Stonehaven

North East Scotland Credit Union (NESCU) in Stonehaven.

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NESCUNESCU will be opening a collection point in The Housing office on Allardice Street, Stonehaven on a Tuesday from 3pm – 4pm.  NESCU urgently need volunteers with financial and cash handling skills, providing a great opportunity to help in the local community and make a positive difference. For more details please contact Andy Farquhar, Volunteer Coordinator by e-mail Andy@nescu.co.uk, or telephone 01224 899688.

Mental Health Provision

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samhSAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) has been appointed to provide a brand new service in Aberdeenshire.

The new pathways to recovery service called MyLifeDynamic, will launch in January 2017 and is designed to support people living with mental health problems towards recovery and engagement in the wider community and working world.

SAMH has a long history of delivering services in Aberdeenshire and the surrounding areas; from work in suicide prevention to housing support and outreach.

Over the next few weeks SAMH will be running a series of community engagement events to promote the new service and in particular invite people using current services to find out more about the service and referral routes.  Events will run in Stonehaven, Peterhead, Banff, Inverurie and Ellon.

South event – Stonehaven, Community Centre, Friday 25th November, 1pm -2pm

The service which was commissioned by Aberdeenshire Council will focus on integration and recovery.  The service team will support people to engage with existing community facilities and services to promote a sense of purpose and social inclusion.  Delivery will be across Aberdeenshire including support for people living in rural areas.

Domestic Abuse Workshops

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From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls around the world. 16days-banner-400x400px

See more at: 16 Days of Action

25th Nov

1.30 – 4.30

Banff Harvest Centre Proj £6

Tea/coffee £1/ea

Hall hire £9p/h

 

01261 815790

 

Domestic Gender Abuse Team – Still to get title

 

Facilitator  – Shona Cormack

28th Nov

9.30 – 12.30

 

Fraserburgh Robertson Road Centre,

Training Rm

SMART Board  & tea coffee avail (01346) 515292

Rona Harper

 

Housing – Options and Homelessness: Managing Expectations

 

Facilitator – Alison McKinnon

29th Nov

9.30 – 12.30

 

Ellon Kirk Centre Screen/no projector

Teas coffee available

770177772569358 725690

01358   725690

Catering 01358 723517

 

NHS – Female Genital Mutilation:  Background, practice guidelines and professional responsibilities

 

Facilitator:  Rosie Crighton

30th Nov

1.30 – 4.30

Peterhead Apex Centre,

Main Hall

Hall £70 hire

No projector

Tea/coffee £1.50ea

077887 15151

Anne Whittam

 

CJ – Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse

 

Facilitators – Michele Clark, Joe Walsh and Wullie Lauder

 

 

 

 

1st Dec

1.30 – 4.30 p.m.

Banchory CLD Activity Rm 1 Banchory Primary School No Projector

Catering form and let form required

01330 825966

 

Adult Protection – Domestic Violence and Adult Protection.

 

Facilitator  – Ann-Marie Bruce

 

1st Dec

2 – 3p.m

Aberdeen Banff and Buchan Room Woodhill House Annexe   Making in every opportunity court in NHSG to address Gender Based Violence

 

Facilitator – Dr Linda Leighton-Beck

2nd Dec

1.30 – 4.30

Alford Alford CC Conference/library SMARTBOARD alford.campus@

aberdeenshire.gov.uk

5th Dec

1.30 – 4.30p.m.

Inverurie Council Chambers

Gordon House

Projector booked, teas to be booked Police Scotland – MARAC and Domestic Abuse Disclosure Scheme Scotland

 

Facilitator – Police Scotland

9th Dec available

1.30 – 4.30

Stonehaven Community Centre Lounge

Has projector

Kitchen avail

01569 762688

 

Work of Grampian Women’s Aid

 

Facilitator – Alison Hay

 

Stonehaven Recreation Grounds Update

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Over the last few years there has been a considerable degree of interest in the land that the recreation grounds occupy.  This interest has come from other local groups outside of the Trustees who run the grounds and the Trustees (who are all unpaid volunteers) have purposely not commented on these ideas.  What is perhaps not common knowledge is that the Trustees are bound by the restrictions within the Trust deeds for the grounds which stipulate that the land must be used for recreational purposes.stonehaven
Recently, there has been a significant development due to the Long Lease (Scotland) Act.  This act came into force in November 2015 and meant that the title to the recreation grounds land passed to the Trustees of the grounds.  This act does not change the bounds of the Trust nor the requirements placed upon the Trustees to use the grounds for recreational purposes.

However, having this land now opens opportunities for the Trustees to develop greater and more varied recreational facilities.  It has been sad that Stonehaven has suffered a loss of facilities over the years, such as the squash courts at the old County Hotel.  With this in mind, the Trustees are seeking the opinions of the Stonehaven community on what recreational facilities they would like to see at the recreation grounds and we have developed a short online survey to gather your views.  We should stress that this survey is only the first small step in examining what the community would ideally like to see and would use at the grounds and how much redevelopment of the site would be needed to fulfil this requirement.

After this initial data gathering exercise we will happily share the results and if and when any draft plans are to be put forward, then the Trustees will engage with feedback sessions and input from the wider community.  We would greatly appreciate your thoughts and our survey can be found via a link on our Facebook page or directly at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SRG-future

Thanks for your time and input and we look forward to receiving your comments!  Hopefully we can use this as a starting point for delivering improved recreational facilities for Stonehaven.

Stonehaven Recreation Grounds

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Over the last few years there has been a considerable degree of interest in the land that the recreation grounds occupy.  This interest has come from other local groups outside of the Trustees who run the grounds and the Trustees (who are all unpaid volunteers) have purposely not commented on these ideas.  What is perhaps not common knowledge is that the Trustees are bound by the restrictions within the Trust deeds for the grounds which stipulate that the land must be used for recreational purposes.stonehaven

Recently, there has been a significant development due to the Long Lease (Scotland) Act.  This act came into force in November 2015 and meant that the title to the recreation grounds land passed to the Trustees of the grounds.  This act does not change the bounds of the Trust nor the requirements placed upon the Trustees to use the grounds for recreational purposes.

However, having this land now opens opportunities for the Trustees to develop greater and more varied recreational facilities.  It has been sad that Stonehaven has suffered a loss of facilities over the years, such as the squash courts at the old County Hotel.  With this in mind, the Trustees are seeking the opinions of the Stonehaven community on what recreational facilities they would like to see at the recreation grounds and we have developed a short online survey to gather your views.  We should stress that this survey is only the first small step in examining what the community would ideally like to see and would use at the grounds and how much redevelopment of the site would be needed to fulfil this requirement.

After this initial data gathering exercise we will happily share the results and if and when any draft plans are to be put forward, then the Trustees will engage with feedback sessions and input from the wider community.

Thanks for your time and input and we look forward to receiving your comments!  Hopefully we can use this as a starting point for delivering improved recreational facilities for Stonehaven.

Stress & Anxiety – Self Management and Mindfulness

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Stonehaven Patient Participation Group
presents
Stress & Anxiety –
Self Management and Mindfulness

With Kate Smith
Psychiatric Community Mental Health Worker
On the
Monday 16th of May at 7pm at
Stonehaven Medical Centre

Stress and anxiety are increasingly common problems that we will all face to some degree. We will all know someone who has struggled with this at some point in their life. We are lucky to have Kate Smith, a psychiatric community mental health worker, available to discuss anxiety and stress, how to recognise it and tips on self management. The pace we live at in the modern world is frantic and stress cannot be avoided completely and it can become difficult to manage. We hope that Kate will be able to help us all understand stress and anxiety better so we can deal with it in our own lives.

Dont forget to like our Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/StonehavenPPG

Stonehaven Early Years Forum Networking Lunch

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Tuesday 24 May, 12pm – 1.30pm, Stonehaven Community Centre

early yearsThe Early Years Forum aims to work in partnership to ensure children in Stonehaven have
the best start in life and support their wellbeing through the stages from pre-birth to 8 years.
Stonehaven Early Years Forum are hosting a networking lunch to provide the opportunity for
services, organisations and groups to come together, share information on local activities
and discuss future priorities. This will be a drop-in event and lunch will be provided. This event is
suitable for those working with children under the age of 8 including: teachers, health visitors, social
workers, third sector providers. To register for the event please visit: http://tinyurl.com/zvnjsqs
If you have any queries regarding this event please don’t hesitate to contact:
Fiona Murray, Chair of Stonehaven Early Years Forum at: f.murray@nhs.net

South Aberdeenshire LEADER Programme Launch

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South Aberdeenshire LEADER Programme Launch – the official launch of the
programme on Wednesday 18th November at either:
Tullynessle Hall, 2pm – 4pm OR Stonehaven at the Station Hotel, 7pm – 8.30pm
on Tuesday 19th November. Book your place at the Tullynessle Hall event here:
https://salaglaunchtullynessle.eventbrite.co.uk. To register for the Stonehaven event,
please follow this eventbrite link: https://salaglaunchstonehaven.eventbrite.co.uk .
Please register your attendance at the events via the links above
to help confirm numbers for catering.
If you have not already done so, please visit https://www.ruralnetwork.scot/funding/leader/expression-
interest-form to register your project enquiry as the first step in the LEADER process.
Fairer Scotland

OPEN YOUR DOOR TO WELLBEING

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Open Door To wellbeing

FREE EVENT!

OPEN YOUR DOOR TO WELLBEING

St Bridget’s Hall, Stonehaven

Saturday 31st Oct 2015

10am – 12noon

Come along to our FREE event!

Explore local opportunities to help you look after

Your health and wellbeing!

Stalls, refreshments, information and

entry into a FREE prize draw!