FDAMH Welcome Community Café Launch

Posted on May 30, 2019

Falkirk District Association for Mental Health (FDAMH) is launching their new Welcome Community Café project on Monday 3^rd June, 10:30am in the Atrium of the Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling Road, Larbert, FK5 4WR.

The Welcome Community Café is a community-based project aiming to help reduce isolation and loneliness. The idea is to encourage people to share their table in local cafes and coffee shops by displaying a small card reading, “Happy to share my table”.

There is no pressure to share a table, only a way to link those willing to share a table in a busy café with those unable to ask.

For further information, please contact Jim Thompson by email: jim.thompson@fdamh.org.uk

Care with Confidence: Mobile Emergency Care Service

The new Care with Confidence programme for Falkirk is now available, with the next free session taking place Tuesday 11th August, 10:30am – 12:30pm. “Falkirk Council’s Mobile Emergency Care Services – MECS” will be hosted by Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carers Centre. The MECS team can provide and install appropriate equipment; the session will also cover how to link into this service and how this team is working during the lockdown period. Due to the current lockdown, all sessions will take place on Zoom. All carers are welcome.

FDAMH Mental Wellbeing Practitioner Vacancy

Falkirk District Association for Mental Health (FDAMH) is currently recruiting a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner. The position is 35 hours per week with a salary of £26,800 per annum, and year’s fixed contract. Applicants should have experience of providing holistic, therapeutic, cognitive behavioural based models of support. The deadline for applications is 12pm on Friday 21st August.

Forth Valley Social Enterprise Network: August Meeting

The next Forth Valley Social Enterprise Network (FVSEN) meeting will take place via Zoom on Thursday 20th August, 10am – 12pm. Existing members will receive an email with Zoom details.

Foundation Scotland Grant Funding

Foundation Scotland has announced that their Response, Recovery and Resilience Fund has re-opened for applications, with grants of £1,000 – £5,000 available to support constituted third sector organisations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no deadline, but organisations are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Foundation Scotland is also working in partnership with Crown Estate Scotland to help deliver their Community Capacity Grants Programme, with awards of £10,000 – £50,000 available for coastal and rural communities across Scotland. The deadline for expressions of interest to the Community Capacity Grants Programme is 12pm on Monday 12th October.

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