Housing Services Tenant & Customer Participation Strategy (2025 – 2030), is the means by which the service gathers tenants’ & customers’ views, listens to them and acts upon them, with a view to improving services. Falkirk Council’s Housing Service are currently reviewing this strategy, and have launched the Tenant Participation Strategy (2025 – 2030) Consultation to…
Consultation
Have your say on the Future of Foster Care
The public consultation on the Future of Foster Care is now open. Open for 15 weeks, the consultation will close on Thursday 6 February 2025. The purpose of the consultation is to hear views on the proposed vision for fostering and flexible fostering approach, which seek to meet the specific and unique needs of children and…
Give Your Feedback on the Bo’ness Woodland Management Proposals
Green Action Trust is a charity that works with partners across Scotland to deliver nature based solutions for climate change, biodiversity and environmental inequality. Their vision is of a Scotland where people, nature and the environment thrive side by side. Green Action Trust has been working with Falkirk Council over the last few years to…
Falkirk Central Locality Plan – Consultation
Falkirk Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has established three locality areas as part of its commitment to deliver services that meet the needs of the communities. The three locality areas are: West Locality: Denny, Bonnybridge, Larbert and Stenhousemuir Central Locality: Falkirk town, Camelon, Bainsford/Langlees and Hallglen East Locality: Grangemouth, Bo’ness, Braes Villages The HSCP…
Charity Energy Survey
SCVO is working with its partner, Utility Aid, to better understand the energy needs of Scotland’s Voluntary Sector. In the most recent wave of the SCVO third sector tracker, 46% of organisations said that energy costs impacted on their ability to deliver core services. They know many organisations want to go greener and are looking…
Developing a Universal Definition of ‘Care Experience’: Consultation
The Scottish Government is currently seeking your views on the need for a universal and inclusive definition of ‘care experience’ and what the potential impacts of this could be. The Promise tells us that while it is not a legal term, ‘care experience’ is a term that has a special and different meaning for many…
Call for Views: City Region Deals and Regional Growth Deals
City Region Deals and Regional Growth Deals are funding deals agreed between the Scottish Government, the UK Government and local partners. They are designed to bring about long-term improvements to regional economies, attract investment, create new jobs and accelerate inclusive economic growth. There are currently 12 deals in Scotland at different stages of their lifecycles,…
Strathcarron Encourages Everyone to Participate in the Palliative Care Consultation
Congratulations to Strathcarron’s Hospice at Home service – which last week, celebrated ten years of supporting people at end of life across our communities. The Hospice at Home service has supported 3,439 local people at end of life over that time. As they mark this milestone, they are encouraging everyone to get involved and participate…
A Practical Guide To Measuring Your Impact
If you’re struggling to bring together and evidence the story of how your work makes a difference to people and communities, this pre-recorded webinar from Matter of Focus will introduce a practical and meaningful approach that helps you bring together a mix of data and evidence to report well on your impact. Available to access at any…
The Big Scottish Peer Support Survey
It’s an exciting time as the Scottish Government and COSLA Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan includes a commitment to championing peer support. As part of this, and to inform future work, Scottish Recovery Network want to get a fuller picture of peer support in Scotland and make sure it gets the positive recognition it…
