community engagement
ALISS – A Local Information System for Scotland
Communities in Scotland contain a wealth of resources that can support our health and well being, yet it is often difficult to find information about what is available in our local area.
ALISS helps to signpost people to community resources and enables communities to contribute information about the resources they have to offer e.g. places, groups, activities, opportunities, events, services.
You can use ALISS to:
- Collect – identify and gather information about local resources
- Manage – describe resources in your own words, and create an ALISS collection that is specific to you or your organisation
- Share – use ALISS collections to enhance your existing information service and provide a richer picture of what support is available in your community
- Get Started – everyone can search and use the information in ALISS
Want to find out more?
aliss@alliance-scotland.org.uk
Health & Social Care
Your Health and Social Care Services – We want Your Views
Health and social care services across Aberdeenshire are changing. We aim to make them:
- Better connected – one single united health and social care service.
- More responsive – to your needs and the needs of your family
- More local – linked up with the community and voluntary groups that benefit the health and wellbeing of your locality
We are writing a plan for the future of health and social care services in Aberdeenshire.
The plan is based on what you told us should be available in your locality. It describes how we will work together to improve the health of local people and to provide the right services for people who are ill or who rely on social care.
Have we got it right for you, your family and your locality?
The plan is available to view on Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian Website from 17th August, click on links below
http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/social/healthsocialcareintegration.asp
http://nhsgintranet.grampian.scot.nhs.uk/depts/CorporateCommunication/Pages/Aberdeenshire.aspx
TellyTalk – it’s like talking to the council on the telly!
A demonstration of TellyTalk, an interactive video conferencing system takes place on Monday, August 24 at Mearns Library in Laurencekirk to show customers how to use the system and speak to a council customer service advisor virtually.
Aberdeenshire Council customers can resolve a variety of queries face-to-face through a video link and copies of documents can also be provided where required without the need for people to travel to a council office.
Using TellyTalk, people can: 
- Log a housing repair
- Complete National Entitlement Card applications
- Check housing or council tax payments
- Talk through anything they don’t understand (such as a letter from the council)
Chair of Aberdeenshire Council’s Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee Councillor Carl Nelson said: “The technology makes it easier for people to deal with the council and is part of its wider policy to improve customer service.
“The TellyTalk facility allows the council and its customers in Laurencekirk and surrounding areas to complete forms, share documents and print information at the touch of a button without having to travel too far.”
Vice chair Councillor Peter Bellarby added: “Although TellyTalk uses new technology that will allow the council to provide customer service remotely, it is also about giving people personal contact and this makes it easier to communicate.
“This will be a valuable service in Laurencekirk and I’m pleased to see it being demonstrated so people can see themselves how easy it is to use.”
The open event takes place on Monday, August 24 between 2pm and 4pm to provide people with the opportunity to try the new TellyTalk facility.
A step-by-step guide to using the facility is also available for people to access as they first use the system.
Mearns Community Library, Aberdeen Road, Laurencekirk, AB30 1ZJ. For more information call 01561 377298 or email laurencekirk.library@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Health & Social Care
Your Health and Social Care Services – We want Your Views
Health and social care services across Aberdeenshire are changing. We aim to make them:
- Better connected – one single united health and social care service.
- More responsive – to your needs and the needs of your family
- More local – linked up with the community and voluntary groups that benefit the health and wellbeing of your locality
We are writing a plan for the future of health and social care services in Aberdeenshire.
The plan is based on what you told us should be available in your locality. It describes how we will work together to improve the health of local people and to provide the right services for people who are ill or who rely on social care.
Have we got it right for you, your family and your locality?
The Rural Area Partnership is hosting events in your area
Come along to your local event on:
Tuesday 8th September
Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill
12 Noon – 2.15pm
Refreshments Provided
For more information and to book your place, please contact
Email: officesupport@kincardineshiredp.org
Tel No: 01569 763246
The plan is available to view on Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian Website from 17th August, click on links below
http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/social/healthsocialcareintegration.asp
http://nhsgintranet.grampian.scot.nhs.uk/depts/CorporateCommunication/Pages/Aberdeenshire.aspx
Community Empowerment Bill Conference 1st October Inverurie
Date: Thursday 1st October 2015 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Venue – Kintore Arms Hotel, High Street, Inverurie
Booking Contact – mail@avashire.org.uk
Come and find out more about how this new legislation can support communities to take more ownership of decisions and services. Click here to see the event programme. Read the rest of this entry »
The Future Of Stonehaven
Stonehaven Town Partnership are holding a Public Meeting regarding ‘The Future of Stonehaven on Thursday 20th August at 7:00 pm in St James Church Hall, Arbuthnott Street, Stonehaven AB39 2JB and would like to invite you and friends to come along.
A number of voluntary/community sector organisations have noted their interested in shared accommodation in the building that may form a kind of one-stop-shop / community hub.
The agenda will include:
A description of the building & the project so far
Suggestions for its re-creation, and the options being considered
Open floor discussion on the options (and any others to be suggested)
The next steps and keeping in touch
If you want to read up a bit more beforehand, the project documents are on STP’s website at
http://www.stpweb.org/projects/177-stonehaven-court-building.html *
*The document listed here entitled ‘Reduction of Options 150323 final’ explains why a scheme of significant reconstruction of the building is not possible and explains the kind of spatial arrangements that will guide the kinds of organisational tenants that may be able to be accommodated there.
Our Song: Mental Health In Young People
Check out this fantastic film from young people in the Mearns area.
Community and therapeutic garden networking – Aberdeen
Community and therapeutic garden networking – Aberdeen
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Where: Donside Village, The Meeting Room, Donside Village Square, Aberdeen
When: Wednesday 01 July.
This day is free but booking is essential
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10am – 3 pm Are you involved in community or therapeutic gardening activity and looking to network with others? This networking day will include the opportunity to meet others, hear about the recent development of community garden activity at Donside Village and raise topics for group discussion. A soup and bread lunch will be included. This event is organised by the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens and supported by Trellis – supporting health through horticulture. 3pm – 4.30 pm This session is aimed at those looking to establish or support community gardening activity in their locality. Come along to a short presentation of the benefits of community growing, have your questions answered on what to do next and find out more about resources available to get you started. For more information about the day or to see a specific topic for discussion included please contact lou@farmgarden.org.uk Please feel free to circulate event details and booking link to colleagues or potentially interested parties. When
July 1st, 2015 10:00 AM through 4:30 PM
Location
Donside Village Square
Aberdeen AB24 2PL Contact
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“Alone We Can Do So Little, Together We Can Do So Much.”
Community Councils have been around for 42 years and they are statutory bodies representing the most local tier of representation in Scotland. There are 1,200 community councils in Scotland with an estimated 12,000 councillors.
Want to know more?
Read on to find out why Councillor Bill Howatson thinks we should all consider representing our communities. Read the rest of this entry »
There’s no ward like home.
The shape of Scottish society is changing. People are living longer, healthier lives and as the needs of our society change, so too must the nature and form of our public services. 
New legislation, in the form of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, came into force on 1 April 2014. The Act requires Health Boards and Local Authorities to integrate their health and social care services.
Local teams and professionals across health and social care will work together to deliver quality, sustainable care and services resulting in improved outcomes for the people and their families who use these services.
Those individuals with long-term conditions and disabilities, many of whom are older people, will get the joined-up and seamless support and care that they need to live safely and independently in their own homes for as long as possible.
So, that’s the background, but what will it mean to you & I? 
Read the rest of this entry »
February Focus – A Big Blether on Alcohol & Drugs
During February, the South Aberdeenshire Alcohol & Drug Forum is kick-starting local conversations on alcohol, drugs & recovery in Kincardine and Mearns and they are taking over K&M Communities to help them! Happy to have you here guys!
The Forum is a place for local people to come together to discuss local issues pertaining to alcohol and drug use. The South Forum covers Kincardine & Mearns and Marr and anyone living, working, studying or having an interest in alcohol and other drugs issues in these areas is welcome to come along.
They say:
There’s an excitement growing around the knowledge that recovery is possible, that people can change and friends, family and communities are crucial in supporting these changes. We’d like to start a local conversation to promote this and we’d like you to be part of it.
Read more about how YOU can join the conversation. Read the rest of this entry »
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