Perth City Locality Newsletter: January 2020
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Perth City Locality Newsletter: January 2020 Perth City & Scone Don't Miss Out! Are you reading this Newsletter but didn’t receive it directly? It’s easy to change that - to receive all three Locality Newsletters by email you can sign up by going to our Facebook page at @CommunityEngagementPK or alternatively please contact us on 01738 475243. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perth City Centre Community Hub Perth City Centre Community Hub (PCCCH) was set up by volunteers and formally constituted as a group in August 2018 by a group of five like- minded individuals. Social isolation and loneliness, is a growing problem in todays’ society, leading to poorer mental and physical health. In Perth there many agencies working in some way to try and tackle the problem. From discussions held, it was identified that information about those agencies was not always easy to find. PCCCH hope to provide a safe place where people can meet and find support in obtaining this type of information. In Spring 2019 the people of Perth and various third sector organisations were asked for their thoughts on a city centre health and wellbeing information hub. The majority agreed that there was a need. PCCCH incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee in December 2019. We hope to launch our first project Connect Perth which will be a registered charity in the first half of 2020. We are looking for suitable premises in the city centre of Perth which will allow easy access to those travelling by foot, bus or car. We are also working on our strategic business plan and our focus in the new year is on funding development and partnership working. We are also looking for volunteers for the Hub. Our Facebook page and website is also under development so please look out for us online very shortly! For more information please e- mail: [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- De-Frazzle Cafe Do you have concerns about: • Meeting new people? • Experiencing new situations? • Managing and coping with everyday life? Then you are not alone. Join us here for a free cooling drink in an informal, friendly and safe environment to meet people in similar situations and to talk with organisations that can offer support. Make the first step towards taking control and improving your well-being. First Tuesday of the Month drop in between 2pm and 4pm at Perth JobCentre, 60- 62 High Street, Perth. Introduction to the Carers Strategy 2019-2022 The Integrated Joint Board (IJB) of Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership has given its approval to a new Carers Strategy for 2019 to 2022 which commits to making service changes required to better meet the identified needs of both young and adult carers locally. The strategy, which was developed in partnership between Perth & Kinross Council, NHS Tayside, PKAVS Carers Centre and Carers Voice was agreed by members of the IJB on Wednesday 6 November 2019. It sets out a continuing commitment to supporting carers and presents 7 outcomes which will reflect a change in carers’ experience over the three years of the strategy, with the aim of ensuring that service provision is flexible enough to respond to changing needs. The new Strategy builds on what has already been achieved locally to give carers access to appropriate help and assistance, including options for short breaks, a telephone befriending service for older carers, social prescribing and statutory support services for carers tailored to their individual needs. The IJB considered the specific commitments for the next three years set out in the Strategy and also agreed to receive annual reports on its progress. Health and Social Care Partnership Chief Officer, Gordon Paterson said: "Unpaid carers make a vital contribution to the lives of the people they support and the communities they live in. This is often overlooked or taken for granted, particularly as they often do not identify as, or recognise themselves as being carers. We hear often from carers about the positive and rewarding aspects of their role and how it brings a family closer together, however this responsibility they assume is often at a cost to their own health and wellbeing. Our commitment to unpaid carers has been reflected in the dedicated Carers Strategy Steering Group through which this strategy has been developed together with local carers, the Health and Social Care Partnership, Education and Children’s Services and PKAVS, so we can deliver on the provisions of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, and ensure that unpaid young and adult carers get consistent support so they can sustain their role for as long as they are willing and able to do so, keeping families together longer in their own homes." Unpaid carers in Perth and Kinross who would like to know more about the types of support available to them can find further details and useful links online at www.pkavscarershub.org.uk The Carers Strategy for 2019 to 2022 can be located online at www.pkc.gov.uk/article/14243/Carer-Strategies- and-Policies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perth Parkinson’s Support Group The group meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month except August. We meet in the Gateway in Perth from 2-4pm. We usually have a speaker at our meetings followed by a cup of tea and a “fine piece”. This gives the members a chance to chat to each other and compare medication and other side effects of Parkinson’s. We also have a seated exercise class which is held in Letham St Marks Church, dates for the next block are available from Margaret Blythe Phone Perth 634345. Again, followed by a cup of tea and chat. Dance for Parkinson’s is held in the Concert Hall on a Monday morning, for more details, contact the Concert Hall. Tea/Coffee at the end and some chat time. Our Therapy Project is available to carers as well as people with Parkinson’s. Contact Doreen Brown phone Perth 638128. Information Café is held in the 3:16 Salvation Army Café in King Edward Street Perth every Wednesday 2-4pm and every 3rd Wednesday there is a Parkinson’s volunteer there, so new and old are welcome to come along and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. A warm welcome awaits you at any of these groups and we would love to see you there. Please contact: Graham Bell: 0182862785 / Doreen Brown: 01738638128 / Margaret Blythe: 01738634345 “I have had Parkinson’s for 11 years and since I joined the group about 7-8 years ago, I have made new friends from Helensburgh, Elgin, Dingwall, Dundee, Fife, Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is a great way to share your ups and downs of Parkinson’s with people just like yourself”. Doreen Brown (62). Fareshare FareShare is the UK’s largest and longest running food redistribution charity, with 22 Regional Centres across the UK including our Dundee Depot which is run by Transform Community Development. Their refrigerated vans deliver food Monday to Friday throughout Tayside and Fife. The charity works with the food industry to access surplus food which can’t be sold in shops, for various reasons such as packaging errors or a short shelf life. FareShare then redistributes this food through its network of 11,000 frontline organisations, such as homeless hostels, school breakfast clubs, domestic violence refuges and community groups who between them operate in 1,900 towns and cities across the UK. Alongside the Regional Centres, FareShare also operates FareShare Go, a service which connects retailers with local charities and Not for Profit organisations to redistribute exclusively in-store surplus food. In the Perth & Kinross area, we are working with Tesco and ASDA. FareShare provides enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people every week and it is estimated that over 900,000 people access these meals each week. For further information, please go to https://fareshare.org.uk/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland All Strong Scotland All-Strong is Perth's not-for-profit fitness and wellbeing studio, providing and promoting movement, mindful relaxation and peer support for mental and physical health, located on Scott Street. Their holistic approach to wellbeing includes offering a wide range of small group classes, including Strong Start, Step-Up, Yoga, Pilates, Parent's Fitness, Stress Smashers and more. The social enterprise also works in partnership with several local organisations to provide progressive programmes to groups of users from Support in Mind, PKAVS Carer's Hub and Perth Autism Support. Scotland All-Strong are currently fundraising for programmes for other local groups, including MindSpace, Perthshire Women's Aid, Tayside Maternal Mental Health and Tayside Council on Alcohol, and are also set to launch their innovative Fitness to Feel Better referrals programme for mild to moderate anxiety, depression, chronic stress and low mood, for groups of peers to benefit from training together, developing confidence, knowledge and ability in the use of exercise, basic relaxation techniques and peer exchange as the powerful tools of self-management, recovery and prevention that they are. Run by husband and wife team, Andy and Jess, Scotland All-Strong aim to remove barriers to training and wellbeing, and provide some family-friendly options, including Toddler Yoga and Parent's