Funding secured to continue By Your Side in Scotland
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Friday 10 July 2026
We’re delighted to share that Contact has received funding from The National Lottery Awards for All programme to develop our By Your Side service in Glasgow.
By Your Side Scotland was launched five years ago. Through the service, we support families with disabled children, children with additional needs and children with serious health conditions in hospital settings.
Hospital stays and appointments can be an overwhelming time for families. By Your Side offers free information, advice and emotional support to families while their child is staying in or attending hospital. Families can talk to a parent adviser about anything that is affecting them. From benefits and finances to education, diagnosis, health services and emotional wellbeing.
This new funding will enable us to run a By Your Side service on a monthly basis at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow. Families will be able to meet with two Contact parent advisers during drop-in sessions.
Alongside the service at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, we also continue to run our existing drop-ins at University Hospital Wishaw.
You can see us at both hospitals over summer on the following times and days. Look out for the Contact information stand inside the main entrance. No appointment is needed, come and see us at any time during our service hours:
- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow – Tuesday 14 July, 10am – 2pm.
- University Hospital Wishaw – Tuesday 28 July, 10am – 2pm.
- University Hospital Wishaw – Tuesday 25 August, 10am – 2pm.
- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow – August. Date tbc (see our Contact Scotland Facebook page for updates).
Visit our Contact Scotland page to see our full offer for families north of the border.
