Better Eating, Better Learning Award

Applications are now open for schools and ELC Centres to demonstrate creative and innovative practice in implementing Better Eating, Better Learning guidance. Share your journey here as to how you are developing food education and improving the provision of food in your school and ELC Centre. Entries are open until 31 March.


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Tackling Inequalities Through Health and Social Care Design

The University of Dundee is running a free online course for staff, students, service users and volunteers, starting on 19th February 2018! 


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Massive improvement for Margaret in six weeks

Residents from Trust Housing, a housing support service in East Renfewshire are benefiting from Care about Physical Activity (CAPA) – a Care Inspectorate improvement programme to boost physical activity for older people experiencing care by having opportunities to move more.


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CARE INSPECTORATE PRESS RELEASE – Our Creative Journey

Creative play helps children flourish as confident, resilient and happy individuals and it is vital for child development.

And a new resource from the Care Inspectorate, Scotland’s social care scrutiny and improvement body, aims to encourage all care services that work with children to unleash their creative potential.


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A reminder from the Care Inspectorate for services to submit their annual return before 16 February

Each year, we ask services to complete an annual return questionnaire.  This tells us about the structure and operation of services and helps us to plan, inform and carry out inspections.  The questionnaire also gives valuable insight into the overall state of care in Scotland, which we share with other organisations, such as the Scottish Government and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).


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