We will champion prevention and early intervention, taking the leadership for health improvement by tackling the social determinants of health
...supporting local sustainable development, building the economy and developing jobs, tackling inequalities, developing the knowledge and skills of local people, ensuring affordable and appropriate housing, accessing leisure opportunities and helping people to feel safe and well.
Two key projects in the Early Action Programme Board have reached important milestones, namely the Anchor Project – which has been incorporated into normal service provision, and the Emotional Wellbeing Project, the learning from which has informed the commissioning of new services to support children's mental health and wellbeing. The Early Action Programme Manager role has come to an end and we are now undertaking a review of the impact of the Early Action Programme, which is informing the Person-Centred Care Improvement Project and our future early action work.
The Council made ‘cost of living’ contributions to over 1000 households in Shetland who were in receipt of Council Tax Reduction on 27th September 2023. The £150 cost of living contribution was made possible through the Islands Cost Crisis Emergency Funding, received by the Council from the Scottish Government, to support the higher cost of living in Shetland.