Argyll and Bute CPP Bulletin 14th January 2022
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Argyll and Bute CPP Bulletin 14th January 2022
Dear CPP bulletin distribution list members,
Welcome to the first CPP Bulletin of 2022 – Happy New Year
This bulletin contains links to resources and information for people in communities, community
groups and the third sector in Argyll and Bute. If you require printed copies of any of the
documents attached in the Bulletin please contact cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk.
This Bulletin includes :-
NEW Poverty Awareness Training online via Teams
Argyll & Bute Council - Challenge Poverty: Share Your Views
NEW Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019
NEW Vacancy - Building Back Better (Communities) Worker, Argyll and Bute Council
NEW How to have meaningful career conversations with young people - Thursday 27
January 2022
NEW Online Workshop delivered by Nature 4 Health Friday 25th February 2022
Save the Date! Gaelic Gathering
COVID-19 Safety Measures update from Scottish Government
Community Planning Partnerships- Evaluating their Effectiveness
National plan to end need for food banks
Fire Scotland Winter Safety
Whatsapp/Text Message Scam
Useful Coronavirus and Funding information :-
Coronavirus Caring for People Helpline – Test and Protect
Scottish Government Guidance on Covid Restrictions
Community Covid Testing Webpage
Important Covid-19 information in other formats and languages
Volunteering safely and local community groups providing a response
Argyll and Bute Flexible Food Fund
Worrying about Money Leaflet
Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface Funding Update
Funding for Communities
Sign up to Funding Alert
Grantnet – Funding Search Tool
Funding help available for businesses
Other Partners Covid-19 information
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Poverty Awareness Training online via TeamsThis course is delivered by Poverty Alliance Communities workers drawing on knowledge of working with people and communities experiencing poverty and national research, placed alongside experiences of poverty and priorities in Argyll and Bute. At the end of the course participants will have a better understanding of: What do we understand by poverty. What poverty means to those experiencing it. Roots and causes of poverty. Relationships between inequality, human rights and poverty. National and local solutions to poverty, and actions we may take to support those. Multiple Dates are available from 25th January 2022 Poverty Awareness Training Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite ______________________________________________________________________________ Argyll & Bute Council - Challenge Poverty: Share Your Views Argyll and Bute Council’s Challenge Poverty webpage has a comprehensive list of support for people experiencing the effects of poverty, including: Welfare Rights and Money Advice, Education Benefits, Free School Meals, Flexible Food Fund and Fuel Poverty in addition to grants for pregnancy, babies, early learning, carers and more. The webpage explains the definition of poverty, Argyll and Bute Council’s vision in tackling it and has links to the Argyll and Bute Council Child Poverty Action Plan Review, which will be reviewed every year until 2030. The Council is keen to encourage people to share their views on the work of the Argyll and Bute Child Poverty Action Group, the local Child Poverty Action Plan or the webpage, which can be found here . Argyll and Bute Council welcomes views and participation and will listen to them when planning work related to tackling child poverty. _____________________________________________________________________________ Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 Legislative changes in relation to the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 came into effect in December 2021. A short summary has been prepared specifically for partners who may have involvement with young people. For your information and sharing if appropriate. Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 _____________________________________________________________________________ Vacancy - Building Back Better (Communities) Worker, Argyll and Bute Council
Please share widely in your networks details of a new post within the Community Planning and Development Team and it builds on the fantastic work of the team, since the start of the pandemic, to work with community organisations and support them in meeting the needs of communities at this time. In direct response to Covid-19 the team has worked in partnership with council colleagues, the TSI and Public Health team and has met frequently with groups, developed and delivered a Covid-19 micro grant fund, ran training and produced guidance. As the Building Back Better (Communities) Worker you will research and engage on the impacts of Covid-19 with community groups, identifying needs and reporting to the Building Back Better (Communities) working group to shape its focus and actions, assisting others on the group and wider partners to implement actions. You will act as a single point of contact for community groups on Covid-19, directing and advising them and producing materials to support their resilience planning. You will be supported by an experienced team and bring with you skills in engaging and working collaboratively with communities and partners, alongside experience in running projects and activities. This post is for a fixed term of 18months, 17.5 hours per week. The closing date is 24 January 2022 and applications can be made via: https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/argyll-bute-council/jobs/building-back-better- communities-worker-252314 ______________________________________________________________________________ How to have meaningful career conversations with young people - Thursday 27 January 2022 Parents and carers can learn more about the power of having meaningful careers conversations with their young person on a free webinar later this month. Careers Advisers, Kay Hume and Mhairi Galashan, from Skills Development Scotland will talk about the key things to remember in steering career conversations. They will offer hints and tips as well as introduce parents and carers to My World of Work. Following their online presentation, there will also be an opportunity to ask the Advisers questions to support your career conversation planning. Parents and carers can register for our session here: https://meaningfulcareerconversations.eventbrite.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________ Online Workshop delivered by Nature 4 Health Friday 25th February 2022 Combining physical activity, social contact and nature really helps improve mental well-being. Nature 4 Health have many years’ experience working with people with poor mental health and understand some of the best ways to set up positive experiences. Find out how to create a safe
place, the science behind nature connection and ways to deliver for maximum benefit. http://www.n4h.co.uk The session, on Friday 25th February runs from 13:30-16:00 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-nature-as-a-resource-to-support-mental-health-registration- 244331390767?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch ______________________________________________________________________________ Save the Date! Gaelic Gathering The third Argyll Gaelic Gathering will be on Saturday 12 March 2022 between 9.30am and 4.30pm. It will be an online event. The focus this time will be on Argyll Gaelic. What it means to us and how we use our Argyll Gaelic. It’s a great opportunity for community members and stakeholders to come together and discuss their plans, hopes and dreams for Gaelic in Argyll and Bute. Together we can find out how we can get what we need for support to take things forward. The event will be in Gaelic with translation to English available. To register interest in attending or to find out more please email gaelic@argyll-bute.gov.uk. _____________________________________________________________________________ COVID-19 Safety Measures update from Scottish Government Please refer to the ‘Safer choices Make a Difference’ Campaign Assets and Stakeholder Toolkit. This now replaces the ‘Stop the Spike’ campaign assets. The overarching goal of the messaging is to remind people of the key safety measures and testing behaviours to continue doing to keep each other safe. Please help by sharing the videos and accompanying messaging on your social media channels and you can follow Scottish Government channels across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to share and retweet content. ____________________________________________________________________________ Community Planning Partnerships - Evaluating their Effectiveness Following engagement with Community Planning Partnership leads to find out the type of evaluation support that would be helpful, the Improvement Service and Public Health Scotland have arranged the information sessions listed below. At each TEAMs session participants will be provided with a brief overview of the topic and can then ask questions and take part in discussions. All the sessions will be informal, and individuals can attend all three or just one. The sessions are provided in order of complexity. Workshop 2 - 19th January 2022 Measuring the impact of a partnership approach This session will be hosted by Stephanie-Anne Harris, Strategic Development Manager, from the Edinburgh Community Health Forum. For access to the online event, please follow the view the event link in the registration email and click JOIN on the subsequent Eventbrite webpage
This registration is for workshop session 2 on measuring the impact of a partnership approach. Workshops 1 and 3 have to be registered for separately. Workshop 3- 26th January 2022 Assessing the contribution of individual partners This session will be hosted by Dr Helen Alexander, Evaluation Manager from NHS Lanarkshire For access to the online event, please follow the view the event link in the registration email and click JOIN on the subsequent Eventbrite webpage This registration is for workshop session 3 on Assessing the contribution of individual partners. Workshops 1 and 2 have to be registered for separately ______________________________________________________________________________ National plan to end need for food banks The Scottish Government is currently consulting on a national plan to end the need for foodbanks in Scotland, the consultation is here. Responses are invited to deadline: 25th January 2022. ______________________________________________________________________________ Fire Scotland Winter Safety Fire Scotland have issued a leaflet which contains useful advice to keep safe from fire this winter. The Fire Safety leaflet can be found: here _______________________________________________________________________________________ Whatsapp/Text Message Scam_ Reports received by Argyll & West Dunbartonshire Police Division indicate that a number of local residents have been getting contacted by scammers via mobile phone text message or WhatsApp message. The content of the message is that the caller (a supposed) trusted friend or family member, often saying they are a son or daughter, has recently changed their phone number and in need of some money to pay an outstanding bill or for food. On occasion these messages have gone unchallenged and money has been transferred. This message will come from a mobile number that you do not recognise. PC Laura Evans from Argyll and West Dunbartonshire Community Engagement Team said, “Should you receive a request like this, our advice is to simply phone your friend or family member on the original number that you will have for them (not the new one provided) to confirm if this is a genuine request”. “I would ask that you not only be aware of this scam yourself, but that you pass this message on to as many people as you can either through a phone call to someone you know, sharing the message on social media or popping over to your neighbour to make them aware”. Police Scotland would ask you to make contact with the person who the message is allegedly from on the number you have stored for them (not the one the message has come from) before you engage in any text/whatsapp conversation and especially before you transfer any money. Please also see the Suspicious Text messages flier: here ______________________________________________________________________________
Argyll and Bute Council Weekly News Round Up You can sign up to receive the Argyll and Bute Weekly News Round Up which is full of useful information, guidance, surveys and vacancies here. ______________________________________________________________________________ Coronavirus Caring for People Helpline – Test and Protect Caring for People is a partnership approach with the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), Third Sector Interface (TSI), the Council and our communities. On Friday 27 March 2020, this helpline was launched in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It provides a single point of contact for concerns about financial, business, education, registration and social and homecare needs where these have been impacted due to Covid-19. Individuals can also use the helpline to enquire about volunteering. The helpline number is 01546 605524 and open 9am to 5pm, Mon-Fri. The current Scottish Government guidance on Covid-19 is such that everyone can, in-keeping with safety guidelines, access food and other domestic support. The number of requests for support to the Argyll and Bute Covid-19 Helpline have reduced since March 2020 therefore, our main response has stepped down and we are on standby if needed for the future. The helpline remains an accessible number for any person seeking support due to Covid-19 - this includes Test and Protect and cases requiring self-isolation. ______________________________________________________________________________ Scottish Government Guidance on Covid Restrictions The Scottish Government has produced updated guidance containing the current Covid lockdown restrictions by council area. Please share this as appropriate. ______________________________________________________________________________ Community Covid Testing Webpage It is really is important for us all to get tested – whether you have symptoms or not. Around 1 in 3 of us carry the virus without any symptoms. Without testing, we could be spreading the virus and increasing that risk of infection. It’s really easy to arrange testing – from ordering free home kits to walk-in centres – it’s vitally important we help protect each other, our communities and businesses. Find out more on our community testing webpage. Covid PCR testing in Argyll and Bute Leaflet can be found: here ______________________________________________________________________________ Important Covid-19 information in other formats and languages BSL videos are available explaining steps you can take to help avoid infection from coronavirus (COVID-19); what to do if you think you have coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms; self-isolation and shielding advice and helpline information. This information is also available as an audio translation and Easy Read. ______________________________________________________________________________ Volunteering safely and local community groups providing a response
The Caring for People Partnership (Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), Third Sector Interface (TSI) and the Council) launched this webpage and continue to update this with information and signposting for communities to support full and safe community responses to the current situation. It includes good guidance on volunteering safely around things like delivering groceries. See the Volunteering Safely Guidance here. There are also over 100 community groups and organisations providing local support at this time listed by administrative area on the page (Bute & Cowal, Helensburgh & Lomond, Mid Argyll Kintyre and the Islands and Oban Lorn and the Isles). If you have any comments or additional information for this webpage, please contact communitydevelopment@argyll-bute.gov.uk. ______________________________________________________________________________ Argyll and Bute Flexible Food Fund The Flexible Food Fund is having a really positive impact in communities across Argyll & Bute, putting cash in the pockets of those with no financial buffer. Bute Advice and ALIenergy have worked successfully to provide welfare rights, money and energy advice to over 200 households across Argyll and Bute. This holistic approach is supporting households to become financially stable and helps bring peace of mind to families across Argyll and Bute. Applications to the fund can be made via the online claim form available on the council’s website. If you need help or support to complete the form please call us on 01700 502784 and ask about the Argyll and Bute Flexible Food Fund. _____________________________________________________________________________ Worrying about Money Leaflet Please find attached a copy of a Worrying about Money leaflet that was produced by Independent Food Aid Network and the Community Food Forum for Argyll and Bute. Please share this widely as required. Please see the Leaflet: here _____________________________________________________________________________ Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface Funding Update The TSI’s latest Funding Update can be found here. _____________________________________________________________________________ Funding for Communities Funds to support communities at this time can be found at here. _____________________________________________________________________________ Sign up to Funding Alert You can sign up to receive the Argyll and Bute Council monthly Funding Alert here. _____________________________________________________________________________ Grantnet – Funding Search Tool GRANTnet is a straightforward free to use service which can help you identify suitable funding for your activity or project across a wide range of funding sources.
What is GRANTnet?
Up-to-date information on over 7,000 grants and other incentives,
Rapid identification of funding sources specific to need,
Data sourced from EC and UK Government sources, including Government departments,
local authorities, charitable trusts and corporate sponsors.
How to access GRANTnet
You can access the Grantnet home page here.
When using the system for the first time, go to the ‘Log in / Register’ page here and enter your
details including your e-mail address (this will become the username), name, organisation, postal
address and telephone number. Clicking on the 'Register' button will generate an e-mail providing
a password.
Using GRANTnet
When you log into the system you must answer some questions about your organisation and the
project which you wish to undertake. GRANTnet will then provide an overview of all the funds
available.
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Funding help available for businesses
The Council’s website includes a summary of the current support available for businesses
including the downloadable interactive infographic. If you would like to receive updates about
UK/Scottish Government COVID guidance and funding, or EU exit information and assistance, you
can subscribe directly to the updates from Scottish Enterprise on behalf of Find Business Support
and Prepare for Brexit. You can sign up here to receive updates.
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Other Partners Covid 19 information
Here is our partner websites with other useful information :-
Police Scotland - Information about how the Police is responding to COVID 19.
Fire Scotland - Latest news and details of how they are providing an emergency response during
COVID 19.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise – Advice for businesses, communities and third sector
organisations.
Scottish Natural Heritage – Tips to support and enjoy local wildlife while socially distancing and
virtual tours via podcast.
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park – Details of facilities and helpful advice for visitors
and businesses.
Argyll College UHI – Student support and advice.
Argyll & Bute Council – Help and advice for residents, businesses, communities on Covid 19 and
changes to council services.Scottish Enterprise – Business continuity advice. If you have information that you wish to share from your organisation please send this to cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk Argyll and Bute’s economic success is built on a growing population cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk 01546 604464
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