Spotlights

Long Term Conditions Hebrides has used the Community Wellbeing Exchange to buy in mental health-promoting services from social enterprises to help them support people with long term conditions in the Western Isles.

Community organisations are often a vital source of support for people who find themselves in increasingly difficult circumstances. A great example is Burnbank Community Hub in South Lanarkshire, where volunteers have been providing essential support to people during the current cost-of-living crisis.

This Spotlight article highlights how people across Scotland with mobility issues and/or living with other challenges, and particularly people in and around Clackmannanshire, are being encouraged to make use of Cycling Without Age Scotland’s pioneering accessible Trishaws. The article illustrates the benefits for participants and volunteers, as well as how a few passionate folk engaging with their wider community can lead to Scotland-wide, and international, connections.

One of the most effective ways of supporting community-led activity is to create the conditions for community and voluntary organisations to work, learn and grow together. This case study shows how Garelochhead Station Trust benefitted from this kind of support provided by Argyll & Bute Council.

This case study describes how, in spring and summer 2020, Alva Development Trust was at the heart of the local emergency response in Alva and across other areas in rural Clackmannanshire.

After applying for Cycling Friendly Community development grant funding, a programme funded by Transport Scotland and delivered by Cycling Scotland, West Lothian Bike Library has been able to purchase another adaptive bike suitable for people with physical disabilities to add to their fleet.

After applying for Cycling Friendly Community development grant funding, a programme funded by Transport Scotland and delivered by Cycling Scotland, the Yusuf Youth Initiative has been able to purchase bikes, cycling equipment, and bike storage facilities to teach more Dundee-based kids and adults to cycle and learn how to maintain their bikes.

Barmulloch Community Development Company (BCDC) has moved into recovery mode, gradually welcoming back activities across their premises, and preparing staff and residents for a new normal.

This case study describes how SPRING's new service is providing essential support to communities across Scotland and Northern Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Here, we share a press release from Lend a Hand Kintore describing how this newly formed group has been responding to local requests for help during the Covid-19 pandemic.