A Snapshot of the Voluntary Sector in the...

Bellshill Area

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The area has a population of 42,900 (2011 census). Bellshill Voluntary Action North research indicates that 164 voluntary sector organisations listed Brief synopsis of a few key local voluntary sector organisations is the area’s biggest town with a population of 20.650 (2012 premises in the Bellshill area as their main address (as at 2015), with an estimated total 1100 voluntary operating in and specifically providing services to the Bellshill area: estimate). The area is split into the three wards of (Ward sector organisations, including a proportion of local authority wide and national organisations, having a 13), Bellshill (Ward 14), and and (Ward 15). The footprint in the Bellshill area during the period April 2014 to March 2015. Key investors in the voluntary  Bellshill and Mossend YMCA – Delivers a variety of services for locality includes some significant housing areas outside the main sector locally include Council, Scottish Government, The Big Lottery Fund, Voluntary children and young people, including out of school care , holiday town, most notably , , Mossend, and Holytown. Action Fund, and several private sector trust funds. playschemes, mentoring service and crèche provision  Bellshill and District Citizens Advice Bureau – Provides free, In the 19th century, iron and steel production were key to the town’s The voluntary sector in Bellshill can best be summarised as a collection of several smaller, impartial, and confidential advice services for local citizens development. Today, the largest employers in the local area include geographically community focussed organisations, with evidently less national and local authority wide  Orbiston Neighbourhood Centre – Provides local residents with Morrison Facilities Services Ltd and Virgin Media. The area’s central voluntary sector services operating in the area compared with other localities in North Lanarkshire. a cafe, food coop, out of school care, and day care provision location and close proximity to key motorways (M8 and M74) has  Viewpark Family Centre Association Ltd - Provides a range of helped attract industry in recent years, with Strathclyde Business Park According to data from the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), the collective income of services for children and families in the Viewpark area. housing a number of larger employers. charities in the Bellshill area is lower than any other locality in the North Lanarkshire area. However, the impact and outcomes achieved by the voluntary sector in the Bellshill area appear to be every bit as Brief synopsis of a few key local authority wide voluntary sector Key community venues include Bellshill Cultural Centre, Sir Matt positive as in other areas of North Lanarkshire. This indicates that the voluntary sector in Bellshill is organisations with a major footprint in the Bellshill area: Busby Sports Centre, and , which Bellshill delivering excellent value for money. Organisations such as Bellshill and Mossend YMCA and Orbiston  Active4All – Provides services to enable disabled people to sits on the fringe of. The Park is a central location for sports, Neighbourhood Centre have clearly demonstrated the positive impact that well-organised, very local access sports and operates the YOOZ social enterprise in Bellshill environmental and cultural activity for local citizens. voluntary sector services can have on residents of the Bellshill area.  Lanarkshire Muslim Welfare Society – Provides community

activities for those of Muslim faith at Lanarkshire’s central Mosque

Motherwell was noted as the steel production capital of  Liber8 Lanarkshire Ltd – Supports young people with health and duringVOLUNTEERING the 19th and 20th centuries.... The closure of theO RavenscraigNLINE RESOURCES...Strathclyde Country Park provide s a central hub forP sports,ARTNERSHIP outdoors, and recreaStional... voluntary sector leisure activities and life choices, with a main base in Viewpark steelworks in 1992 signalled the end of steel making in the area. activity in the and District area. Key volunteering and voluntary sector involvement regularly  Routes to Work Ltd – Provides employability support, advice and FromSince January then, Motherwell 2014 to December has to an 2014 extent, 119 recovered new from Voluntary the high Actionsupports North majorLanarkshire events –happening at the Park, such Listingas the 400 some volunteers of the that key suppolocal rted partners deliveryhips of andthe guidance to local citizens from its central office in Bellshill. volunteersunemployment from and economthe Bellshillic decline area brought were about by thewww.voluntaryactionnorthlanarkshire.org.uk collapse Lanarkshire International Children’s Games in 2011.forums Several relevant volunta to thery sector local voluntary organisations sector: frequently successfullyof heavy industry. matched Large employers with local include volunteering North Lanarkshire  Voluntary Council Actionaccess Scotland the Park – as a base for outdoor, recreational or sporting activities. Brief synopsis of a few key national voluntary sector organisations and (both of whom have headquarters establishedwww.voluntaryactionscotland.org.uk in  Bellshill Local Area Partnership – Local with a significant footprint in the Bellshill area: opportunities through support provided by the localMotherwell), Third Sector and a Interface few large (Voluntary call centres Action that NL).has located in theScottish area. Council for Voluntary Organisations – strategic community planning table. Key items on the agenda include multi agency approach to  British Red Cross – Operates a Medical Loan Delivery Service www.scvo.org.uk for citizens of the Bellshill and surrounding areas DuringMotherwell the College, same period based, 164 on thevoluntary regenerated sector site of theVolunteer former Scotlhaveand –taken www.volunteerscotland.net significant steps to provide extremely valuableregeneration and arguably of Bellshill essential town services centre, for estate local and management, environmental improvements,  Cancer Research UK – Retail shop based in Bellshill town centre organisationsRavenscraig steelworks, listing a main is North premise Lanarkshire’s in the largest Locator further Tool (forisolated older peo people’sple living services) in rural areas.– contributes to fundraising to support cancer research locally education institute, annually hosting in excess of 15,000 students. anti-social behaviour, community safety, and Bellshill area promoted 86 live volunteering www.voluntaryactionnorthlanarkshire.org.uk/locator  Society of St Vincent De Paul Scotland – Two Ozanam Club health improvement opportunities through engagement with the Third  Saltire Awards – www.saltireawards.org.uk operate locally to support children with learning disabilities Sector Interface. The most frequent genres of  North Lanarkshire Voluntary Sector  Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator – www.oscr.org.uk  The Salvation Army – Retail shop based in Bellshill town centre volunteering opportunities available in the local Partnership Group – Key strategic group contributes to fundraising for Christian activities in the local area. area were working with children or young people Issues affecting local citizens include social deprivationlinking and unemployment.the voluntary sector Craigneuk to North in Lanarkshire is and working in a health or care setting. Based on recognised as the 9th most deprived community Partnership in Scotland, according to Scottish Scottish These days, North Lanarkshire Council suggest that theS major TRATEGIC ity of RESOURCES... Please note that the organisations noted above represent only a small the number of active volunteering opportunities in Government’s Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (2012). Bellshill Area Voluntary Sector Locality the biggest employers in the town are supermarkets, with the sample of active local and national voluntary sector organisations. the local area, Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire Network - Network for the local voluntary exceptions of Royal Mail, which has its main Scottish distribution estimates that approximately 10,000 individuals  North Lanarkshire Voluntary Sector Strategy 2013-18 – sector, facilitated by Voluntary Action North fromcentre the at Shieldmuir Bellshill area and engagedthe NHS as in a volunteeringresult of Wishaw GeneralNorth Lanarkshire Voluntary Sector Partnership Group’s Lanarkshire on behalf of the North Lanarkshire duringHospital 2014. There-15 (areincluding many servicecharity trustees).industry busi nesses locatedstrategy in the document outlining a vision for the voluntary sector Voluntary Sector Partnership Group (two HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE  North Lanarkshire Partnership Community Plan and gatherings per annum) town's industrial areas, though none with more than a few hundred employees.Volunteering activity was also notable in the local Single Outcome Agreement 2013-18 - Key strategic  Bellshill and District Community Forum – The voluntary sector, along with NHS Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire area through opportunities provided by statutory documents of North Lanarkshire Partnership highlighting North Lanarkshire Partnership’s recognised Council and the Independent Care sector, played a key role in the partners, including NHS Lanarkshire (at Bellshill priorities and objectives for developing communities vehicle for engaging and consulting with citizens delivery of North Lanarkshire’s Reshaping Care for Older People Community Health Clinic), North Lanarkshire  A Framework for Third Sector Connectivity to of the Bellshill and District community Change Plan during the period 2011-15. Following on from the Change Council (mainly through Active Schools North Community Planning in North Lanarkshire 2015-18 –  Bellshill Community Learning and Plan, the voluntary sector is a central delivery partner in Scottish Lanarkshire and Community Learning and Outlines a vision and three-year Improvement Plan for Development Partnership – Multi-agency Government’s Health and Social Care Integration agenda. Development), and Secondary Schools (clear voluntary sector involvement in Community Planning Partnership to assist the development of local evidence of senior pupil involvement in  Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire Business and communities, facilitated by North Lanarkshire As part of a well-established Locality Partnership Development volunteering in Bellshill Academy and Cardinal Operational Plans – The Business and Operational Plans of Council Community Learning and Development Programme, Orbiston Neighbourhood Centre is the lead Newman High School). A few private sector The Third Sector Interface include a number of aims and  Other Partnerships include Voluntary Sector organisation for the Bellshill area for supporting and facilitating organisations, most notably Virgin Media, have objectives for developing the local voluntary sector Thematic Networks (including Employability voluntary sector involvement in Health and Social Care Integration. A also demonstrated community commitment by  MILO Platform – The Scottish Government endorsed online Network), North Lanarkshire Social Economy number of local voluntary sector organisations have been funded to encouraging employer supported volunteering. database for Third Sector Interfaces to hold key data. Partnership, and private sector liaison. deliver services that contribute to this agenda.     rovides a range of youth work and personal