Additional support for Scottish families thanks to cash injection
28 May 2014 02:48 PM
More support for Scottish families is being made
available, thanks to the latest awards announced yesterday (27 MAY) by the Big
Lottery Fund.
Six
projects providing practical help for parents bringing up their children are
sharing in£1,629.008 from the Fund’s
Investing in Communities programme.
Announcing yesterday’s
investment, Big Lottery Fund, Scotland Chair, Maureen
McGinn, said: “Many families will, at some point in their lives,
need that bit of extra support to help them through difficult periods. Feelings
of isolation, the effects of low income or the risk of homelessness, for
example, are just some of the issues which today’s projects will help to
tackle. They also have a common goal of helping people live healthy, more
positive lives, which will benefit families both now, and in the
future.”
Inverurie based Home-S
tart Garioch will use a grant
of £257,964 to provide a one-to-one volunteer
home-visiting service for families with a child under five.
Mhairi Philip, Senior
Co-ordinator, said: “This award will allow us to continue
helping families who are disadvantaged by low income, rural isolation and
disability. We match individual volunteers with each family so that they can
receive both practical and emotional support. The resulting improved
relationships within the families in turn ensure better outcomes for the
children.”
A
grant of £380,241 for the Growing Together
project from Cornerstone Community Carewill provide
support to the families of children with special needs.
Susan Lorimer, Cornerstone's Children's
Services Manager said: “We are delighted to have been
awarded this funding. Each family will have their own unique journey and
support will be tailored to meet their individual requirements and personal
challenges. By providing this valuable support service Cornerstone can lend
assistance to people in times of need and enable families to enjoy fulfilled
and valued lives."
Home-Start Lorn will use the award
of £108,649 to develop and extend its current
service which helps isolated and vulnerable families on the Isle
of Mull, improving family relationships, reducing isolation and
increasing confidence in parents.
Aileen Binner, Co-ordinator Home-Start
Lorn, said: "This is wonderful news. I am delighted that
families throughout the Island of Mull will now be able to benefit from the
unique support Home-Start offers to families with young children. I am looking
forward to recruiting a new member of staff to our team and building closer
links to the communities on Mull."
A
grant
of £246,948 for roshni’s Minority Ethnic Parenting Network will provide intensive, tailored
family support to disadvantaged minority ethnic families
in Glasgow on an outreach basis, working with the
family in their home environment.
Ali Khan, Executive Chair, roshni, said: “Roshni is
delighted to receive funding to develop a unique, bespoke and culturally
sensitive service which reflects roshni’s commitment to supporting
minority ethnic families. Roshni will help support parents to bring up
confident, healthy and responsible children, and improve relationships within
the family and the wider community. We would like to thank Big Lottery Fund
Scotland for their support and believing in roshni and the positive impact the
project will bring not only to the families we work with but also the wider
community.”
An
award
of £405,576 for Shelter will support families in Edinburgh with children
under 11 years, and affected by homelessness, by delivering a range of
personalised support packages designed to help family relationships and support
tenancies.
Graeme Brown, Director of Shelter
Scotland, said: “The Building Families project combines our
housing support and homelessness expertise with CHILDREN 1ST‘s broad
range of skills and knowledge of working with children. Educational and social
development are key to a child’s long-term health and wellbeing, so by
supporting children to make the most of their family life, schooling and
leisure time, Building Families will make a real difference to the life chances
of all those it works with.”
Signpost
Recovery in Clackmannanshire has been
awarded a grant of £229,630 to provide
in-depth support to families who are adversely affected by parental substance
misuse.
Norrie Moane, Operations Manager, Signpost
Recovery, said: “The Time4Us project works with children and
families affected by their parents’ drug and/or alcohol use in Forth
Valley. The award will ensure we are able to continue this vital service and
will really help to make a difference in people lives.”
Big
Lottery Fund Press Office: 0141 242 1451
Out of hours media contact: 07823 552 889
Website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
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Notes to editors
- The Big Lottery Fund is
responsible for giving out 40% of the money raised for good causes by the
National Lottery.
- The
Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of
people most in need and has been rolling out grants to health, education,
environment and charitable causes across the UK. Since its inception in 2004 it
has awarded close to £6bn.
- In
the year ending 31 March 2013, 28% of total National Lottery revenue was
returned to the Good Causes. Since the National Lottery began in 1994,
£31 billion has been raised and more than 400,000 grants
awarded.
- The
Scotland Committee makes Big Lottery Fund decisions on Scottish projects.
As well as taking devolved decisions on Lottery spending, the Committee, led by
Chair, Maureen McGinn, has and will continue to play a strategic role in the
future direction of BIG in Scotland.
- The
Big Lottery Fund is investing in Scotland’s communities through its
Investing in Communities portfolio, as well as a number of small grants
schemes.