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Airdrie and Villages Area

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The Airdrie and Villages area has a population of 53,199 (2011 Voluntary Action North research indicates that 304 voluntary sector organisations listed Brief synopsis of a few key local voluntary sector organisations census). Airdrie is the area’s biggest town with a population of 37,130 premises in the Airdrie and Villages area as their main address (as at 2015), with an estimated total 1300 operating in and specifically providing services to the Airdrie and (2012 estimate). The area is split into the three wards of voluntary sector organisations, including a high proportion of local authority wide and national Villages area: (Ward 7), (Ward 8), and (Ward 11). As organisations, having a footprint in the Airdrie area during the period April 2014 to March 2015. Key well as the town of Airdrie, the locality includes the villages of Plains, investors in the voluntary sector locally include Council, Scottish Government, The Big  Airdrie Citizens Advice Bureau – Provides free, impartial, and , , , and . Lottery Fund, Voluntary Action Fund, and several private sector trust funds. confidential advice services for local citizens  Caldercruix Youth and Community Development Project – Airdrie town centre has been regenerated in the last ten years, with a To summarise the voluntary sector in the Airdrie and Villages area, it is important to recognise the key Provides youth and community services for citizens of Caldercruix refurbished town centre and pedestrian precinct and a new road differences between voluntary sector activity happening in the main town and voluntary sector activity  Airdrie PACES – Promotes healthy living for local people through scheme. The Sir John Wilson Town Hall has also been refurbished, happening in the villages scattered rurally outside the town. Within the town is where the larger and more provision of structured walking and cycling programmes and One Wellwynd Social Enterprise Centre opened in 2011. recognised voluntary sector organisations are based, whilst voluntary sector activity in the villages is  Whinhall Action Group - Provides youth services and Significant local employers include Bell Group UK Ltd, Albert Bartlett regularly epitomised by a more grassroots, pure community approach. Both types of activity contribute community development for residents of the Whinhall area. and Sons Ltd and Teleperformance. The town is also home to valuably to what is evidently a very diverse, productive and thriving voluntary sector in the locality. Hospital, Airdrie Sheriff Court and Airdrieonians FC. Brief synopsis of a few key local authority wide voluntary sector One Wellwynd Social Enterprise Centre, operated by Clyde Valley Housing Association, houses a organisations with a major footprint in the Airdrie and Villages area: Outside the town, the Airdrie area extends into rural countryside with number of voluntary sector organisations in the Airdrie area, including the central office of Voluntary  Parkinson’s Self Help Group (North Lanarkshire) – Works to several small villages and settlements. Some of these villages, most Action North Lanarkshire. This facility has provided an essential boost to the local voluntary sector and support individuals and families affected by Parkinson’s Disease notably Caldercruix and Greengairs, are fairly isolated from the town. has become a focal point for sectoral activity and delivery of key voluntary sector services.  Routes to Work Ltd – Provides employability support, advice and

guidance to local citizens from its Airdrie office Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation results from 2012 indicated that some areas of have some of the poorest health  St Andrew’s Hospice – Lanarkshire’s only Specialist Hospice is statisticsVOLUNTEERING in . It is estimated... that one in fiveO residentsNLINE of RESOURCES...According to data from the Office of the Scottish CharityPARTNERSHIP Regulator (OSCR), theS collective... income of based in Airdrie and provides palliative care and end-of-life care Coatbridge are classified as obese. charities in the area is lower than any other locality in the North Lanarkshire area. However, the  Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire – Scottish Government’s From January 2014 to December 2014, 280 new  Voluntary Actionimpact North and Lanarkshire outcomes achieved– by the voluntary sectorListing in some the Bellshill of the area key appear local to partnerships be every bit and as Third Sector Interface for supporting voluntary sector in local area. volunteers from the Airdrie and Villages area www.voluntaryactionnorthlanarkshire.org.ukpositive as in other areas of North Lanarkshire. Thisforums indicates relevant that to thethe local voluntary voluntary sector sector: in Bellshill is were successfully matched with local volunteering  Voluntary Actiondelive Scotlandring excellent – value for money. Organisations such as Bellshill and YMCA and Orbiston Brief synopsis of a few key national voluntary sector organisations www.voluntaryactionscotland.org.ukNeighbourhood Centre have clearly demonstrated the Airdrie positive & impact Villages that Local well -Areaorganised Partnership, very local – with a significant footprint in the Airdrie and Villages area: opportunities through support provided by the localMorrison Third Facilities Sector Interface Services (Voluntary Ltd and Virg Actioin nMedia. NL). The area’s Scottish central Councilvoluntary for Voluntary sector services Organisations can have – on residents of the BellshillLocal area.strategic community planning table. Key items on the agenda include anti-social  Community Care – Provides care and support location and close proximity to key motorways (M8 and M74)www.scvo.org.uk has services to help individuals live full and independent lives Duringhelped attract the same industry period, in recent 304 years,voluntary with sector Business Volunteer Park Scotland – www.volunteerscotland.net behaviour, community safety, town centre development, improving leisure opportunities for  Guide Dogs For The Blind Association – The Airdrie branch orgahousingnisations a number listing of alarger main employers. premise in the Airdrie  Locator Tool (for older people’s services) – raises funds to provide guide dogs to visually impaired people provides a central hub for sports,young outdoors, people, anddevelopment recreational of vacant voluntary space, sector and Villages area promoted 113 live www.voluntaryactionnorthlanarkshire.org.uk/locator  Moira Anderson Foundation – National charity, based in Airdrie, activity in the and District area. Key volunteeringhealth and improvement voluntary sector and local involvement employment regularly volunteering opportunities through engagement  Saltire Awards – www.saltireawards.org.uk dedicated to supporting those affected by childhood sexual abuse with the Third Sector Interface. The most frequent supports major events happening at the Park, such as theNorth 400 Lanarkshire volunteers that Voluntary supported Sector delivery of the Coatbridge has four significant public parks. Dunbeth park,Office West of the Scottish Charity Regulator – www.oscr.org.uk  Royal Voluntary Service – Operates a Community Cafe from genres of volunteering opportunities available in Lanarkshire International Children’s Games in 2011. SeveralPartnership volunta Groupry sector – Key organisations strategic group frequently End park, park and . Woodend and Monklands Hospital and delivers Meals on Wheels locally. the local area were working with children or young access the Park as a base for outdoor, recreational or sportinglinking activities. the voluntary sector to North Lanarkshire Witchwood Loch are situated on the north-west edge of Coatbridge. people and working in a health or care setting. Partnership Key community venues include Bellshill Cultural Centre, TRATEGIC Sir Matt RESOURCES... Please note that the organisations noted above represent only a small Based on the number of active volunteering S  Airdrie Area Voluntary Sector Locality Busby Sports Centre, and Strathclyde Country Park, whi ch Bellshill sample of active local and national voluntary sector organisations. opportunities in the local area, Voluntary Action Network - Network for the local voluntary sits on the fringe of. The Park is a central location for sports, North Lanarkshire estimates that approximately  North Lanarkshirehave Voluntary taken significant Sector sStrategyteps to provide 2013-18 extremely – valuablesector, and facilitatedarguably essential by Voluntary services Action for North local and environmental and cultural activity for local citizens. 12,000 individuals from the Airdrie and Villages North Lanarkshireisolated Voluntary people Sector living Partnership in rural areas. Group’s Lanarkshire on behalf of the North Lanarkshire area engaged in volunteering during 2014-15 strategy document outlining a vision for the voluntary sector Voluntary Sector Partnership Group (two HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

(conservative estimate including charity trustees).  North Lanarkshire Partnership Community Plan and gatherings per annum) Motherwell was noted as the steel production capital of Scotland Single Outcome Agreement 2013-18 - Key strategic  Airdrie and Villages Community Forum – during the 19th and 20th centuries. The closure of the The voluntary sector, along with NHS Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire Volunteering activity was also notable in the local documents of North Lanarkshire Partnership highlighting North Lanarkshire Partnership’s recognised steelworks in 1992 signalled the end of steel making in the area. Council and the Independent Care sector, played a key role in the area through opportunities provided by statutory priorities and objectivesIssues affecting for developing local citizenscommunities include social deprivationvehicle and unemployment. for engaging and consulting in with citizens is Since then, Motherwell has to an extent recovered from the high delivery of North Lanarkshire’s Reshaping Care for Older People partners, including NHS Lanarkshire (at  A Framework forrecognised Third Sector as Connectivity the 9th most to deprived community of in the Scotland, Airdrie and according Villages community to Scottish Scottish unemployment and economic decline brought about by the collapse Change Plan during the period 2011-15. Following on from the Change Monklands Hospital), North Lanarkshire Council Community PlanningGovernment’s in North Scottish Lanarkshire Index of 2015 Multiple-18 – Deprivation (2012). Airdrie Community Learning and of heavy industry. Large employers include North Lanarkshire Council Plan, the voluntary sector is a central delivery partner in Scottish (mainly through Active Schools North Lanarkshire Outlines a vision and three-year Improvement Plan for Development Partnership – Multi-agency and Police Scotland (both of whom have headquarters established in Government’s Health and Social Care Integration agenda. and Community Learning and Development), and voluntary sector involvement in Community Planning Partnership to assist the development of local Motherwell), and a few large call centres that has located in the area. Secondary Schools (clear evidence of senior  Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire Business and communities, facilitated by North Lanarkshire As part of a well-established Locality Partnership Development pupil involvement in volunteering at St Margaret’s Operational Plans – The Business and Operational Plans of Council Community Learning and Development Motherwell College, based on the regenerated site of the former Programme, Voice of Experience Forum is the lead organisation for High School, Airdrie Academy, and Caldervale The Third Sector Interface include a number of aims and  Other Partnerships include Voluntary Sector , is North Lanarkshire’s largest further the Airdrie and Villages are area for supporting and facilitating High School). St Margaret’s High School was objectives for developing the local voluntary sector Thematic Networks (including Employability education institute, annually hosting in excess of 15,000 students. voluntary sector involvement in Health and Social Care Integration. A North Lanarkshire’s top school for Saltire Award Network), North Lanarkshire Social Economy  MILO Platform – The Scottish Government endorsed online number of local voluntary sector organisations have been funded to achievers in 2013-14. Partnership, and private sector liaison. database for Third Sector Interfaces to hold key data. deliver services that contribute to this agenda.

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