Carers Support Network
Link Officer:
Gordon Watson
gordon.watson@vanl.co.uk
Fund
Carers Support Network
Fund Purpose
Facilitation of the NL Carers’ Support Network;
- liaison with the NL Community and Voluntary Sector Partnership Group (NLCVSPG), Home-visiting and Befriending Network and Children, Young People and Families Network on carers’ issues;
- consultation and implementation of the Carers’ Engagement Tool (with Equals Advocacy) which has been in development;
- supporting implementation of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, through above and active participation in HSC North Lanarkshire’s Carers Strategy Implementation Group (CSIG)
Provide guidance and support to funded carer projects to strengthen the support they provide to carers and to facilitate engagement of the carers they support in the Carers Support Network and other engagement opportunities.
Work collaboratively and in consultation with carers, carers support network and HSCNL to determine the support needs of carers, and in particular, hidden carers and develop proposals for funding.
Funding Provider
HSCNL
Total Funding
£40k
Recurrent or Fixed Term
Recurrent
Fund Start Date
March 2023
Fund End Date
April 2025
Award Process
- Funding Schedule produced by Senior Programme Officer (SPO) and shared with CEO for approval
- Award letters to funded project prepared by SPO including quarterly invoice amounts and unique purchase order numbers for each invoice. Senior Manager Community Solutions (SMCS) checks and signs award letter and they are then issued
- Funded project returns signed acceptance section and first quarter invoice, quoting the unique purchase number order, to SPO. All paperwork is saved in a Spoint folder and a link sent to Finance. Subsequent invoices for remaining quarters submitted by host organisations in line with schedule in award letter
- Once satisfied all paperwork is present and correct, Finance staff will process each invoice in Xero and SMCS approves it on system, Funds are then released to project in next payment run
Reporting by funded projects
North Lanarkshire Carers Together reports biannually on the Carer’s Network to VANL, for the periods April-September in October and October-March in April.
Reporting by VANL to funder
VANL reports on the Carer’s Network in the annual Community Solutions Impact and Learning report, with an aim to publish in September.