Mission The Good Morning® Service (GMS) aims to help every older person in Scotland feel safe, connected and valued. Main Activities GMS helps older people retain their independence with a light-touch package of support delivered over the phone in the form of ‘befriending sessions’. Members receive a call each day at a pre-arranged time, […]
Mission The Care and Wellbeing Cooperative (CWC) is a local group of self-employed carers, professionals, therapists and other specialists who together work to give people in rural Perthshire greater flexibility and choice over the support and wellbeing services available to them. Main Activities In 2012, the community-based support enterprise GrowBiz was invited by Perth […]
Mission Clydesdale Community Initiatives (CCI)’s core mission is to empower individuals with a range of support needs, skills and experiences to make a tangible contribution to their community. Main Activities CCI’s person-centred model engages in alternative, non-medicinal activities which utilise an individual’s strengths, experiences and aspirations. The focus is on providing real inclusion, real […]
Mission The Denis Law Legacy Trust (DLLT) aims to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, enhance communities and improve levels of well-being among young adults. Main Activities Originally providing diversionary activities in areas of multiple deprivation in Aberdeen, DLLT has developed a range of employability programmes targeting children and young adults. Free weekly sport and […]
Mission Morton in the Community (MitC) aims to be ‘the heartbeat of Inverclyde’, delivering positive outcomes for young people across the region. Main Activities The focus of MitC is to encourage mass participation and enjoyment in sport; develop creative education programmes; deliver employability programmes engaging with those furthest from the labour market; and tackle health […]
Mission To reduce youth unemployment in Dumfries & Galloway. Main Activities Based in Dumfries, Let’s Get Sporty (LGS) runs a voluntary programme for young people aged 14-30 – Let’s Get Employed. The programme is specifically tailored for each participant, with each young person on the programme setting personal development goals to work towards. The […]
Mission To improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to communicate effectively about things that matter to them. Main Activities Talking Mats has developed an award-winning communication tool, based on extensive research and a rigorous design process undertaken by speech and language therapists. The toolkit, which is available both […]
Mission To provide support and opportunity to change lives for the better. Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT) works to promote health and well-being, education, equality and to enhance social cohesion in communities. Activities AFCCT provide a range of activities for people living with dementia through their ‘Dementia Friendly Communities’ programme, often challenging preconceptions about what […]
Mission To ease distress for children and families affected by dementia through the production of a personalised children’s book about dementia. Main Activities The Ally Bally Bee Project revolves around the production of a personalised book explaining the impact of dementia to young children. Family members are able to enter names and characteristics online, […]
Mission Engaging the local community with film culture and offering a venue for a variety of community events. Birks aims to show a wide variety of film screenings, as well as broadcasting live events from around the world. Main Activities Based in Aberfeldy, Birks Cinema provides a varied and dynamic range of screenings, from […]
Mission To develop and support a thriving network of voluntary promoters, enabling them to promote high-quality professional theatre and dance performances and community cinema screenings in rural venues across the North East of Scotland. Main Activities NEAT promotes professional theatre via a subsidy scheme to provide ensure that rural communities have access to professional […]
Mission Driftwood Cinema brings local people together for shared cultural experience by taking the cinema to isolated communities to encourage social engagement, adding variety and vitality to community life. Main Activities Driftwood offer a range of services to communities to develop, support and sustain cinema provision across Dumfries and Galloway. Advice is given to […]
