Throughout the last 10 months there has been unprecedented levels of support by members of the community and Third Sector/Voluntary groups working collectively alongside the Statutory Agencies to ensure support for the wider community. The scale of engagement over this extended period has been phenomenal. We would like to again take the opportunity to thank you for this.
In August 2019 Kilbryde Hospice befriending service became part of a joint project with two other hospices in Lanarkshire, named Compassionate Lanarkshire (CLAN)
Seven clients were already matched and receiving very happy and successful home visits with their befriender. Some who were able, being re-introduced to their community using a strength-based approach. Then along came COVID-19!
In South Lanarkshire throughout COVID-19 there has been a lot of hard work and dedication within the local communities. To capture this VASLan carried out a survey to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic You can read the full report over on our website http://www.vaslan.org.uk
After being approached by Elle, the owner and director of Fun4AllParties, the Covid19 Rainbows Larkhall group agreed to help facilitate a magical day for the children before returning to school. With the help of the partners, Community Links, Larkhall and District Volunteer Group, Larkhall Community Growers, Larkhall Taxi Company, SLC, NHS and volunteers the vision of that day emerged.
Chase the Rainbow Blantyre is run by a dedicated team of 6 people and all started from the children of Blantyre drawing rainbows and putting them in their windows!
The Facebook group was set up at the start of lockdown and now runs competitions such as scavenger hunts, draw your street and lots of other exciting activities to keep children entertained whilst at home.
Just before we went into lockdown Carstairs Junction Welcome All Hub gained their charitable status!
The newly found charity had to adapt quickly to be able to support the community. They immediately began running a Food Hub run solely by volunteers on Tuesdays and Fridays providing food support to those who need it! The Hub relies on donations and the staff and volunteers have been extremely humbled by the response!
The community response in Larkhall has been incredible since the outbreak of COVID-19. Larkhall Community Growers (LCG), Larkhall District Volunteer Group (LDVG), Community Links, Larkhall Taxi Owners Association, Machan Trust and SLC Community Engagement Team pulled together to help the community of Larkhall!
Biggar Community Action Group responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic and has established a large number of services to help support their local community.
East Kilbride Old Parish Church launched their community response group Helping Hands as soon as we entered lockdown!
Following the initial announcements of the Coronavirus, Forth Development Trust's 40+ volunteers delivered local contact information for assistance with Food and Prescription deliveries or just a call to 1300 households.