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Support for care leavers in Scotland

Back up to Scotland for the national conference, organised by the NAAPS Scotland team, Anne and Else, along with the Scotland Committee. Great to see Andrew Lowe, next year’s Association of Directors...

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If I could have picked a family, it would have been you

I was privileged to take part in our Scotland conference this month, at Stirling University. As usual, the Shared Lives carers and service users made the day. We heard from Ethel, a Shared Lives carer...

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From the police force to Shared Lives

I’m very grateful to Allan who is a Shared Lives carer with PSS Scotland for very kindly writing about his journey into Shared Lives, providing daytime support to local people: My name is Allan and I...

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Fond of them

We launched the first State of Shared Lives in Scotland report this week in Dunfermline at a conference co-chaired by Asif who uses Shared Lives and Sandy Riddell, Director Health and Care for Fife,...

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The canary in the coalmine

This is an extract from a blog from Ben Hall, who leads our Scotland development work. Ben and our new colleague Lesley Stevenson are working with Scotland’s Shared Lives schemes and our partner...

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Shared Lives extends the natural way to connect

I was privileged to be part of our reception in the Scottish parliament.  What Holyrood lacks in history it more than makes up for by being such a welcoming, open and inspiring place, which truly feels...

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