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Outside the Box is holding an all-day online event, The Power in our Communities, on Tuesday 15th June, via Zoom. The day is divided into different sessions, with the morning session focusing on Celebrating Community, taking place 9:30am – 12:30pm. This session is open to everyone, including people from communities, or working in community-based groups and organisations. The afternoon will feature 2 sessions: Working with Communities and Working with HSCPs.

Strathcarron Hospice’s next online Storytelling session takes place on Tuesday 22nd June from 2pm, via Zoom. The sessions are designed to be relaxed and informal, providing some light relief from the current pandemic. They are open to everyone; you do not need to have a connection to the Hospice to attend.

Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) has launched its new 3 year Strategic Plan, outlining how they will work with others to create a recovery focused mental health system. In line with this, SRN has also launched the new Peer2Peer development programme. They are currently looking for groups, organisations and services in Scotland interested in developing peer support approaches to mental health and wellbeing, and are holding an online information session on Tuesday 22nd June, 1:30pm – 3pm, for those interested. The session is free, but places are limited; booking is essential, and closes on Thursday 17th June.

Money Advice Scotland has released its events schedule for June 2021, with all events, training and sessions free to attend. Upcoming events include “Money Works Webinar: Mortgages” on Thursday 17th June, and “Train the Trainer: Digital Delivery of Financial Wellbeing” on Monday 14th June and Tuesday 24th June. Money Advice Scotland also runs virtual interactive “Money Goals” workshops for service users, which cover a range of topics and can be tailored to any group.

The next Thursday “Care with Confidence” sessions from Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carers Centre will take place: “Exercise for the Brain – Learning a Second Language” on Thursday 17th June, and “Walking Aids” with the NHS Forth Valley REACH team, on Thursday 24th June. As before, sessions are via Zoom, 10:30am – 12:30pm.

Nurses from Forth Valley Royal Hospital’s ICU department are climbing Ben Nevis to fundraise for Falkirk District’s Mental Health Association (FDAMH). The “ICU Heart and Sole Girls” have worked throughout COVID-19, and have joined a number of others in raising money for third sector groups and organisations across Falkirk and Forth Valley.

CVS Falkirk, Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface (CTSI) and Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise (SVE) will be hosting an online Roundtable Discussion event for our local third sector, to provide feedback to Scottish Government on the impacts of leaving the EU. The Roundtable Discussion will take place on Wednesday 23rd June, 10am – 11:30am.

The EU Settlement Scheme closes on Wednesday 30th June. Scottish Government has relaunched their “Stay in Scotland” campaign, encouraging EU, EEA and Swiss citizens to apply so they can carry on living, working, and studying in Scotland. A range of resources and information are also available for people applying to the EU Settlement Scheme, and those supporting them, including local support, and information from both Scottish Government and the UK Government.

Change Grow Live (CGL) supports people in the Forth Valley area who are recovering, or are in recovery, from substance use. They are recruiting for Volunteer Befrienders who would like to support their service users in the Falkirk area. This role has a closing date of Friday 11th June.

As part of their engagement with local people on the Falkirk Plan, the Falkirk Community Planning Partnership (CPP) is looking to hear from older people, their carers and families, on social isolation and loneliness. They have designed a short survey to gather people’s feedback, and what they think should be done to tackle these issues.