Meeting on Potential Bo’ness Cancer Patient Transport Service

Posted on September 25, 2019

There will be a meeting in Bo’ness on Thursday 3^rd October, 1:30pm – 3:30pm, to discuss the possibility of setting up a local voluntary hospital transport service for cancer patients, similar to Meadowbank Car 4U in Polmont, and The Driving Force in Bonnybridge.

The meeting will take place in the upstairs room of the Bo’ness Library, Scotland’s Close, Bo’ness, EH51 0AH, and aims to establish if there is a need and desire to have this service in Bo’ness.

Meadowbank Car 4U will deliver a presentation on how they started, and their system. Afterwards, there will be a discussion on how the community wishes to take the idea forward.

For further information, please contact Kay Wood by phone: 01324 692000, or email: kay.wood@cvsfalkirk.org.uk

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Falkirk School Holiday Food Fund

The School Holiday Food Fund has been set up to support local projects tackling food insecurity in Falkirk communities. Applications for the Fund will be during school holidays in October, and possibly December 2020. Groups can apply for up to £1,000. Groups wishing to apply must be constituted; partnerships involving unconstituted community organisations can apply, but the lead partner must be constituted.

Forth Environment Link Climate Conversation Survey

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