AbilityNet - IT Support At Home Free support to help you get the most from your technology
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AbilityNet provides free IT support to help older people and people with disabilities to use technology to achieve their goals.
We have a network of friendly volunteers who can help with most major computer systems, laptops, tablet devices and smartphones.
Shopmobility (Fife)
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All of these services are Free of Charge.
The service supplies electric scooters and powered and manual equipment to people with mobility difficulties for use in the shopping malls and around the town centres.
Apply for a blue badge (Fife)
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- Written by: Fife Council/ Scottish Government/ UK Government
- Category: Accessibility
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The below article is from https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=service.display&p2sid=10EC1DC8-BF3D-EFDF-43B5798BB53A52CB&themeid=568AF4CE-B036-4E67-93AB-36B1E13DFA11
The Blue Badge scheme is a national scheme for those who have a permanent disability which means they are unable to walk or virtually unable to walk or those who are registered blind. A blue badge is intended to help those who would be unable to visit public buildings, shops and other places unless they can park close to their destination.
Apply for or renew a Blue Badge in Scotland
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The Blue Badge scheme supports people who cannot easily get around by helping them park closer to their destination. Blue Badges are also known as disabled parking permits.
Fife Pilgrim Way
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The below information is from: http://fifecoastandcountrysidetrust.co.uk/Fife-Pilgrim-Way_68.html
Fife Coast and Countryside Trust secured funding in 2017 to create a new and inspiring long-distance route through beautiful inland Fife. The route will officially open on Friday 5th July 2019 at 9am.
Scottish Access Panel Network
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- Written by: Robert A Hunter
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The Fife Access Panel can be found here:
Disabilities Fife
Charles Lister
West Bridge Mill
Bridge Street
Kirkcaldy
KY1 1TE
T: 01592 203993
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The other Scottish Access Panel can be found at accesspanelnetwork.org.uk
Scottish Access Panel Network
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- Category: Accessibility
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The Scottish Access Panels can be found at accesspanelnetwork.org.uk
Become a Fife Dementia Friend
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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Last week was dementia awareness week and Alzheimer Scotland are currently working in Fife to roll out Dementia Friendly Communities. To date they have 150 business/organisations who have received dementia friendly status and 4500 registered dementia friends. By 2020 they aim to have 10,000 dementia friends. You can become a dementia friend by logging on to www.dementiafriendsscotland.org. It takes about 15 mins & involves watching 2 short DVD's.
If you log your details you will get an electronic certificate to download and a badge sent through the post. Please help them to increase their number of dementia friends in Fife.
Action on Elder Abuse Scotland newsletter - June 2019
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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Please click here to view the June 2019 edition of the newsletter.
Alzheimer Scotland - Social Group - Crossgates
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- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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Alzheimer Scotland meet weekly every Monday from 1.00 - 3.00pm at Crossgates Community Centre, 2 Invekeithing Road, Cowdenbeath, KY4 8AL.
This social group welcomes people living with dementia and their carers to join in with activities to suit you from games, seated exercise and different crafts, its your group you decide.
For more information please contact Michelle Hodgson on 07824 377 548.
Alzheimer Scotland - Drop in Dementia Information cafe
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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A social information group for people living with dementia, their carers, family and friends to come and find out information.
They provide activities for people living with dementia in a group setting to allow carers to have time to speak to other carers privately finding out information that might help them with day to day life. This information group meets the last Friday of each month from 1.30 - 3.00pm at the Duloch Leisure Centre, Nightingale Place, Dunfermline, KY11 8LW.
For more information please contact Michelle Hodgson on 01592 803 790.
Fife Coast & Countryside Trust Fife Pilgrim Way
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Fife Pilgrim Way
The Robertson Trust - Wee Grants for Wee Groups
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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On Thursday 27 June, The Robertson Trust launched their new pilot, Wee Grants for Wee Groups, the fund is open to organisations with an annual income of up to £10,000, and for the first time this will also include constituted groups with charitable aims, as well as registered charities.
To find our more please click here.
All enquiries about this fund should be sent directly to The Robertson Trust via this e-mail: address
Health Promotion Training Programme 2019 – 2020
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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The 2019-2020 edition of the Health Promotion Training Programme is now available. It features a wide range of free training courses aimed at helping all those working in Fife to contribute towards preventing ill-health, improving health and wellbeing and reducing inequalities in health across Fife.
LinkLiving Older People Service - Social Café
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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The purpose of the cafe is to reduce social isolation and loneliness in elderly. It runs weekly, every Thursday from 12.15pm-2.15pm In Cowdenbeath Maxwell Centre, 70 Stenhouse St, KY4 9DD. The only criteria for a referral is age (over 65, but will accept 60's if they suffer from isolation) and from local area (West Fife). They accept any disability; physical or mental (including early stages of dementia).
Call for views on Scottish Government's draft budget - Equalities and Human Rights Committee
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
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On 21 June, the Equalities and Human Rights Committee launched its call for views ahead of scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s draft budget 2020/21.
This focuses on public sector funding to third sector organisations that deliver national equalities and human rights priorities, and the accountability of public bodies partnering with the third sector in achieving better outcomes for those groups who have equality needs or require support to access their rights.
The deadline for views is Friday 23 August and you can read details on our website.
You can follow the Committee on Twitter @SP_EHRIC for regular updates on its work and please let me or the Clerks to the Committee know if you have any questions.
Become a Fife Dementia Friend
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Last week was dementia awareness week and Alzheimer Scotland are currently working in Fife to roll out Dementia Friendly Communities. To date they have 150 business/organisations who have received dementia friendly status and 4500 registered dementia friends. By 2020 they aim to have 10,000 dementia friends. You can become a dementia friend by logging on to www.dementiafriendsscotland.org. It takes about 15 mins & involves watching 2 short DVD's.
If you log your details you will get an electronic certificate to download and a badge sent through the post. Please help them to increase their number of dementia friends in Fife.
New BSL e-learning resource for Care Service providers
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- Written by: NHS Health Scotland
- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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The new module is relevant for all staff across health, mental health and social care. It aims to develop awareness of the different types of British Sign Language (BSL) and share good practice in communicating with people who use BSL, to improve their experience of services.
Read more: New BSL e-learning resource for Care Service providers
Alzheimer Scotland - Dementia friendly garden group welcomes new members
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- Category: Fife Voluntary Action
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Garden group in Rosyth meets weekly every Tuesday morning from 10.00am - 12.00noon.
Read more: Alzheimer Scotland - Dementia friendly garden group welcomes new members
Drop in centre for vulnerable children and adults
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Drop in centre for vulnerable children and adults
Fundraiser by Johanne Rankin
About the fundraiser
Olivers Army want to open a centre that will offer a drop in policy for anyone needing support and advice Advice Arts and crafts Cup a chat Assistance dog training Sensory area Clubs
How much would you like to donate?
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Tesco Bags of Help grants [local community grants]
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The Tesco Bags of Help grant scheme accepts applications from community groups, schools, local authorities and not-for-profit organisations. Bags of Help uses the money raised from the sale of Bags for Life in Tesco stores to fund a wide range of projects that meet the programme’s aims and objectives to benefit the local community.
Read more: Tesco Bags of Help grants [local community grants]
What's new in Adult Support & Protection? - January 2019
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Find the latest Adult Support and Protection information in their latest newsletter. This edition includes details of the staff training event, adult protection training, Better Than Well, and the Action on Elder Abuse Survey. To report harm, call the Adult Protection Phone Line on 01383 602 200.
To view the newsletter please click here.
Fife Festival of Music 2019
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Session ‘A’ of the 39th Fife Festival of Music 2019 gets underway on Tuesday 29 January in Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline and will continue until 09 February with sessions taking place in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Cupar. Entry levels are on a par with previous years and there is a wide range of music-making on offer for both performers and audience.
LinkLiving Older People Service Social Cafe - Maxwell Centre (Cowdenbeath)
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LinkLiving Older People Service Social Cafe
Maxwell Centre
Every Thursday 12.15 - 14.15
Start date is 14th February
Read more: LinkLiving Older People Service Social Cafe - Maxwell Centre (Cowdenbeath)
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership - Fife’s Mental Health Strategy Review
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Due to the rapidly changing landscape in mental health services both locally and nationally, Fife Health and Social Care Partnership is reviewing its current Fife Mental Health Strategy “What Matters to You?” 2013-2020. It is proposed that the new Mental Health Strategy for Fife will be implemented from April 2019 to 2023.
Read more: Fife Health and Social Care Partnership - Fife’s Mental Health Strategy Review
Alzheimer Scotland - Memory Lane Social Group (Dunfermline)
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Alzheimer Scotland are running a Memory Lane social group every Wednesday from 2:15 - 3:45pm at St Andrews Erskine Church, Robertson Road, Dunfermline, KY12 0BF.
They welcome people living with dementia, their carers family and friends to join in with different activities to suit all from games, seated exercise and craft.
For more information please contact Michelle Hodgson by phoning 01592 204 541 or e-mail:
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 10 January 2019
Alzheimer Scotland - Memory Lane Social Group (Inverkeithing)
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Alzheimer Scotland are running a Memory Lane social group every Monday from 1:00-3:00pm at Crossgates Community Centre, 2 Inverkeithing Road, Cowdenbeath, KY4 8AL.
They welcome people living with dementia, their carers family and friends to join in with different activities to suit all from games, seated exercise and craft.
For more information please contact Michelle Hodgson by phoning 01592 204 541 or e-mail:
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 10 January 2019
The below are video`s I took of my Stoma since 2010 which was the 30th anniversary of getting my Stoma.
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- Written by: Robert A Hunter
- Category: My iIeostomy Stoma on Youtube Videos
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The below are video`s I took of my Stoma since 2010 which was the 30th anniversary of getting my Stoma.
Greggs Foundation - Local Communities Project Fund
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
- Category: Funding - Grants
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This fund helps organisations based in local communities to deliver projects or provide equipment to people in need at the heart of local communities.
Read more: Greggs Foundation - Local Communities Project Fund
Tampon Tax Fund 2019/20 [Disadvantaged women and girls]
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- Written by: Fife Voluntary Action
- Category: Funding - Grants
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The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.
Read more: Tampon Tax Fund 2019/20 [Disadvantaged women and girls]
- Making it Happen in Fife - Health and Social Care Strategic Planning Workshop
- Trefoil - Organisational Grants [Children and Young People]
- What's new in Adult Support and Protection? - November 2018
- Health and Social Care Integration: Audit Scotland Report
- Trefoil - Organisational Grants [Children and Young People]
- Scottish Government published the first National Action Plan on Neurological Conditions
- Macmillan and ENABLE Scotland - getting good healthcare if you have a learning disability and cancer
- SCVO - Carers Act Transformation Support (Fund)
- SCVO - Cyber Resilience and Cyber Essentials Grants
- FVA has a new virtual address!
- Life Changes Trust - Dementia Friendly Communities Development Funding
- Big Lottery Fund - Digital Fund
- Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 01 November 2018
- Fife Centre for Equalities - Equalities Weekly Week Commencing 08/10/2018
- Mental Health Strategy first progress report
- Fife Society for the Blind sees in change of name to become seescape
- Alzheimer Scotland - Memory Lane Community Group
- Alzheimer Scotland - Memory Lane Community Group
- How you can help us - Clinical Audit Research Evaluation
- Petplan Charitable Trust - Welfare Grants
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