It's been four years since the first lockdown, but for Alicia the pandemic is ever-present in her mind as she battles with #longCOVID .

However, through the help of #NationalLottery funded Thistle Foundation Alicia has found new ways to manage her condition. bigblogscotland.org.uk/2024/03/25/liv…

With thanks to funders like The National Lottery Community Fund we are supporting people in Scotland to live well with their long-term conditions, 'During my journey with long Covid, I lost my identity and my confidence. Thistle’s support changed all that and made me find my worth and my value again.”

This #SocialPrescribingDay we are celebrating support networks and creating connections.
Here 👇 is a quote from someone our Connecting Craigmillar team has been supporting to help make new connections and realise their interests and skills.

🎙️ “Social care is not transactional. It's not an 'in/out' appointment.”

Don’t miss Rachel Cackett & other experts in our Insights Podcasts series on ethical commissioning in social care.

Clip here 👇. Full episodes: spoti.fi/3QEa2WQ

Spreng Thomson Key & Community Lifestyles Prof Catherine Needham

Social care workers support people to exercise choice and control over their own lives; to live in their own homes and be part of the local community. We echo Coalition of Care & Support Providers's disappointment at the lack of attention to social care during the budget debate in parliament this week👇