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The last meeting of the Coalition of Carers in Scotland was on Wednesday the 25th of November at the Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh. At this meeting we brought members up to date on the development of Scotland's Carers Strategy, which is due to be published in Spring 2010. This Strategy aims to build on progress since the publication of the Care 21 report 'The Future of Unpaid Care in Scotland' as well as the previous Strategy for Carers, published in 1999.

Speakers included:

Moira Oliphant and Gordon Paterson from the Carers Policy Branch of the Scottish Government, who provided information on the scope and progress of the strategy to date.
Ron Culley from COSLA who provided information on COSLA'a role in the implementation of the strategy. He also outlined some of the challenges currently facing local authorities.
Louise Morgan from the Young Carers Alliance provided information on messages from young carers who attended the Young Carers Festival. She explained how these will be incorporated into the strategy
Catherine Paterson from the Carers Reference Group provided information about carers involvement in the development of the strategy and the priorities that have been identified through the reference group.

Members were invited to contribute their views through questions and discussion. We also used the latest technology to record their views through a keypad response system.

The following papers are available:


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