A project set up to help disadvantaged older people from black and ethnic communities in Scotland gain access to pension benefits and services has been awarded a £220,000 grant.
A project set up to help disadvantaged older people from black and ethnic communities in Scotland gain access to pension benefits and services has been awarded a £220,000 grant.
The project, part of an Equal Opportunities Programme run jointly by Trust, Hanover (Scotland) and Bield Housing Associations, will benefit 600 older people.
Rohini Sharma-Joshi, head of the Equal Opportunities Programme which will run the project, said the Big Lottery Fund award will provide three years' funding.
The work will be carried out by two dedicated Older Person's Services Co-ordinators and will assist older BME people throughout Scotland.
Sharma-Joshi said: "We are delighted to have won Lottery support.
"We will provide help and support so people can obtain the services and benefits to which they are entitled."
