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NHS Highland Draft Engagement Framework
Hello
Re NHS Highland Draft Engagement Framework – working together to develop better services for everyone.
Over the last 10 months, we here at NHS Highland have been working with a group of patients, carers, staff and third sector representatives to draw up the attached draft engagement framework.
You can also view the Framework by clicking on the following link here
This draft framework sets the foundations for NHS Highland to work together with service users, partners, communities and staff, to ensure that our services more closely reflect the needs and aspirations of the people who live and work in the NHS Highland area.
As Community Councils are the heart of our Highland Communities, we would very much welcome your comments on this Draft. All feedback and comments on this Draft Framework are welcome and will be gratefully received until Friday 29th July 2022.
Simply reply to this email or contact Kayleigh at [email protected] to share your comments and feedback.
Thank you in advance for your help in developing better services for everyone.
Kind regards
NHS Highland Community Engagement Team.
Kate MacLennan
Community Engagement Co-ordinator
Co-òrdanaiche Compairteachadh Coimhearsnachd
NHS Highland
[email protected] | 07989 138577
Working hours Monday – Friday 9.00am – 3.30pm
Community Resilience Briefing 1/7/22
Community Resilience Briefing – 1 July 2022
Dear Community Resilience Group/Community Council/Colleagues,
Welcome to The Highland Council’s fortnightly briefing for groups with an interest in local community resilience.
Covid related information
- Scottish Government Covid-19 Guidance
- NHS Inform Covid data
- NHS Inform Covid information and guidance
- NHS Highland local vaccination information
Funding
SCVO is a key source of funding information for the third sector https://scvo.scot/funding. Funds that may be of interest include:
- Highland Council – Common Good Fund This fund can be used to support community activities within Dornoch, Grantown, Inverness, Kingussie, and Tain. Next deadline: 22 July.
- Highland Cross GrantsThis grant can be used to fund capital assets, including transport, buildings, and equipment for the benefit of Highland Communities. Next deadline: 30 September
- Peter Samuel Charitable Trust
Supports many areas of interest, including medical sciences, heritage, and forestry/land restoration. no deadlines, apply at any time.
Provides funding for projects focused on sustainability and equality, creating resilient communities, and tackling climate change. No deadline: apply at any time.
Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund
New funding is now available from the Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES). The fund aims to support community organisations to reduce their building energy costs and carbon emissions.
The Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund is open now and is planned to run until the end of March 2025, subject to funding availability.
Funding is available for many types of community building, including:
- community cafes
- community hubs
- faith buildings
- public halls
- community halls and centres.
Grant funding is available for up to 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £80,000.
Find out more.
Welfare, poverty reduction and resilience
- Accessing food in Highland from Cfine/FareShare – No Good Food Should Go To Waste
From June 2022, FareShare will take on the provision of food support to community groups in the Highland Council area requiring help with food supplies for their projects. Contact the FareShare local development officer Michael Sutherland, email [email protected] for details.
Groups considering using FareShare for the first time can find more details at the following link https://fareshare.org.uk/getting-food/. Once interest is registered online, the local development officer will contact you to discuss the membership process.
CFINE operates FareShare Scotland in the North of Scotland, which is part of the FareShare UK network. They take good, in-date surplus from the food industry that would otherwise go to waste and redistribute it to charities and community organisations. They are already in partnership supporting a number of community organisations across Highland.
- Ready Scotland Resilience Hub
The Scottish Government’s READY SCOTLAND Resilience Learning Hub https://ready.scot/learn has recently added 3 short online training sessions:
- The Foundations of Emergency Management in Scotland
- Partnership Working in Emergency Management
- The Role of Community Groups in Emergencies
- Highland Council Community Resilience
In addition Highland Council Resilience Team have produced 2 short YouTube videos on
- Introduction to Community Resilience
- Producing you Community Resilience Plan
These can be found on the Council’s website https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/1226/emergencies/72/emergency_planning
- Highland Good Food Partnership
The Highland Good Food Partnership have developed and launched a map of Highland community food growing projects, this map helps us build a picture of all the fantastic community food growing projects which are developing across the region, and allows us to provide links and improved support between groups.
We would like to ensure that this map is up-to-date and that it includes all growing projects that are established or in development/planning across Highland, so please check if your community enterprise is on the map. If it isn’t, please complete the survey to ensure we know about the great work happening within your community.
Projects of all sizes can be included; from those growing in raised beds for a social activity, to large-scale gardens trying to improve community resilience and reduce food miles.
Link to survey: https://forms.gle/JjndFuw5JyE39CtH8
The map is available to view here. https://highlandgoodfood.scot/food-map/
- Be Cyber Safe on your Holidays
Going on holiday? Whether it’s a staycation or going abroad, it’s easy to forget that protecting your devices and keeping safe online should be on your holiday checklist Here are a few simple tips to support you when you’re away from home.
- Defence against Conti Ransomware
This awareness blog highlights prevention, mitigation and support measures to protect from the threat of Conti Ransomware and to encourage individuals, sectors and organisations to protect and prepare against all types of Cyber-attacks.
- Actions to take to securely configure and monitor PowerShell
The National Cyber Security Centre and international allies have issued a joint advisory which outlines security features in PowerShell that help with protecting credentials, remote management configuration, anti-virus scanning and logging. A copy of the joint advisory can be read here.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- NHS Highland Mental Wellbeing – a collection of resources and signposts to help people of all ages to look after their own mental wellbeing
Emergency Planning
- Met Office Weather Warnings https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2022-06-30
- Met Office Weather Ready https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/weatherready
- Floodline Scotland https://floodlinescotland.org.uk/
- Ready Scotland – preparing for emergencies https://ready.scot/
Kind regards,
Douglas Crawford
Painting Classes
I sent round an email and a few people have expressed an interest. I’m adding it here to reach a wider audience to see if we can get sufficient numbers of people to have the class in the hall.
My name is Lisa Weller. I am a full-time artist and Wellbeing Coach, living and working in Wick, Caithness.
Would your community group be interested in a/some painting classes? With over a decade of teaching experience, Diplomas in Mindfulness and Life Coaching, plus first hand experience of the relaxing and healing benefits of creativity, it is my joy to teach others.
Painting brings so many benefits. Some of these are –
- Painting boosts relaxation by switching off the analytical mind, and increasing feel good hormones.
- Learning to paint improves wellbeing by creating feelings of accomplishment ad satisfaction in oneself.
- Landscape and Seascape Painting encourages connection with the natural landscape as observation skills are enhanced.
- Painting in a group eases feelings of isolation.
- Learning to paint increases over all happiness and provides a purpose and goals to achieve.
- Painting has been proven to bring relief from stress.
There are a variety of class formats I can provide, such as an introductory two hour session, or a block of six classes. All can be delivered in person, in your community venue of choice, or can be offered online, on an evening or day of your preference.
If you would like to find out more please reply, and I will gladly send you further details. If you would also like some guidance as to how to apply for funding for these classes please let me know.
You can find my work at https://havenhouseart.com/and https://lisamcdonaldart.com/
Thank you for your time.
Best wishes,
Lisa Weller/McDonald
Highland Senior Citizens Network Newsletter
Funeral Arrangements for Mr Alan Findlay
Video Tribute Made by Morgan
The Funeral for ALAN GRANT REID FINDLAY will take place on Tuesday, 12th July.
On the morning Alan’s body will make its final journey away from Rose Cottage. Anyone wishing to walk with the coffin on the short journey between Rose Cottage and the Dores Inn should assemble in the garden of Rose Cottage.
From the Dores Inn the coffin will then travel to Delliefure Cairngorms Natural Burial Ground near Grantown-on-Spey, approximately an hour’s drive away from Dores. There will be a coach available at the Dores Inn for anyone wishing to make the return trip to Delliefure for the burial ceremony. Please let us know if you think you’d like to use the coach to help us assess numbers. Alternatively one may choose private cars to get to Delliefure. Be aware there’s a walk of several minutes across a grassy field between the car park at Delliefure and the graveside.
During the afternoon there’ll be A Celebration of the Life of ALAN GRANT REID FINDLAY at the marquee on the lochside at the Dores Inn, followed by refreshments. Once again if you think you’d like to attend please let us know to help us assess numbers.
Exact timings and further details to follow.
If possible when parking at Dores please aim for the church which can be seen on the left as you enter the village from Inverness. There’ll be no on-street parking between Rose Cottage and the Dores Inn.
This is Scotland…be prepared for any kind of weather!