It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communitiesThe Scottish Pensioners' Forum (SPF) project was funded to enable SPF to work with the STUC, particularly through their equality structures, to engage and consult with trade union members in communities throughout Scotland to provide older people with a democratic voice and the opportunity to influence decisions that affect their daily lives, particularly around health and social care, social security, pensions and transport.SPF would also utilise the STUC equality structures to engage in specific activities around ageing and the impact that this has within many minority frameworks including LGBT, disability, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and youth and would place particular emphasis on women and the focus of inequality in state pensions.Meetings and consultations undertaken would be used by the SPF to gather evidence on the views and needs of older people, making sure that their voices were heard and that their needs were taken into consideration.