Apply for a grant to help small and medium-sized businesses new to importing or exporting
The SME Brexit Support Fund could give you up to £2,000 to help with training or professional advice,
Financial Sustainability Webinar – 22 April
We have arranged a webinar update on Financial Sustainability on Thursday 22 April at 2PM with colleagues from COSLA and the Scottish Government. Please send us any questions you have for the panellists prior to the webinar.
Financial Sustainability Webinar – Questions and Answers
Questions and answers from last Financial Sustainability Webinar. Please note that we are hosting another webinar on this on Thursday 22 April at 2PM.
Capability to pay fees letter
Letter template to establish an individual’s capability to pay for their room within a care home.
Help to Grow Programme
The government’s new Help to Grow programme will help small and medium-sized businesses across the UK learn new skills, reach new customers and boost profits.
Creating an inclusive digital world
An ambition to achieve ”world leading” levels of digital inclusion is at the heart of plans to equip Scotland for the technological transformation of the post-coronavirus (COVID-19) world.
Flexible Workforce Development Fund – Open University
Scottish SMEs can benefit from up to £5000 of online training to upskill and reskill their workforce through a new programme launched by The Open University in Scotland.
Financial Support for Social Care Providers
Letter from Cabinet Sec and COSLA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care regarding financial support for social care providers for COVID-19 until June 2021.
Financial support arrangements & FAQ for social care providers – 22 Dec
Version 2 of Scottish Government guidance for financial support for social care providers during COVID-19 from December 2020 to March 2021.
Updated guidance – Financial support for social care providers from December 2020
Financial support arrangements from December 2020 – 31 March 2021
Scottish Government payment – Job Retention Scheme
There was some uncertainty reported at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic about whether social care workers were eligible for the UK Government’s Job Retention Scheme (JRS). While most social […]
Financial support for social care providers from Dec 2020 – Mar 2021
The Scottish Government has published a further update regarding the arrangements for financial support for the social care sector from December 2020 to March 2021.
Extension of UK Government Job Retention Scheme (JRS)
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary stating that the UK Government has confirmed that the JRS is available again to new applicants and will run until March 2021.
Letter on Sustainability payments
The attached letter from the Cabinet Secretary and COSLA was received late on Friday evening 6th November.
Sustainability Roundtable: 4-5 November
Scottish Care would like to invite you to a roundtable on financial support and sustainability on 4 Nov (CAH & HS) and 5 Nov (CH).
Social Care Staff Support Fund Update – 8 October
It has been confirmed that that the Scottish Parliament voted to extend the legal powers for the Social Care Staff Support Fund until 31 March 2021.
Updated Provider Sustainability Principles – 7 September
COSLA has uploaded version 4 of the Provider Sustainability Principles.
Coronavirus care homes visiting guidance – 3 Sept
Updated guidance on care home visiting (3 Sept)
Sustainability update – 28 August
COSLA and Scottish Government held discussions on the tapering of sustainability support which had been mentioned in the letter extending support into September. You may remember that this letter stated […]