POPPYSCOTLANDS WELFARE SERVICES Nina Semple Welfare Services Manager

POPPYSCOTLAND’S WELFARE SERVICES Nina Semple Welfare Services Manager –North of Scotland Poppyscotland

Poppyscotland • • • 2 Scottish Poppy Appeal and other year round fundraising – over £ 2 m each year. Financial assistance to ex-Servicemen and women and their families. June 2011 – merger with The Royal British Legion.

POPPYSCOTLAND SERVICES Tailored support and funding services Advice, information and support services Employment services Support to organisations 3

TAILORED SUPPORT AND FUNDING SERVICES Last Year Poppyscotland provided financial assistance to 1, 429 individuals across a wide range of services. We provide: Grants to Individuals Mobility Services Poppy Break Service 4

GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS 92% of grant applications are completed with assistance from SSAFA who provide casework for members of the Armed Forces community requesting assistance from military organisations and charities throughout Scotland. 5

GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS 6 Advice £ 480, 000 Housing £ 35, 000 Employment £ 103, 000 Mobility £ 2, 500 Mental Health £ 97, 000 Respite £ 1, 500

EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT GRANTS A grant of up to £ 2, 000 is available to undertake course of vocational training that has a strong likelihood of leading to sustainable employment 7

EMPLOYMENT LIFEWORKS Life. Works is a week-long course for those who have a health condition which they consider to be a barrier to employment or those who are actively seeking work but regularly failing to get the job they want. 8

EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURE SERVICE Our Criminal Conviction Disclosure Service, delivered by Apex Scotland offers advice and guidance on how and when to disclose information on past or current convictions to prospective employers 9

ADVICE Legion Scotland’s Pension Advice Service Armed Services Advice Project Inverness Welfare Centre 10

INVERNESS WELFARE CENTRE Information, advice and guidance is available on a variety of topics from housing, finance, benefits, health to employment. Monday-Friday 10 am-4 pm. Please telephone 01463 710300 or simply pop-in. 11

INVERNESS WELFARE CENTRE • Since opening over 1604 individuals accessed the Service • Over 506 accessed the general information and guidance service. • 232 individuals, all with multiple needs benefitted from the 1: 1 specialist advice and support services. 12

Veterans First Point (V 1 P) Highland • Partnership – V 1 P Scotland, NHS Highland, Poppyscotland Inverness • Libor Funded – 12 months • Single Point of Access • Health and Wellbeing – Mental Health • Veteran Peer Support Workers 13

PARTNERSHIP WORKING We continue to join forces with specialist organisations, to ensure the best possible outcomes for those members of the Armed Forces community needing a hand up. 14

• Questions? • • • Email: enquiries@poppyscotland. org. uk Website: www. poppyscotland. org. uk - Blog: Poppyscotland. org. uk/blog facebook. com/poppyscotland twitter. com/poppyscotland youtube. com/poppyscotland 15