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The deadline for families to apply for the Best Start Grant School Age Payment is 28 February 2021.

The proposed Bill would promote action on a wide range of issues including poverty, inequality, climate and human rights.

The Scottish Government has outlined the persistent gap in health outcomes between the most and least deprived areas for various indicators.

As Scotland’s moves to an opt-out system of organ and tissue donation, find out what this means for you and your family.

Amongst the report's recommendations are key ALLIANCE priorities including further incorporation of international human rights laws.

Carer Voices delivered 130 digital Intelligent Kindness sessions, held a wellbeing campaign and shared work at virtual conferences.

The ALLIANCE and the Carer Voices project welcome the additional investment in unpaid carers from the Scottish Government.

Our 34 Community Links Practitioners have supported over 3,500 individuals and adapted their ways of working in the midst of a pandemic.

The programme disseminated learning from their evaluation report and continued support to HOC pilot areas and planning.

Humans of Scotland, sharing seldom heard voices during COVID-19.

ALLIANCE members would welcome a more comprehensive human rights law, supported by greater promotion, education and advocacy.

We engaged with people who have experience of gambling harm, set up a Lived Experience Forum, and created a series of case studies.

There were numerous training and networking events during the year and we welcomed over 100 new members.

This year we championed the message ‘My Wellbeing, My Life’ for the first fully digital Self Management Week.

We continue to support the development of pathways for people living with sensory loss and the communities around them.

We remain committed to maintaining strong third sector relationships and communications with colleagues in Europe.

We engaged with women affected by transvaginal mesh complications to support the review process and Fund.

We explored how organisations adapted to remote service delivery and started conversations on using data for health and wellbeing.

We engaged with many members, partners and people who access social care to to help shape and inform the independent review.

We continued to ensure people remain at the the ‘heart of mental health services’ and change in Tayside.

We captured people's experiences of health and wellbeing during COVID-19 to help inform the re-mobilisation of healthcare services.

We continued our work on the Getting to Know GIRFEC training workstream and responded to national policy consultations.

The team have worked hard to co-design and co-deliver the combined coaching and educational programme.

Vital research, 'My Support, My Choice', was published on people’s experiences of SDS/social care in Scotland.

We shared contributions from key Scottish thinkers on COVID-19 and the Five Provocations for the Future of Health and Care.