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We Are Key
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Hello, we are Key! We support people with a range of needs to live full, active lives in communities across Scotland.
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"Unless action is taken, the health and social care sector will be pushed over the edge of sustainability."

Read @niallchristie1.bsky.social's article for @thirdforcenews.bsky.social ‪on the open letter sent to the First Minister from 200+ social care sector leaders.

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Social care charities warn of sector’s looming “collapse” - TFN
Hundreds of groups have united in their calls to John Swinney
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August 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Want to develop policy that impacts positively on people’s lives? ✅

Creative and rigorous? ✅

Strongly values-led? ✅

Apply today for one of our three new Policy Officer roles.

▶️ ccpscotland.org/recruitment/

@bluetriangleha.bsky.social @comintcare.bsky.social @key-lifestyles.bsky.social
A graphic advertising a role at CCPS, with text on a green background with colourful concentric circles on either side. The text reads: We're hiring! Policy Officer. Championing issues and initiatives in key policy areas such as fair funding and sector reform to effect real and lasting change in communities across Scotland. Apply now. A graphic advertising a role at CCPS, with text on a white background with colourful concentric circles on either side. The text reads: We're hiring! Policy Officer. Championing key developments in housing support policy through the work of the Housing Support Enabling Unit so that providers can provide the right foundations for people to get and keep a home. Apply now. A graphic advertising a role at CCPS, with text on an orange background with colourful concentric circles on either side. The text reads: We're hiring! Policy Officer - Children & Young People. Championing issues in the key policy areas of family support, child poverty and sector sustainability to support our members to deliver life-changing work. Apply now.
May 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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‼️ Today MPs will vote on amendments made to the NI Bill by @houseoflords.parliament.uk which would exempt most social care orgs from devastating increases.

We urge MPs to share the evidence we & our members have provided & stand up for our sector.

@r-cackett.bsky.social @key-lifestyles.bsky.social
A purple warning symbol on the left, beside large text reading “Today MPs can choose to stand up for social care and vote for exemptions to eNIC increases”. The CCPS logo is in the top left corner.
March 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Let's hope this signals the chance that the Bill will be amended to protect public services delivered by not-for-profit providers. Excellent work from the @ccpscotland.bsky.social team, and others, on briefing peers in advance of yesterday's debate 👏
February 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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The Keynotes, our Central based inclusive choir, were delighted to bring their infectious joy to the #scvogathering earlier this week. They loved every minute & hoped their audiences did too 🎙️🎶
February 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Excellent piece from @lauraalderman.bsky.social @ccpscotland.bsky.social & Thistle Foundation colleagues for STV News. An essential 3 min watch ⬇️
January 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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CCPS CEO Rachel Cackett, speaking about the National Care Service Bill this morning: "What we've ended up with is a Bill that needed work, where the right people probably were not spoken to at the right moments." 👇
January 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Our CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social was on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland this morning, discussing the NCS Bill and the need for more investment in social care.

The full episode can be found here, with Rachel’s interview starting around 2:07:40: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Read our statement in response to Scottish Government's announcement that Stage 1 of the National Care Service Bill will be dropped👇

bit.ly/3Wyl2J5

Our CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social will be on BBC Scotland's 7pm programme tonight. Tune in and listen to our response some more👂
January 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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It's a real privilege to be alongside people as they enjoy life's special moments. Moments like Fiona's 60th Birthday, & Lanark pals Archie and John's recent overnight in Glasgow where they had a brilliant time at the ABBAMANIA gig.
#LivingOurBestLives #SocialCare #WhyIValueSocialCareFriday
January 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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So true and why investing in #SocialCare is in all our interests!

#MemberVoices #TrueValue #WhyIValueSocialCare #WhyIValueSocialCareFridays
ccpscotland.bsky.social Coalition of Care & Support Providers in Scotland @ccpscotland.bsky.social · Jan 17
Happy Friday! Each week, we're sharing a handwritten message from one of our members about why they value social care and support. 👇

"I will need it some day!"

#MemberVoices #TrueValue #WhyIValueSocialCareFridays
An image showing a white card tilted on a light green background, with illustrations of loudspeakers and circles in the corners. At the top of the card there is a heading in purple text which reads, ‘I value social care and support because…’ and underneath, a handwritten message reads: ‘I will need it some day!’. The messages are from a CCPS event in May 2024 at which members’ views on the true value of social care were captured. CCPS is sharing the messages to promote the voice of our members and raise awareness of the true value of social care.
January 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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NfP social care providers in Scotland face an extra bill of around £30 million to cover the NI rate rise & the threshold reduction. Money they do not have, and have no means to raise.

#ValueSocialcare #ProvidersUnite

@r-cackett.bsky.social @providersunite.bsky.social @comintcare.bsky.social
A series of concentric purple circles, in an illustrated style, on a white background. In the centre is a filled-in purple circle featuring white text which reads ‘Estimated cost of National Insurance changes to CCPS member organisations in 2025-26: £30m’, with the £30m figure highlighted in green. The CCPS logo is at the top left of the image.
January 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Delighted to meet with Mr Neil Gray MSP this morning. Joining the Cabinet Secretary and Key's CEO, Andrea Wood, were people we support and staff from our North Lanarkshire service, some of whom live in Mr Gray's Airdrie and Shotts constituency.
January 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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"Things were already bad, but the tipping point came with the news of massive increases to eNICs, with no dispensation for social care organisations"

@r-cackett.bsky.social in @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social on why social care is at real risk in 2025. 👇

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Hidden sector caring for Scotland’s vulnerable people is on brink of disaster - Rachel Cackett
Rachel Cackett warns that Scotland’s not-for-profit social care sector has reached crisis point
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January 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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This week, staff at our main office have been coming together for some briefing sessions. These have been a great opportunity to talk about some of the issues affecting social care just now. As part of these we shared @ccpscotland.bsky.social #MoreThanWarmWords campaign.
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December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Budget response (1/2), on pay for the social care workforce: 👇

More analysis from us tomorrow. And #MoreThanWarmWords from
@scottishgovernment.bsky.social still needed.

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December 5, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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Watch our CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social on BBC's The Sunday Show, discussing eNIC increases.👇

youtu.be/1fv840on3yY

...👂@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @scottishlabour.bsky.social @scottishgovernment.bsky.social

@cornerstonescot.bsky.social @quarriers.bsky.social @key-lifestyles.bsky.social
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December 9, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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We support @ccpscotland.bsky.social calls for our sector to be given exemption from the proposed NI policy changes. We've written to MSPs informing them of the impact these additional financial pressures will have on organisations like us & the essential public services we deliver.
ccpscotland.bsky.social Coalition of Care & Support Providers in Scotland @ccpscotland.bsky.social · Nov 20
Ahead of today's debate on NI increases, read our briefing to MSPs informing them of the catastrophic impact this will have on our sector❗

bit.ly/3ASPeXV

🔊We're calling for the Chancellor to reverse the NI policy changes for charitable and not-for-profit organisations.
November 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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📣Member Case Study: The Action Group’s ‘Real Jobs’ service

The first of a new series demonstrating how our members’ services help people thrive in their communities – and what the impact of further investment would be❗

Read it here: bit.ly/4hSO9zY

@mareetodd.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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On #InternationalMensDay2024, we are sending a huge shout out to all the men working across Key and Community Lifestyles:
Purple background with pale teal stick figures. Above the stick figures is the text - 'Almost 600 men work for Key'. In the bottom right is the International Men's Day logo Dark ink background overlaid with text which says 'That's around 25 percent of the Key workforce. In the bottom right is the International Men's Day logo.
November 19, 2024 at 3:57 PM