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

2 Poppyscotland Scottish Poppy Appeal and other year round fundraising – over £2m 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

4 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 TAILORED SUPPORT AND FUNDING SERVICES

5 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.

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

EMPLOYMENT 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 LifeWorks 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

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

13 Veterans First Point (V1P) Highland Partnership – V1P Scotland, NHS Highland, Poppyscotland Inverness Libor Funded – 12 months Single Point of Access Health and Wellbeing – Mental Health Veteran Peer Support Workers

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 PARTNERSHIP WORKING

Questions? Website: - Blog: Poppyscotland.org.uk/blogwww.poppyscotland.org.uk facebook.com/poppyscotland twitter.com/poppyscotland youtube.com/poppyscotland 15