Shared Resourcing
This website, through the shared experience, resources and capablities of the Social Care Council, CrossReach and existing well-established local programmes, aims to provide a single point of resourcing for small local expressions of social care and outreach projects.
Connect
Looking to find out more about a social care project nearby? Looking to find out about similar services to your own? This is your connection point. Chat, support, ask a question, share your experiences and make some useful links!
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Do you have a story to tell? Could your journey inspire others? Contact us to be part of this page! You could be featured as one of our Good News Stories!
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Coffee Mornings for all
We run a fortnightly coffee morning for all in the community. Many older people attend, including residents from three local care homes.
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Family Matters
The family worker supports holiday playschemes, parent and toddler groups,‘bite size’ parenting classes, one-to-one support for families, outdoor play, budget craft and games and much more!
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Maryhill Memories
A chance for people to get out the house and meet others for those who are socially isolated for one reason or another. We enjoy a cup of tea and...
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Musical Memories (Singing For The Brain)
Singing For The Brain sessions for people with dementia and their carers. Only been running for 20 weeks. Some people attend with their domestic carers + some from 3 local care homes . We...
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Drop in Support and Drop in Activities for anyone with memory difficulties and their carers
...provides monthly opportunity for an activity and a monthly opportunity for meeting/socialising/information/support for anyone with memory difficulties and their carers. Those attending may/may not have a...
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Family Support
Our Family worker supports vulnerable families facing challenges in their family life and offers practical help and one to one support that aims to help parents fulfil their potential. She...
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Community Groups
Children’s groups for disadvantaged children (poverty, single parent families, parents with alcohol and drug related problems, etc…) , groups for elderly to help reducing loneliness and isolation, refugee ministry,
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Mind that Song
Hospitality and singing therapy for those with Alzheimers and Dementia, and those who care for them. Run with AlzScot.
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The Living Well Project
The LW Cafe offers a safe and supportive place for people with memory problems or a diagnosis of dementia. We offer a range of optional activities and signposting to help...
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Befriend Motherwell
A befriending service offering support to older people who are isolated.
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Dundee Starter Packs SCIO
Delivering packs of used household goods to people who have been homeless and now have a new tenancy but no funds to furnish the home.
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Make Lunch
Stockethill Church and The Samuel Trust have partnered to sign up with the national charity Make Lunch to provide hot healthy lunches to local children during the school holidays. The...
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The Shed Project
Tommy MacNeil, the minister of Martins Memorial, had the vision to create a facility to encourage and bless the community of Stornoway, especially those who are facing challenging circumstances in...
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Dementia Cafe
We have a monthly dementia cafe in our church hall for people with dementia, Carter’s and open to all others too
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Family matters
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Ullapool Hospital Car
Patients call our specific telephone number to request transportation to the hospital for an appointment. We then put out an email to our qualified drivers for a volunteer. The local...
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Portobello Monday Centre
An ecumenical group of volunteers meeting from 10.00 am to 2.30pm to provide relief to carers of those who have dementia. There is a programme of entertainment, visits and outings.
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Greyfriars Community Project
Greyfriars community outreach takes many forms but is primarily focused around our centre in the Kirkhouse on Candlemaker Row. The project is now managed by Grassmarket Community Project Ltd. -...
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The Living Well Project
The LW Cafe offers a safe and supportive place for people with memory problems or a diagnosis of dementia. We offer a range of optional activities and signposting to help...
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Tron St Marys Family Support Project
Tron St Marys family Support Project is for families in Balornock and surrounding area. The aim is to reduce isolation, build confidence and life skills encouraging activities and experiences that...
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The Friendship Hour
In conjunction with the Residents’ Committee we provide an entertainment - an illustrated talk, music, games etc - followed by tea and chat. The meeting is open to all, residents,...
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Friendship Club
a place for older people in church and parish to gather, chat play games enjoy a cup of tea and baking
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Acorn cafe
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Come and Sing Cafe
We gather for afternoon tea and then a programme of songs selected round a theme or requested by participants. We are in the pilot phase, having met twice, but it...
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Step by Step
Step by Step provides a friendly environment for families, who feel rather overwhelmed or even lonely in the first few years of parenthood. A new group is starting up this...
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Love Whiteinch
weekly food bank and signposting service serving G14 and G11 postcode areas
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Tron St Marys Family Support Project
Our community project raises environmental awareness and supports families in Balornock and surrounding areas. We offer one to one as well as group activities that build confidence, reduce isolation and...
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Befriend Motherwell
Befriend Motherwell has been working for 6 years helping to reduce isolation and loneliness in the elderly residents lives as identified by Social Work and Health plus local Minister
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Friendship & Faith
Monthly meeting in Church Hall for 30/40 mainly elderly, semi-housebound, and also Care Home residents who are brought by mini-bus. Refreshments on arrival, then choice of table games, arts & crafts, ...
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Avenue Youth Programme
Avenue runs a variety of projects for young people specifically. A Breakfast Club three times a week, A Young Mums Group specifically targeted at young mums who feel vulnerable within...
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Forres Youth and Family Outreach project
Youth work - lunchtime clubs, do assemblys, Messy church , holiday club and many more 1 off initiatives. Also drop in sessions for secondary aged children. Family work - debt management, truancy,...
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The Good Companions
It is a group that meets on Wednesday afternoons for afternoon tea, conversation and social activities. Around 20-30 elderly women, some of whom have early stage dementia or other health...
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Crossreach,hear for art
Working with adults with dementia, we run art workshops all over Scotland
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Lunch club
A weekly lunch club for elderly local residents who are housebound and suffering from social isolation
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Tuesday Club
The Tuesday Club is a weekly day care group for 11 people suffering with dementia. It meets in the church hall between 10:00am and 2:00pm. Each member is collected from home...
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The Living Well Project
The LW Cafe offers a safe and supportive place for people with memory problems or a diagnosis of dementia. We offer a range of optional activities and signposting to help...
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TIBAL (Together in Benarty and Lochgelly)
TIBAL (Together in Benarty and Lochgelly) is an innitiative to help thse who are elderly and need befriending. It is also extended to the careres of such people. There is...
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Lochside Mission and Outreach
Lochside MIssion and Outreach seeks to make Christ’s love known in North Ayr.
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Living Well Dementia Cafes
Cafe style meeting for people with memory loss and dementia, Carer’s and families
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Heart for Art
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Musical Memories Singing for the Brain
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Craiglockhart Tea Group
Tea, chat and home baking, sometimes entertainment and occasional outings aimed at the elderly and isolated in our local community. Transport is provided but numbers are limited.
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Family matters
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First Fridays Friends
We develop relationships with people with dementia, especially trying to address isolation or loneliness. We meet monthly with a planned theme that encourages our friends to actively participate, for example...
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Falkirk Famiyl Life Centre
Falkirk Family Life Centre seeks to be a light for those in need and support family life in its widest sense. We are an inclusive Church and through our Family...
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Family matters
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The Good Companions
It is a group that meets on Wednesday afternoons for afternoon tea, conversation and social activities. Around 20-30 elderly women, some of whom have early stage dementia or other health...
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Acorn centre cafe
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Good Companions
Good Companions is a group that meets on Wednesday afternoons to provide friendship, support, information and entertainment for elderly people through a programme of speakers and social events.
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Lunch Club
Lunch provided for between 30-50 elderly people who live on their own. Exceptions are made for people whose spouse has dementia or is in care and occasionally for couples.
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Falkirk Trinity Family Life Centre
Establishing a Family Life Centre offering help to young and old, following our focus of “Trinity Transforming Lives”. We aim to set up a Play Therapy Centre and have positive...
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Bounce Higher
We believe that children should be encouraged to reach their potential regardless of the challenges they face. Our aims are to work with children to increase their capabilities, increase their...
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Clents and Carers/ Friendship Group for the elderly
Clients and Carers are welcomed in to chat ,play board games ,favourite CDs every Tues and offered coffe and home baking at a very cheap rate Similarly elderly are brought...
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Dementia Cafe
The Dementia Cafe is run in partnership with Alzheimers Angus and is a meeting point for both carers and those with Dementia to share and be supported
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Tron St Marys Family Support Project
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Crieff Family Hub
Crieff Family Hub is being established by Logos Youth Project and Crieff Parish Church. We are working with young people, children, families offering various services in our community including CAP...
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Drop-in Support for People with Memory Difficulties and their Carers
The support offered is for anyone who has memory difficulties whether or not they have a diagnosis of dementia. It may be people have concerns about themselves or someone they...
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Tulloch NET
We provide a daily drop in for people who are lonely or socially isolated. This is a space where people can meet and make friends, contribute to community building and...
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Good Companions
Good Companions is a group that meets on Wednesday afternoons to provide friendship, support, information and entertainment for elderly people through a programme of speakers and social events.
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Nosh@theNorth
Weekly meal provided for homeless people who have no access to other sources of meals.
Why are people setting up Social Care projects?
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Chatting to other churches has opened up opportunities we hadn’t thought of!
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We wanted to work individually with children who would struggle with a group or in need of individual therapeutic support. This could be longer term or for short, focussed intervention.
Bounce Higher (St Andrew's Bo'ness)