Promoting Variety 2022-23 Development Programme

Shared Care Scotland is a charity with a vision of a Scotland where everyone who receives support or provides unpaid care can live a satisfying life, with the assistance they need to take regular, quality breaks from demanding caring routines.To do this we offer services including events, publications and research reports, and an online directory of short break services. As one of seven National Carers Organisations we also contribute to the development of policy and best practice for carers.We also operate the Short Breaks Fund on behalf of Scottish Government, providing grants to third sector organisations that support unpaid carers to take a break.

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Our <a href="https://www.sharedcarescotland.org.uk/resources/tools/promoting-variety/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Promoting Variety</a> guide provides systematic ways to improve the market of choice and provision of short breaks. It was updated in 2021, with accompanying research and a series of learning events highlighting what HSCPs are doing to develop short break planning and provision. Our plans over the next two years are to further support local partnerships to apply Promoting Variety to developing and commissioning short breaks together. The focus of our programme will be on innovation, carer involvement and ethical, collaborative commissioning. A phased programme, structured around the three stages of Promoting Variety, will provide opportunities to understand and address the barriers to and enablers of variety in short breaks. We are hosting this initial open event targeted at short break leads, commissioners, providers, and carers services to promote this opportunity, explain the planned programme of events and support, to start to stimulate ideas, and to encourage people to come forward with potential projects. To help scope interest in the programme, and its design, we are particularly keen to hear from:<ul><li>Any potential partnerships with ideas or projects ‘in the pipeline’.</li><li>Commissioners and/or carers’ services who have identified shared challenges and are ready to act on them (or could be, with some facilitated support).</li></ul>BackgroundThere is growing appetite among short break commissioners, providers, carers centres and carers for:<ul><li>Working collaboratively and at pace to fulfil the recommendations of the Independent Review of Adult Care and Support (IRASC), including preparing for the National Care Service and the ‘right to respite’.</li><li>Sharing learning about applying Promoting Variety principles and practices.</li><li>Meeting the increased levels of demand that emerged since 2020, sustainably.</li><li>Increasing the variety, choice and availability of short breaks.</li></ul>Our programme for 2022-23 aims to support local efforts across these key themes as follows:A programme for 2022-23Stage 1: Intelligence – May to August 2022Beginning with this information event on 19th May, the programme invites local partnerships to be formed (e.g., carers, carer support services, short break providers, commissioners), coming together to gather intelligence on the local market of short breaks. A learning exchange on 30th August will allow intelligence to be shared and learning to be captured. Interested partnerships will be invited to submit proposals for additional support during Stage 2: Ideas.Stage 2: Ideas – October to December 2022 Between four to six local demonstration projects will be awarded up to £10k and offered facilitative consultancy to develop innovative ideas – new models of short break provision that meet clearly identified local needs and aspirations. A learning exchange on 15th November brings the projects together to continue sharing and developing ideas ready for implementation.Stage 3: Implementation – January to July 2023This phase provides selected projects with up to an additional £40k to implement and test the effectiveness of their planned ideas. Again, tailored support and facilitation is on hand from the Lasting Difference consultancy and iHub (Healthcare Improvement Scotland). Learning exchange events are scheduled for March and June ahead of project evaluation and learning reports in August 2023.More informationWe would hope to answer all your questions at the event but if you need more information - or can&#x27;t manage the date - you can contact the programme facilitator Graeme Reekie: graeme@thelastingdifference.com

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