Have Your Say: Renew Playparks in South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire Council has been allocated £298,000 for year one of a likely allocation of £3.5m (over the period 2021 to 2026) to renew playparks in the area.
What Training Would You Like to Attend? Have Your Say!
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This survey is being undertaken by Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire (VASLan) to capture your training needs, both as individual and organisations. The findings from this survey will assist VASLan in providing relevant information and training services to the community and voluntary sectors.
Click the link below to take part:
The Communities Mental Health & Well Being Fund is now open for application
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The Communities Mental Health & Well Being Fund is now open for South Lanarkshire area!
The ambition of this fund is to support initiatives that promote mental health and well being at a small scale, grassroots, community level. It should be accessible to all groups, no matter how small or inexperienced they are.
HIV Awareness Raising Event
Terence Higgins Trust in partnership with VASLan will be holding an HIV awareness raising event.
29th November
11.00 am until 12:30 pm.
Please let us know if you would like to attend the event by contacting VASLan at office@vaslan.org.uk.
The link to the event is below:
CLICK HERE
Lived Experience Fund 2021-2022
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South Lanarkshire’s Community Planning Partnership is happy to announce the launch of the Lived Experience Fund 2021-2022 to capture the stories of people living in poverty/experiencing inequalities.
The purpose of the Lived Experience Fund is to support organisations in capturing the lived experience of local residents to help inform community planning partnership service delivery and policy development.
Engaging with local people in this way can help to ensure that:
Carer's Scotland Self-Advocacy Training
Do you work with carers?
Help them get their voices heard with our Carers Self-Advocacy Training.
Wednesday, 8th December 2021
10.00 am to 1.00 pm via ZOOM
In-house training available on request
Cost:
Voluntary sector £50
ADP and Homeless Programme: Reducing Harm, Improving Care Survey
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Healthcare Improvement Scotland, ADP (Alcohol and Drugs Partnership) and Homeless Programme: Reducing Harm, Improving Care
NHS Lanarkshire Third Sector Event Healthcare Strategy & Community Benefits
NHS Lanarkshire, Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire (VASLan) and Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire (VANL) would like to welcome you to a joint online event for the community and voluntary sector in Lanarkshire:
Thursday, 25 November 2021
at 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm
Please register on the link below:
NEW SCHEDULE! NHS COVID-19 Community Testing in South Lanarkshire
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On this space, you will find the latest schedule of Mobile Testing Unit in South Lanarkshire, including Home Testing collection sites and pop-up arrangements. Keep yourself updated with the latest information. We encourage you to book before attending to ensure that you are notified of any last-minute changes.
MOBILE TEST UNITS
COVID-19 Community Wellbeing Line
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A new helpline is now available for individuals living in South Lanarkshire who are self-isolating/vulnerable and whose usual support network is no longer available.
The helpline will help people to access food and other essential supplies. The Community Engagement Team within the council have been working along with VASLAN to collate activity which is happening within communities, and to make contact with new groups and networks which are developing in response to the current situation.