Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults: evaluation – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Organisations awarded share of £3.2 million fund.

More than 50 projects tackling social isolation and loneliness throughout Scotland have received a share of a new fund.

Activities delivered by the organisations include community choirs, walking football, Men’s Sheds and volunteering opportunities.

 Building stronger social connections – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Please find attached a list of courses available, unfortunately there is no longer Mental Health First Aid, Understanding Childhood Illnesses or Information, Advice and Guidance available.

Ayrshire Independent Living Network – New Academic Year

Skills Network are awaiting to hear about other courses. The AILN PDF provides a link to all the information required.

Scotland Fully Funded Level 2 Qualifications Ayrshire Independent Living Network – New Academic Year

The vision for South Ayrshire communities is that everyone is supported to ‘Grow Well, Live Well and Age Well’. As part of our aspirations for our communities, South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership is keen to hear the views of the community in relation to services for women and children affected by domestic abuse. This survey should only take about 5 minutes to complete and responses are anonymous.

Please see the link below and attached QR code for sharing with your wider networks.  We appreciate that this is a very sensitive topic so please do not pass the survey on for completion, if you think it may cause harm.

Domestic Abuse Survey

Building stronger social connections

Organisations awarded share of £3.2 million fund.

More than 50 projects tackling social isolation and loneliness throughout Scotland have received a share of a new fund.

Activities delivered by the organisations include community choirs, walking football, Men’s Sheds and volunteering opportunities. Building stronger social connections – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults: evaluation

Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults: evaluation – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

All Aboard

NODA will be back at Kilmarnock Train Station on 26th of August from 11am answering questions and challenging stigma and taboo surrounding death and dying.
If you would like to know more about who we are and what we do or even just to support us then please come along. We are happy to answer any questions you may have about NODA and our services.

NODA | No-one Dies Alone Ayrshire (nodaa.org.uk)

Good Death, Good Grief/Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care.
The Scottish Government is developing a new strategy for palliative and end of life care.  As part of this work a Scottish Government Development Group facilitated by SPPC has been formed. The survey closes on August 11^th.

PUBLIC HEALTH PALLIATIVE CARE SURVEY (office.com)

“Walk This Way, Talk This Way”

Join us for a stroll along Prestwick Beach Promenade on Friday the 11th of august at 4pm. We will meet at the car of KidzPlay and make our way down the promenade and back up.
Come down and chat with us as we walk and we can put the world to rights all while breathing in the fresh sea air and marvelling at the beauty of the surrounding landscape.
Everyone is welcome on our walks, Volunteers, friends, family, kids and dogs. So lets go for a walk…

Empowering Individuals For Mental Health and Wellbeing

The ALLIANCE are hosting an event which will provide information on effective coping strategies and promoting positive mental health.

This will be followed by a networking lunch.  If you are interested in attending, contact grace.beaumont@alliance-scotland.org.uk to sign up.  Click link above for further information.

The event details are below:

Date/Time – 22/08/2023 at 11.00am – 1.30pm  

Location – Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), 349 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4AA.

Chef kitchen manager position

The Carrick Centre has a vacancy for a kitchen manager/chef position.  Please see attached leaflet for further information

. If you are interested and would like to apply, contact Andrea Hutchison at andrea.hutchison@carrickcentre.co.uk.

Age Scotland Encouraging and Supporting Grassroots Activity Fund

The Encouraging and Supporting Grassroots Activity (ESGA) 2023 Fund will award £170,000 to groups across Scotland which will allow them to run projects within their local community to help support people affected by dementia.  Click link above for further information.

Troon Co Option 2023 Notice (1)