Government guidance (Scotland)

    Scottish Carers Strategy

If you are a carer, we want to do more to help you. We set out our ’Strategy for carers in Scotland’ on 24 November 1999. The strategy has five main aims.

• We want to improve the information on help and support for carers.
• We want to add to, and improve, the local services that help carers to cope.
• We have introduced plans for new laws that will help carers.
• We want to make sure there are consistent national standards for short breaks.
• We will check that carers are getting the help they need.

Further information and resources on issues concerning young people in Scotland, including information on policy and research, are available on the website of the Scottish Commissioner’s Office for Children and Young People (SCCYP).