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The Independent Advocacy Social Care Fund is 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.

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: Scotland

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

Voluntary organisations, registered charities, social enterprises and community interest companies that currently work in the independent advocacy sector in Scotland. See fund website for full eligibility criteria.

When to apply

Currently closed.

How to apply

To apply, complete the application form found in "supporting documents" on the fund's website and email it to [email protected].

Contact information

Activites funded: Advice and information Advocacy Social care and welfare

Beneficiaries funded: Economically/socially disadvantaged Local communities

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