focus on those who are not entitled to independent advocacy support through other statutory provision such as (but not limited to) that provided in relation to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Scotland Act 2003 or the Medication Assisted Treatment Standards (the MAT Standards) is new and is not part of a wider project funded from elsewhere (this does not exclude projects that link to, but are separate from, existing projects)
• will be completed by 31 March 2027, and within budget (maximum £50,000)

Successful projects must also commit to attending a consultative session on monitoring and evaluation ahead of the start of project funding, if you are successful. This will support the creation of a suitable monitoring and evaluation framework for the fund.

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Geographical areas funded:

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Revenue

Fund award sizes

Maximum:

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Annually awarded:

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Who can apply

Organisations applying must be an incorporated not-for-profit organisation (e.g. registered charity, company interest company, trust)

When to apply

Now open. Deadline for applications is 8 am on Monday, 22 September 2025

Next deadline: 22 Sep 2025

How to apply

To apply, you should: complete the application form (found in ‘supporting documents on the funds website).

Contact information

Activites funded: Advice and information Advocacy Social care and welfare

Beneficiaries funded: Economically/socially disadvantaged Local communities

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