The Carers' Newsletter
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South Lanarkshire Carers Network Limited Page 1 www.facebook.com/slcarers Contact Numbers Hospitals NHS 24 number 111 Wishaw General 01698 361100 Social Work Local Offices The Carers’ Newsletter Money Matters/Home Care Monklands Hospital 01236 748748 Please like us on Facebook 0303 123 1008 The Voice of the Unpaid Carer in South Lanarkshire Glasgow Royal Infirmary 0141 211 4000 follow instructions for services and area required Issue 38 Victory Infirmary 0141 201 6000 South Lanarkshire Council Page 1 Health & Wellbeing Day Its been a busy summer at South Lanarkshire Carers Network Southern General 0141 201 1100 General enquiries Page 1 Robert Anderson MBE 0303 123 1015 Western Infirmary 0141 211 2000 follow instructions for services The Network held a Health & Wellbeing day in the grounds of Hairmyres Hospital 01355 585 000 Page 1 Biggar Information June Bothwell Road Park adjacent to the Network’s office. The day was and area required Fayre very well attended, even the sun shone. 10 Carer Support Team The Welfare Rights Officers supporting Carers Page 2 Biggar Information are based at South Lanarkshire Council Wishaw General 01698 366118 Fayre cont. Money Matters service. Page 2 Carers Monthly Monklands Hospital 01236 712566 Meetings To contact a Welfare Rights Office you should call 0303 123 1008 Hairmyres Hospital 01355 585522 Page 2 Board of Directors 2015/2016 Tell them you are a Carer South Lanarkshire Carer Network 01698 285163 Page 3 Consultation Event North Lanarkshire Carers Together 01698 404055 Young Carers Service 01698 455455 Page 3 Lanarkshire Carers Along with the many information stalls providing good information for Centre Mental Health 01698 361100 ext. 8540 unpaid Carers there were therapies provided by the Caring for Carers project. LCC Lanarkshire Carers Centre Page 3 Patients with Dementia Above and below are just some of the photographs taken. 01698 428090/wwwprtlcc.org.uk Citizens Advice Bureau Page 4 Workplace Pensions Emergency Freephone Out of Hours Hamilton 01698 283477 Page 4 Carers Summit Emergency Social Work Service South Lanarkshire 0303 123 1008 East Kilbride 01355 263698 Page 4 Thornlie Health & Emergency Social Work Service North Lanarkshire 0800 121 4114 Wellbeing Suite Clydesdale 01555 664301 NHS Helpline Freephone 111 Cambuslang/Rutherglen 0141 646 3191 Page 5 Karaoke Night Page 5 Families Affected by Carers Meetings - The Carers Meetings are open to all unpaid Carers in South Lanarkshire and are held on Drugs & Alcohol the first Wednesday of every month at 10.30 am in Blantyre Miners Welfare Community Resource Centre. Reasonable out of pocket expenses will be paid and a sandwich lunch provided. Page 5 OPALS Project Congratulations to July For more information, please contact the office on 01698 285163 Robert Anderson, Chair of SLCN Page 5 Scottish War Blind 01 who was awarded an MBE by Next Issue Page 5 Clober Farm Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Community Hospital Numbers The next issue of the Newsletter at Holyrood Palace on Wednesday 1st July for Kello Hospital - 01899 220 077 Kirkland Hospital - 01236 748 748 will be January 2016 Page 6 HAFC Community Café Lady Home Hospital - 01555 851 210 Lockhart Hospital - 01555 662 496 & Community Outreach services to unpaid Carers throughout Should you wish anything Stonehouse Hospital - 01698 794 000 Udston Hospital - 01698 723 200 South Lanarkshire. published the deadline date is th Page 6 A Carers’ Best Friend 11 December 2015 SLCN Staff Page 7 Re Connect The Network held the second Rose Ann Doyle - Business Development Manager If you have found this Page 7 Farewell to Joanne Carers Information Fayre of the year. Jade Jarvie - Administration Assistant newsletter useful Aug please pass it on to 28 This time in the Clydesdale area of Pauline McIntosh - Carer Development Officer Page 7 CamGlen Radio Helen Lawrie - Carer Development Officer someone you think it Biggar, the event was well attended. may be of interest to Jo McIntyre - Carer Resource Development Officer Page 7 Befriending in and tell them about Rural Clydesdale With 34 voluntary organisations taking part there Joyce Brownlie - Carer Resource Information Officer South Lanarkshire was no shortage of good information.…… South Lanarkshire Carers Network are open Mon to Fri 9:00-4:30pm Carers Network Page 8 Useful Contact …………. For further information call the main office on 01698 285163 Numbers See over the page for more pictures and a list of stallholders If you have any comments or points of view, issues or information to give to unpaid Carers or if you have some handy hints or tips you would like to pass on, please send them to: THIS NEWSLETTER IS Joyce Brownlie :- South Lanarkshire Carers Network Ltd, 65 Bothwell Road Hamilton, ML3 0DW or Phone: 01698 285163 / E-mail: [email protected] FUNDED BY SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL CARERS STRATEGY MONIES & Facebook: South Lanarkshire Carers Network / Website: www.slcn.co.uk NHS LANARKSHIRE CARERS INFORMATION STRATEGY MONIES Page 2 Page 7 The Network held their Annual General Biggar Information Fayre - cont. Aug Some of the Voluntary Organisations Sept Meeting in Blantyre Miners Welfare Resource Centre. 28 who attended the event are listed: 02 The Dogs Trust, Care & Repair, Lanarkshire Carers SLCN’s new Directors for 2015/16 Centre, South Lanarkshire Council, Caring for Carers are as follows …..Involves local people as volunteers who take Supporting older people to connect with their Project, Money Matters, Alzheimer Scotland, Take part in everything that goes on at CamGlen Radio Executive Directors (from left to right) communities Ctrl, The Haven, Clydesdale Public Partnership in front of the mic, on the air and behind the Robert Anderson MBE - Chair Forum, Biggar Young Carers and many more.. scenes. Bill Addies - Vice Chair We work with Volunteers to: Margaret McNab - Secretary CamGlen Introduce isolated older people to activities in Susan Bennie - Treasurer their local community Radio is Visit participants in their own home to get to ON AIR know them and discover their interests on Find out what local existing services, clubs and 107.9FM opportunities are out there and support individuals to link into them Help isolated older people gain maximum Want to promote your business, your music, your Directors from left to right:- independence and feel part of their communities opportunities or get involved? Advertise with us: [email protected] Bands/performers: [email protected] Get involved/community promotions: [email protected] Your Voice, Your Music, Your Station The Network says a fond farewell to Joanne camglenradio.org 0141 647 0311 Pictured to the left is Joanne McCaffery For more pictures of any of the Network’s Co-ordinator events visit us on: Facebook or at for Carers www.slcn.co.uk (Mental Health) Carers Monthly Meetings Iain Bingham South Lanarkshire Carers Network hold their Sadie Young monthly meetings in Blantyre Miners Welfare Helen Biggins Community Centre on the first Wednesday of the Nan Hughes month from 10:30am — 12:30pm with a guest Wilma Jackson speaker and light refreshments. Arlene McNeill Joanne has been a valued member of the Carer Christine Montgomery Come along and meet other unpaid Carers, Support Team, working in the community for the Nancy Robertson reasonable out of pocket expenses past few years, supporting unpaid Carers of Kevin McGoldrick will be paid. people with mental health conditions. Everyone Beth Moore The Forthcoming Speakers are: said farewell to Joanne with flowers and gifts. Jim Baillie October - Jackie Baird Hospital at Home Non-Voting Directors:- November - Malaika Rose If you have a story or just some information you Kaye Harmon - South Lanarkshire Council Action on Hearing Loss, Scotland would like to share with other Carers why not Barbara McAuley - Lanarkshire Carers Centre drop us an email at: The facilities have disabled toilets and disabled parking bays. (Asda car park is also opposite if [email protected] or call Blantyre Miners Welfare Miners is full) the office on 01698 285163 Page 6 Page 3 New initiative helps patients Hamilton Accies Football Club with dementia Oct COMMUNITY CAFÉ HAFC COMMUNITY 21 Wishaw General is the first hospital in Scotland to NOW OPEN OUTREACH join a ground breaking initiative to help patients with dementia. Our new community café is Our community Outreach The hospital has become part of John’s Campaign, opened and we would love you all programme will act as a Centre of to pop in and visit us. Why not which supports people with dementia by ensuring Excellence, guiding the young, they are surrounded by familiar faces around the grab yourself a cup and a cake or vulnerable, under privileged and perhaps a toastie or some delicious home made clock by letting their Carers stay with them on the less able towards specifically unique, healthy ward. The initiative was introduced in ward 12 at soup all at very reasonable prices. activities and creating meaningful activities for Wishaw General thanks to senior charge nurse Karen Information will be available within the café other age groups. We support and co-ordinate SLCN will be holding their Annual Consultation Wilson, who learned about John’s Campaign and regarding all services and events happening the charities housed within our grounds including Event and the theme will be Health & Social Care was determined to introduce it to help the patients at the stadium. Integration / Carer Enablement Plan. she and her colleagues care for. 12 Step Recovery Programmes Blameless Children's Charity The format for the day will be a 10.00 am start for DAY - THURSDAY Woman and Girls’ Football registration and thereafter Guest Speakers.… …… TIME - 11:30 - 2:30pm (HAFC COMMUNTIY TRUST) Senior Charge Soldiers Off The Street, Scotland A Question & Answer Session will follow with a Nurse VENUE - Hamilton Accies Football Club Training For Freedom panel from Social Work, NHS and SLCN.