Enabling, Facilitating, Championing

As VASLan is now recruiting new member of Board of Trustees, we are keen to hear from our current members of the Board of what makes a good Trustees. If you want to make a difference in our community, we would love to hear from you!

You could be the right person to join our exceptional board of Trustees.

Click here to read the Recruitment Pack.

We are pleased to announce that recruitment of VASLan Board of Trustees has started!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Connected East Kilbride, is a partnership project between Older and Active in East Kilbride, East Kilbride Citizen Advice Bureau Scotland, and Kilbryde Hospice. The team has been formed to connect local people with local services to support the communities with access to services, activities, and other local information in East Kilbride.

On Friday 26^th November, NHS Lanarkshire officials were joined by Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire (VASLan) and Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire (VANL) member of staff for a free online information session on current guidance on COVID-19 safety arrangements. This event aims to help the third sector organisations to return to pre-COVID-19 operations while maintaining the safety of the people.

Young Scot has an exciting opportunity for young people interested in tackling climate change in your local area! Together with YouthLink Scotland and Keep Scotland Beautiful, they are looking to recruit ten local champions in each local authority area across Scotland, creating a network of 320 youth climate activists to raise awareness of COP26 for young people at a local level and highlight youth climate action across their local community and promote it nationally.

We can all do our bit to reduce the pressure on our NHS by seeking the right care in the right place for our health needs.  Here’s a guide to some of the services offered by the NHS, to help you determine the best one(s) for your healthcare needs: 

NHSinform.scot

This website provides accurate and reliable information to help you make informed decisions about your health needs. It includes advice and information on:  

We all recognise that Christmas and New Year are times of great celebration providing people with an opportunity to come together, exchange gifts, share memories and show friends and family how important they are to us.

However, it is almost impossible to get through Christmas without experiencing some level of stress.

For many it can be a time that brings financial pressure, stress, loneliness and can remind us of sad times in our lives.

Are you a woman or do you identify as a woman? Are you looking to return to work after a career break and seeking to make work with all the other commitments and enjoyment of life?

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: