About CCPS
Who we are
CCPS – the national voice of voluntary sector care providers.
Community Care Providers Scotland (CCPS) is the association of voluntary sector organisations providing care and support services in Scottish communities. Its membership comprises all of the leading national non-profit and charitable providers in Scotland.
CCPS members provide a variety of support services for children and families, older people and adults with a range of support needs. The majority of these services are provided under contract on behalf of local authorities. CCPS members manage a total annual combined income of more than £1bn, of which approximately 72% relates to publicly funded services, and employ a total of more than 36,000 staff.
Please follow this link to view a full list of CCPS members. CCPS also works in partnership with local provider forums and alliances in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Midlothian and East Lothian.
History of CCPS
CCPS was established in 1997 under the auspices of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO). It has been an independent Scottish charity since June 1999.
The association was established to provide a focus for the common concerns and interests of voluntary organisations providing care services in Scotland, and to provide them with information and support.
Since its inception, CCPS has worked on a wide range of issues affecting voluntary service providers, including:
- commissioning and procurement
- re-tendering
- regulation of care services
- Changing Lives
- personalisation
- public service reform
- Best Value
- workforce issues
- user involvement
- service quality
- the 'Joint Future' agenda
- direct payments and self-directed support
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the Adults with Incapacity Act.
What we do
CCPS exists to identify, represent, promote and protect the interests of its members, so that they can maximise the support they provide to the people who use their services.
CCPS represents and supports its members on these and other issues int the following ways:
Representation
- serving on a variety of key government advisory groups and committees
- raising provider issues with members and officials of central and local government, members and committees of the Scottish Parliament, and a range of other agencies, organisations and associations
- campaigning and lobbying on policy and legislation of interest and concern to providers
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participating in government consultation exercises
Researching and Influencing Practice
- organising conferences, seminars and briefing sessions for members
- convening working groups of members on specific issues
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conducting and commissioning research
Informing and Disseminating
- publishing a range of policy briefings, discussion documents and conference reports
- producing regular news and information bulletins
CCPS is a member of EASPD, the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with a Disability. We are also members of SCVO, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and SSEC, the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition.
CCPS is a limited company, registered in Scotland under the company number SC279913 and recognised as a Scottish Charity by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator as charity number SCO 29199.