The Welsh Government has awarded a grant of nearly £22 million to organisations in Wales, to help support vulnerable children, adults and older people.
Welsh Assembly Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford made the announcement and said the funding had been awarded over three years to a number of organisations supporting children, young people and their families – including looked after children and care leavers, older people, people with learning disabilities and autism, those with physical and/or sensory disabilities, as well as carers.
The funding will also help prevent and protect children and adults from abuse or neglect.
The projects awarded funding include a joint project being delivered by After Adoption and Adoption UK, which focuses on providing support, information and counselling to adoptive families – and provides peer-to-peer preventative and early intervention approaches and maximises the adopter’s voice.
Brain injury charity Headway will develop support services and set up and maintain neuro cafés for people with brain injuries – and the British Red Cross working with the Royal Voluntary Service will recruit more than 500 volunteers to support older people across Wales through a new integrated service, which provides both crisis and longer-term support
The Wales Co-op Training and Development Centre Ltd will establish pre-start up support for alternative care and support delivery models, provide training and support to emerging models and develop an online resource.
Professor Drakeford said:
“The £22m grant funding will support a range of projects, which in turn will support people right across Wales.
“The funding will help third sector organisations deliver our ambitious agenda for social services in Wales.”
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