2022 has been a year of changes, transformations, growth and accomplishments. A year-in-review is a flashback to what has occurred in the past year and what we have learned. We have collected a few events from each month throughout 2022, ranging from Organisation Spotlight, event highlights, and some progress of VASLan internal projects. And the new year is a time to step forward!

JANUARY 2022

The official launch of Connected East Kilbride. It aims to help the communities by providing information and ongoing support for local people to get back to activities they used to enjoy and access new services.

FEBRUARY 2022

Organisation Spotlight Waist Not, Want Not. It's a fantastic community clothing exchange initiative in East Kilbride that supports the community with groups for mental health and wellbeing, arts and crafts, and more.

MARCH 2022

Organisation Spotlight Survivors Supporting Survivors. Survivors Supporting Survivors is a charity that has been set up for survivors of brain injuries and their families.

APRIL 2022

Our team is growing! We welcomed new colleagues, and the entire team of VASLan was thrilled to welcome new staff on board.

MAY 2022

Organisation Spotlight Clydesdale Community Concert Band. We had a great time visiting the band during a rehearsal session in Carluke and attending their Annual Summer Concert. What an excellent performance!

JUNE 2022

We celebrated Volunteers' Week! We published volunteers' stories from across South Lanarkshire. We joined Volunteer Scotland to thank volunteers for their fantastic work.

JULY 2022

We relaunched the Building and Celebrating Communities programme. A small grant scheme to help the community and grassroots organisations develop initiatives. We're delighted that all funding has now been allocated.

AUGUST 2022

We sincerely welcomed Martin McManus as the new VASLan Board of Trustees member, as well as Andy Aird and Laura McKechnie. Welcome to the team!

SEPTEMBER 2022

Delighted to launch a new strategy, Moving to Action, which will support us in delivering our critical functions of building capacity, source of knowledge, connecting partners and facilitating the sector's voice.

OCTOBER 2022

VASLan is proud to continue taking the role of funding lead for the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund 2022/2023 for South Lanarkshire area. The application process will resume on the 9th of January 2023.

NOVEMBER 2022

Leaders across the Community Planning and Partnership have signed the South Lanarkshire Volunteering Pledge. A commitment to our shared vision: Everyone can volunteer, more often, and throughout their lives.

DECEMBER 2022

We thank partnership organisations in all South Lanarkshire localities for leading the Third Sector Locality Network meeting this year. Appreciation also goes to those who attended the sessions. See you in 2023!