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Housing Minister @PaulMcLennan8 visited FAIR and the Action Group in Edinburgh to see how @Scotgov's Advice in Accessible Settings Fund is helping people to access all of the payments and services they’re entitled to. More information here:

🏠Since 2007, @scotgov has delivered more than 135,000 affordable homes. We will build on that record next year by increasing the affordable homes budget by over £200 million to £768 million.

RT @ScotGovFM: First Minister @JohnSwinney met students with care experience on a visit to @UofGlasgow on the fifth anniversary of The Prom….

Following her visit to #SCVOGathering, Social Justice Secretary @S_A_Somerville gave more details of the Fairer Funding pilot to deliver multi-year grants for charities, supporting @scotgov’s top priority of tackling child poverty. 📷Lewis Houghton. ➡️

Equalities Minister @kaukabstewart met with community members who have benefited from the LGBT+ Health and Wellbeing’s New Scots (Asylum Seekers and Refugees) Project in Glasgow as we mark @LGBTHM.

Social Justice Secretary @S_A_Somerville visited the Baby Box distribution centre in Leith to see boxes being prepared for families. Since 2017, nearly 330,000 Baby Boxes have been delivered to families – providing essential items for the first six months of a child’s life.

Housing Minister @PaulMcLennan7 has written to the @GOVUK expressing his ‘deep concern’ over the freeze in rent support at 2024-25 levels for the coming year and is asking them to reverse this decision. Read the letter here: .

Social Justice Secretary @S_A_Somerville has visited @homestart_hsri in Greenock, which provides wrap-around family support with help from the Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund. @ScotGov is doubling Fairer Futures Partnerships funding to test new ways to end child poverty.

The Scottish Welfare Fund paid out £22.7 million in the first half of the financial year, latest figures show. The fund enables councils to provide Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants as an essential source of occasional support for those most in need.

RT @ScotGovFM: First Minister @JohnSwinney and Social Justice Secretary @S_A_Somerville hosted a roundtable with partners about eradicating….

Equalities Minister @kaukabstewart has welcomed @NatRecordsScot projections showing that Scotland’s population is set to grow due to inward migration. Last year, we launched Scotland’s Migration Service to provide advice and support on moving to Scotland. Watch here ⬇️

RT @ScotGovFM: On #HolocaustMemorialDay, First Minister John Swinney is taking part in Holocaust Memorial Day Trust's #LightTheDarkness cam….

RT @ScotGovFM: On #HolocaustMemorialDay First Minister @JohnSwinney has honoured the millions of Jewish people that were murdered at the ha….

Our consultation on how to embed equality and human rights in the public sector - including everything @scotgov does - to help build a fairer Scotland is closing on 5 February 2025. Find out more about how to have your say here ➡️ .

Social Justice Secretary @S_A_Somerville met parents and pupils at Irvine Royal Academy, where services are providing wrap-around support for families. @ScotGov is doubling investment in Fairer Futures Partnerships like @North_Ayrshire's to test new ways to end child poverty.

🏡Housing Minister @PaulMcLennan7 visited a build-to-rent site at Vista Park in the east end of Glasgow by @LiveTheModaLife. There he heard how important these developments are in helping to tackle the housing emergency.

RT @ScotGovFM: Growing the economy is our key priority, and today in Glasgow First Minister @JohnSwinney has set out new proposals to deliv….

Social Justice Secretary @S_A_Somerville praised the resilience of WASPI women in @scotparl today. The Parliament voted unanimously to call for the UK Government to deliver compensation for WASPI women.

Opening the @ScotParl debate on Compensation for WASPI Women, Social Justice Secretary @S_A_Somerville has called on the @GovUK and @DWPgovuk to deliver a full compensation package at the earliest possible time.