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KLSB Community Group is holding the first of their parent and child craft events on Thursday 6th July and Thursday 13th July, 10am – 12pm at their Point Community Café, 17 King Street, Stenhousemuir, FK5 4HD. The Craft and Brunch sessions are completely free, though spaces are limited and booking is essential.

The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF), led by the Mental Health Foundation, will take place Wednesday 4th October – Sunday 22nd October 2023. This year, the festival explores the theme of “Revolution”. They are looking for groups and organisations from across Scotland to get involved by contributing events to the SMHAF programme, and engage people in their local area.

The Camelon & Tamfourhill Safer Streets Open Doors Event will take place next Friday 23rd June, 11am – 2pm at the Forth Valley Sensory Centre, Redbrae Road, Camelon, FK1 4DD. Refreshments will be available. With themes of “Combating Poverty” and “Community Safety”, there will be a number of local groups and services on the day to speak about the support they can offer.

Forth Valley College is running a FREE 2 day course teaching participants to cook various healthy 2 course meals on a budget. “Healthy Eating on a Budget” takes place on Wednesday 21st June and Wednesday 28th June, 9:30am – 1pm both days, at the college’s Falkirk Campus, Grangemouth Road, Falkirk, FK2 9AD.

Earlier this week, to mark both Volunteers’ Week and Power of Youth Day, Volunteer Scotland and YouthLink Scotland published a joint briefing, “Young People and Volunteering”. The briefing explores the policy implications from Volunteer Scotland’s recent “Young People in Scotland 2022” research for volunteering and youth work, and details a number of recommendations.

Falkirk District Credit Union (FDCU) is currently looking for new Board Members. Board Members will be required to attend monthly board meetings (usually Wednesday afternoons at the FDCU office in Grangemouth). They are particularly keen to hear from people with knowledge or expertise in financial services, experience in Credit Unions or business, or marketing.

The Central Scotland Regional Equalities Council (CSREC) is expanding their Board of Directors and are looking to recruit new volunteer Directors to support the organisation’s with governance and management of the organisation.

Neighbourhood Networks is seeking to recruit 2 new Trustees to their Board. They are particularly keen to recruit people with experience and or connections across Social Care, the Legal Profession or Public Relations to the Board. The deadline for registering your interest is Friday 14th July 2023.

Aviva, in partnership with the WWF and the RSPB, has launched the Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund, with £1 million available to support community groups across the UK in protecting and restoring nature in their local area. The fund is designed to make it easier for communities to “take action for nature”. There is no deadline for the fund; once the £1 million has been allocated, the fund will close.

Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has released their annual Client Report, “Taking on UK Poverty”. The report highlights the impact problem debt has on mental health, and the problems CAP’s clients in Scotland are currently facing. CAP offers a free debt help service in Forth Valley, and their team are able to meet with people and stay with them throughout becoming debt free.