Making it Happen in Fife - Health and Social Care Strategic Planning Workshop
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Help craft Fife’s Health & Social Care strategic future – the next phase in the Strategic Commissioning Planning Cycle commences in April 2019. Our Health & Social Care Partnership is inviting it’s partners to help generate the new Strategic Plan for 2019 – 2022.
Read more: Making it Happen in Fife - Health and Social Care Strategic Planning Workshop
Trefoil - Organisational Grants [Children and Young People]
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Trefoil supports the interests of children and young people with special needs, including physical disability, caring obligations, other disadvantage or learning and psycho-social needs to foster their independence, confidence and assertiveness. They will in particular consider funding for: projects promoting education, health and social welfare; team building activities; recreation with an educational element; therapeutic activities not core funded by the statutory authorities; new development and start up project costs.
Read more: Trefoil - Organisational Grants [Children and Young People]
What's new in Adult Support and Protection? - November 2018
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This edition gives details of:
• Surviving Christmas
• Winter Warmer event
• Domestic abuse and women with a learning disability
• ‘What’s important to older people?’ event
• Hate Crime
• Carer’s Rights Day
Read more: What's new in Adult Support and Protection? - November 2018
Health and Social Care Integration: Audit Scotland Report
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Audit Scotland have just released a new report updating on progress in Health and Social Care Integration:
Read more: Health and Social Care Integration: Audit Scotland Report
Trefoil - Organisational Grants [Children and Young People]
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Trefoil supports the interests of children and young people with special needs, including physical disability, caring obligations, other disadvantage or learning and psycho-social needs to foster their independence, confidence and assertiveness. They will in particular consider funding for: projects promoting education, health and social welfare; team building activities; recreation with an educational element; therapeutic activities not core funded by the statutory authorities; new development and start up project costs.
Read more: Trefoil - Organisational Grants [Children and Young People]
Scottish Government published the first National Action Plan on Neurological Conditions
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Last week the Scottish Government published the first National Action Plan on Neurological Conditions. This draft plan sets out the Government’s vision for driving improvement in the care, treatment and support available to people living with neurological conditions, and their carers, in Scotland.
Read more: 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
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Macmillan and ENABLE Scotland have released a guide to getting good health care if you have cancer and a learning disability.
To view the full guide please click here.
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 15 November 2018
SCVO - Carers Act Transformation Support (Fund)
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The Carers Act Transformation Support (CATS) Fund, funded by the Scottish Government, will give third sector organisations the opportunity to apply for small grants to improve their capacity to implement the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016. Round 2 of this fund will focus on supporting third sector organisations who have a role in local implementation of the Act the opportunity to apply for small grants to purchase hardware/software to improve their capacity to do so. The fund will also consider applications for refreshing website functionality.
Next deadline: 30 November 2018
For more information, click here.
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 08 November 2018
SCVO - Cyber Resilience and Cyber Essentials Grants
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A new fund has been announced that will allow charities and small/medium-sized business to protect their systems against cyber attacks.
Read more: SCVO - Cyber Resilience and Cyber Essentials Grants
FVA has a new virtual address!
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Our website has moved to a new address! Lots of things seem to be getting shorter - the days, my memory and, technically, life itself! We've decided to help a little bit by making our website and e-mail addresses shorter - saving you time typing and reducing the workload on your memory. We're now at www.fva.org and your e-mail contacts here are all <firstname>@fva.org
Life Changes Trust - Dementia Friendly Communities Development Funding
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Dementia Friendly Communities aims to improve quality of life and well-being of people whose lives are affected by dementia – both people with dementia and unpaid carers.
Read more: Life Changes Trust - Dementia Friendly Communities Development Funding
Big Lottery Fund - Digital Fund
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The Digital Fund is a new UK wide £15 million funding programme to support charities and community organisations. It is about helping the charity and voluntary sector to use digital tools and approaches to support people and communities to thrive.
Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 01 November 2018
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Fife Centre for Equalities - Equalities Weekly Week Commencing 08/10/2018
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FCE Roadshow:
The first FCE Roadshow is taking place this Wednesday, this is an open event free for anyone to come along and learn more about the services that we have on offer and how you can take part in what we do.
Pop in on 10 Oct 2018, at Dunfermline Advice Hub, 7 Douglas Street, Dunfermline KY127EB from 11:00 to 13:00.
Read more: Fife Centre for Equalities - Equalities Weekly Week Commencing 08/10/2018
Mental Health Strategy first progress report
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More support for young people, a national programme for new mothers and next-day help for more than 1,000 people in distress demonstrate some of the progress that has been made under Scotland’s national strategy for mental health.
Fife Society for the Blind sees in change of name to become seescape
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Fife Society for the Blind has been dedicated to helping sight impaired people lead more independent lives for over 150 years, and as the charity continues to develop and expand its horizon, it has revealed its new name – seescape.
Read more: Fife Society for the Blind sees in change of name to become seescape
Alzheimer Scotland - Memory Lane Community Group
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Alzheimer Scotland are running a new community group every Monday from 10.00am – 12.00 o'clock at The Otter’s Head, Happer Crescent, Woodside, Glenrothes, KY7 5DQ.
Alzheimer Scotland - Memory Lane Community Group
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Alzheimer Scotland are running a new community group every Monday from 10.00am – 12.00 o'clock at The Otter’s Head, Happer Crescent, Woodside, Glenrothes, KY7 5DQ.
For People Living with Dementia, their family, friends and carers. Join with them to reminisce and recall your local area, meet friends and enjoy a variety of social and therapeutic activities.
Tea and Coffee will be provided, £2.00 donation welcome.
For more information please contact Shelagh Pilgrim on 01592 204 541 / 07825 546 006 or e-mail
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 27 September 2018
How you can help us - Clinical Audit Research Evaluation
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At the Anne Rowling Clinic we use research to improve treatments and care for a range of neurological conditions - including multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Read more: How you can help us - Clinical Audit Research Evaluation
Petplan Charitable Trust - Welfare Grants
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Welfare grants are awarded once a year. Applicants must be charities and grants must provide a direct benefit to the species supported by Petplan ie. dogs, cats, rabbits and horses.
Unlimited [Disabled Artists and Disability-led Work]
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Funding for disabled artists and companies with a strong track record in their artistic field to apply to create and present new work, across all art forms.
Read more: Unlimited [Disabled Artists and Disability-led Work]
Information on Care Inspections
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A new leaflet about Care Inspections has been published, this can be accessed by clicking here.
There is also a new animation that explains in general terms how the new inspections will be conducted, click here to view this animation.
Carers Allowance Toolkit Launched
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As you may know Social Security Scotland will be making payments to Scotland's Carers this month.
This payment is a twice annual 'top-up' to the current carers allowance. Further information on the Carers Allowance Supplement can be accessed by clicking here.
Social Security Scotland have recently published a toolkit on the supplement which can be accessed by clicking here.
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 13 September 2018
Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Scotland – Evidence Review
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The evidence review maps available national data on child health and wellbeing against the SHANNARI domains, to produce a full and detailed picture of ‘where we are now’ on child health and wellbeing in Scotland.
Click here to read the full review.
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 13 September 2018
Children and Young People’s Mental Health Task Force: preliminary view and chairs recommendations
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The Scottish Governemnt have published initial recommendations from the chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Task Force.
This preliminary, exploratory phase has formed Dame Denise Coia's initial recommendations and will inform setting up the Task Force structure needed to take forward the work of making real improvement.
What's new in Adult Support and Protection? - August 2018
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Find out what's new in Adult Support and Protection in the latest newsletter. This edition gives details of the revised Guidance; staff event; get involved as a service user/community group, and the new People First Parent's group.
To view the full newsletter please click here.
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 30 August 2018
Fife Self-Harm Project temporarily close referrals to waiting list
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Due to high volumes of referrals The Fife Self Harm Project will be closing the waiting list temporarily as of 28 August 2018.
They are unable to offer face to face support at the moment but can send literature that may be of use.
They will update via the Fife Voluntary Action website when they are in a position to open referrals again.
From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 30 August 2018
New carers allowance will be paid in September 2018
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Carers will get their long awaited £221 supplement from mid-September, the Scottish Government has announced.
Read more: New carers allowance will be paid in September 2018
Transforming Social Care: Scotland's progress towards implementing self-directed support 2011-2018
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Since 2010, Scotland has been on a journey to embed self-directed support as Scotland’s mainstream approach to social care. Audit Scotland produced a progress report in 2017 recommending that the Scottish Government should "report publicly on the outcomes it has achieved from the almost £70 million funding it has committed to support implementation of SDS."
The Scottish Burden of Disease Study 2016
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The Scottish Burden of Disease Study 2016
The Scottish Burden of Disease (SBoD) study team has published a new report that outlines how what we are living with and dying from is impacted by health inequalities.
The SBoD 2016 Deprivation report is available by clicking here.
- Young Scot - Time to Shine Fund
- The Robertson Trust - Open Grants
- CAF - Smart Energy GB in Communities (Small Grants)
- GC Gibson Charitable Trust
- Rosa Justice and Equality Fund
- Fife Health and Social Care Partnership have launched their ‘Joining Up Care’ Consultation and they want you to take part.
- Cruse Bereavement Scotland Launch Second Kirkcaldy Group
- Support services for people living with dementia in Fife
- Chance to Flourish - Vulnerable families
- BEMIS - Year of Young People 2018 Small Grants Programme (New Fund)
- BEMIS - Winter Festivals
- NESTA - Sharelab Scotland (New Fund)
- Tesco bags for Help - Community projects
- Information on Social Security Scotland and the new Carers Allowance Supplement
- Friendship Cabin Group Sessions
- What's new in Adult Support and Protection? - July 2018
- Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Community Centres and Village Halls
- Fields in Trust - Active Spaces
- SCVO - Community Jobs Scotland
- Health Promotion Training Programme 2018-19
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