About us

CCPS is the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland

We are the voice of not-for-profit social care providers in Scotland.

Our vision is for people and communities to thrive with the support of a rights-based, sustainable system of social care and support.

For more information on the work of CCPS, read our latest Report and Financial Statements.

CCPS also hosts the Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum and the Housing Support Enabling Unit.

Membership

CCPS membership comprises 89 of the most substantial care and support providers in Scotland’s third sector, providing high quality support in the areas of community care for adults with disabilities and for older people,  youth and criminal justice, addictions, homelessness, and children’s services and family support.

The combined membership of CCPS:

  • Supports over 220,000 people and their families
  • Managed a total annual income in 2020-21 of £1.4 billion, of which an average of 70% per organisation relates to publicly funded service provision.
  • Employs approximately 40,000 staff
  • Mobilises the support of approximately 5,000 volunteers in providing services
  • Works in all 32 of Scotland’s council areas, with many members also providing services elsewhere in the UK and internationally

CCPS members provide support for a wide range of people with diverse needs, including older people; children, young people and families; disabled people; people with learning disabilities, mental health problems, physical dementia, sensory impairment, complex disabilities, acquired brain or spinal injury, epilepsy, and drug and alcohol problems; people with convictions; and survivors of domestic violence.

Organisations in our membership provide a variety of high quality, personalised models of support, including supported living, care at home, housing support, supported accommodation, care home services, day opportunities, supported training and employment, short breaks, outreach, information and advice, leisure activities, advocacy, counselling, befriending, support groups, therapeutic services and support for family carers.

All the members of CCPS are non-profit distributing organisations, accountable to independent boards of trustees who offer their individual time and expertise purely on a voluntary basis. In addition, the majority of members recruit volunteers to assist in administration or service delivery. Many members are actively involved in policy development and campaigning, with more than a third employing policy staff at a senior level.

Membership Benefits

CCPS also works in partnership with local provider forums and alliances.

We are a member of SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations).

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.