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South Ayrshire Council Update
Delivery of Critical Services
We continue to provide critical services and these are currently operating without issue.
Champions for Change
Following support from the council and Cash for Kids, Champions for Change South Ayrshire Champions Board have launched their Stay Connected Fund. The fund is designed to support young people who are care experienced and aged 14-26 to cope with the impact of COVID-19, including social distancing or isolation. Eligible young people can apply for up to £250 to access mobile phone data to help them stay connected with others and to support their physical and mental wellbeing. More information on the Fund and how to apply can be found here.
Free School Meals
We are now delivering 3165 food boxes every week to children who are eligible for free school meals.
Childcare and Learning Hubs
We’ve received positive feedback about our Childcare and Learning Hubs which are open five days a week, including bank holidays, for children whose parents are key critical workers and for some of our more vulnerable children. Over the last seven weeks, more than 340 children have been registered at our 12 Hubs. The success of this vital service is down to the team effort of staff from Education, Facilities Management, Active Schools and Libraries.
Communication
Further to the activities outlined in the Daily Briefing of 1 May, staff at Nursery Court Day Centre have created a video of service users singing “We’ll Meet Again” to mark VE Day tomorrow. This will form part of the online activities which we will promote over the holiday weekend. You can view the video here.
Overmills Day Centre in Ayr have also created some musical videos which will be available to view on our Social Media channels tomorrow.
We continue to post information and updates through the local media, in hard copy, on a range of social media channels such as South Ayrshire Council Live Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and on our website.
Troon’s Going Out
For those who missed it last week, there’s no Troon’s Going Out this month, but instead an online magazine covering community news across the whole of South Ayrshire.
Troon’s Going Out will hopefully be back at the end of May.
South Ayrshire Council provides support for deliveries of medicine to vulnerable groups
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South Ayrshire Council provides support for deliveries of medicine to vulnerable groups
Our Community Response Teams have been working with NHS Pharmacy Advisors to put in place procedures to allow employee volunteers to support the delivery of medicines to shielding and vulnerable groups from community pharmacies and hospitals. From Monday 27 April we will provide support to all 29 community pharmacies across South Ayrshire with their next-day delivery requests.
In addition to the community pharmacy requests, shielding, vulnerable and isolated residents of South Ayrshire, who are without any other means of collecting medication, can now contact us directly for support.
Employee volunteers handling incoming calls to the COVID-19 number will direct these requests to the relevant hubs to be actioned by our team of employee volunteer drivers. It is anticipated that demand for delivery services will increase over the coming weeks, and will continue throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you are shielding and need assistance, you can contact our COVID-19 number by calling 01292 616101
For the latest information on service changes in South Ayrshire, please visit our website.