Glasgow City Council spends £80,000 on award ceremonies
Local authority spent £79,529 in 2010/11, the second highest out of all the councils which responded to FOI request across the UK.
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Social work chief points to failings at Elsie Inglis home
COUNCIL chiefs have said the absence of an external manager in the company which ran the crisis-hit Elsie Inglis nursing home appears to have played a “significant” part in the problems.
New report on the evidence base for the delivery of adult services
Alison Petch, Director at IRISS, has authored a report commissioned by the Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW) entitled, An evidence base for the delivery of adult services.
Fife care homes: plan back to square one after council fails to find private partner
The future of Fife Council’s care homes has been thrown back into uncertainty after the local authority failed to find a suitable provider to take on the service.
Care UK to open first dementia home in Edinburgh
CARE UK is to open a 90-bed residential and dementia care home in Edinburgh, the first in a number that it plans to develop over the next five years.
‘Neglected’ care home to close after critical report
A care home for adults with learning disabilities is to close after being described as “tired looking and neglected” by inspectors.
Scotland in the grip of depression
THE number of Scots prescribed pills to combat depression has soared to record levels, with more than one in ten people now regularly taking antidepressant drugs.
Scottish third sector budget down from £27m to £24.5m a year until 2015
Announcement by John Swinney of the Scottish government says funding for Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator will also be cut
Early years charities share £6.8m
Twenty four children’s charities in Scotland are to benefit from a £6.8 million fund aimed at supporting vulnerable families early on.
Former Glasgow City Council worker faces being struck off over obscene emails
A SOCIAL worker faces being struck off after admitting sending sexually explicit emails to female colleagues. Derek Cullen, 57, was axed from his post at Glasgow City Council last year after almost 40 years when bosses discovered his behaviour.
