The Self Management Fund, administered by the Health and Social Care Alliance (the ALLIANCE), has announced the grants to organisations supporting people living with long term conditions, disabled people and unpaid carers.

For over 25 years, CHAP has been providing free, independent, confidential advice and advocacy services to help people with housing, benefits, and debt related issues.

Delivered over a 3-year period, the grant award of £141,542 will allow the charity to move beyond traditional advice provision and embed self-management principles throughout the advice and advocacy journey. Rather than treating self-management as a separate service, the project will integrate confidence-building, anticipatory planning, system navigation, resilience, and behavioural change within their existing advice pathways. The overall aim is to support individuals to move from reactive crisis management towards greater independence, control, resilience, and sustained self-efficacy. 

Projects the length and breadth of Scotland received one-to-three-year funding to deliver their projects. The fund supports people with long term health conditions, disabled people and unpaid carers: with this latest round focused on helping people early on; levelling up population health; and supporting people on waiting lists. 

Self management is a way of living and working that means people living with long term conditions feel more in control of their own health and wellbeing. It supports people to live their lives better, on their terms. 

Debbie Alexander, CEO at CHAP said: “We are delighted to receive this funding from The ALLIANCE. This will empower disabled people, people living with long-term conditions, and unpaid carers across North Ayrshire to build confidence, access the support they need, and take greater control of their lives. By embedding self-management throughout our advice and support services, we can help people move beyond crisis management and towards greater independence and resilience.” 

Sara Redmond, chief officer, at the Health and Social Care Alliance, added: “Self management plays a vital role in person centred care, an approach that treats people as partners in their own care. And we’re proud to continue supporting third sector projects that make a difference. By backing work that focuses on early support, tackles health inequalities, and helps people waiting for care, we can strengthen learning about how these prevention methods are built into Scotland’s health and social care services.”

This investment from the Self Management Fund, administered by the ALLIANCE, is made possible by the continued support and investment from the Scottish Government.

The ALLIANCE is the national third sector membership organisation for the health and social care sector, representing 3,500 members.