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National Carers Organisations met to discuss the practicalities of £200,000 funding allocated for Carers Training from the Scottish Government and concluded early on that the money should be utilised in a way which helps carer service providers demonstrate how best training can support, benefit, empower and encourage carers, and ultimately meet their differential needs. It would also provide information which would inform a future strategy for best practice carer training across Scotland and build on earlier initiatives, for example, the “Learning For Living” programme
In the light of the limits on financial and time resources, (carer training was to be delivered within 15 months) it was considered that two areas held particular challenges, those of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) carers and Rural carers and the overall project would be centred on these areas delivered within Black and Minority and Ethnic communities by MECOPP and on carers in a remote and rural area by HCCF.
The National Carers Organisations are a grouping of 6 national agencies and includes Carers Scotland, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, The Coalition of Carers in Scotland, Crossroads Scotland, Shared Care Scotland and the Scottish Young Carers Alliance.
The project was managed by a steering group representing the NCO's and chaired by the Training and Development Manager of Carers Scotland, Anne Conlin. Carers Scotland also provided the financial administartion of the grant allocation. Evaluation of the project was by Caledonian and Dundee Universities.
Below is the final report detailing these elements and outcomes and a range of appendices.
National Carer Organisations Training Pilot
This is the main report outlining the activities and outcomes of the pilot which ran from September 2007 to May 2009.
