NEWS

Click here to view the winter newsletter form South Ayrshire Women’s Aid. Women’s Aid offer information, advice and where appropriate refuge accommodation for women, children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. You can contact the team on 01292 266482 or email info@sawamail.org.uk should you require any further information, to make a referral or for training requests. Their opening hours are Monday to Friday 9.00am to 4.30pm.

The theme for Young Carers Action Day 2023 (YCAD) is ‘Make Time for Young Carers’. We would love to hear about what this means to you – tell us about why it is important to make time for young carers and what you could do/are doing to support young carers to have good health and wellbeing. Your story could be in the form of a blog, video, infographics, artwork, photo, poem, song – any format or media you feel most comfortable with. We can provide support if you want to get involved but are a bit stuck for ideas. Created content will be shared on social media in the run up to YCAD to help generate campaign buzz.

For more information contact claire.flanagan@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

Are you the parent or carer of a child with Autism, ADHD or FASD? Then these workshops could be for you.

Empowering Ayrshire’s Neurodiverse Communities (NEST) is holding a number of free sessions over the coming weeks, with anyone welcome to join. Visit www.nest.scot/workshops for further information (please note this link is a facebook account so will not be available on some networks).

NEST workshops take place at a range of locations across Ayrshire, with ‘A Gentle Introduction to Puberty and Growing Up’ also being delivered via Zoom. To learn more about the NEST hub, visit www.nest.scot

NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Ayshire Achieves award scheme is back for 2023! Members of the public and staff now have the chance to nominate their health hero. So, if you know someone working in the NHS or with our health and social care partnerships across East, North and South Ayrshire, who has gone the extra mile to help you, why not nominate them for an award? The deadline for nominations is Friday 3^rd February 2023.

For more information, visit www.nhsaaa.net/ayrshireachieves

Link to an excellent short video on Community Pharmacy – Community Pharmacist, Susan Baillie, talks to John Freestone, Deputy Medical Director for Primary and Urgent Care, about the role of the community pharmacy. Your local community pharmacy can give you expert help for treating conditions such as sore throats, earache and cold sores, along with common clinical conditions such as urinary tract infections (UTI’s). Pharmacy teams also offer advice, treatment or referral to other healthcare teams if required. This service will help people access the right care in the right place, without having to go to their GP practice or local Accident and Emergency Department for non-urgent treatment.:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6HotCerqOYg

Calling All Local Community Groups – Our Community Benefits Wishlist Is Open!

South Ayrshire Council’s Community Benefits Wishlist is open for submissions.

Suppliers who win any major contract with the Council must commit to supporting local causes. This can be through activities such as community enhancement; training and employment opportunities; work placements; school curriculum support; and business supply chain development.

The Wishlist is open to any community group, organisation, association, or charity within South Ayrshire who would like to request external support. Contractors will then be directed to the Wishlist and put in touch with community groups if they can help with the request.  

There are no guarantees around how long it might take for wishes to be selected, and we unfortunately can’t promise that your request will be fulfilled. However, we will do all we can to signpost contractors who work with the Council to the requests on the portal, and promote the many opportunities to give back to them as part of our procurement processes.

Councillor Bob Pollock, South Ayrshire Council’s Portfolio Holder for Economic Development said: “Community benefits are a way of ensuring that the financial impact of the council spending money isn’t just benefitting the contract holder, but local people too.”

“Some examples of community benefits that contractors could provide is for staff to plant trees in a local green space; supplying materials for a community build; or providing training and workshops for local community groups.”

“This is a fantastic incentive, and I would encourage all local community groups, organisations and charities to submit their wishes on our website.”

For further information and guidance on submitting a wish to the Community Benefits Wishlist, visit our website.

Applications are now open for free school transport for those eligible, on the Council’s website.

Those who need help to complete the online form should contact our Education Transport team on either 01292 616634 or 01292 612285. These lines are open from 10:00am – 12:00noon and 2:00pm – 4:00pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.  Applications need to be submitted before 30/04/23. Those who already have a place do not need to re-apply.

School transport application form – South Ayrshire Council (south-ayrshire.gov.uk)

Groups should complete the attached form and send  back to Milissa.mcculloch@south-ayrshire.gov.uk  for Friday 3^rd February.  This will enable a newsletter around funding to be pulled together that groups have received and the difference this has made to their group/community. Please click on the links for further information.

Newsletter info request template

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Milissa.mcculloch@south-ayrshire.gov.uk| South Ayrshire Council | The Grain Exchange | High St | AYR| KA7 1PZ 

For more information on the image above please click on the link: NHS Ayrshire & Arran – Winter (nhsaaa.net)