A new Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund has been established with £15 million allocated to support mental health and well-being in communities across Scotland this year as part of a £120m investment plan. The Scottish Government has made the decision to appoint Third Sector Interfaces to allocate the fund and TSI Western Isles has …
As part of the Connecting Scotland project, Western Isles Libraries have been allocated a number of Chromebook laptops. These are to be gifted to digitally excluded families with children and care leavers up to the age of 26 years. TSI Western Isles can support groups and organisations to apply for these – please contact Suzanne Macaulay, suzanne@volunteercentrewi.org …
If you are involved in a community group or organisation as part of the COVID-19 volunteer response, we can support you to support your volunteers. Part of our service to groups over the last couple of week has been to provide some ‘off the shelf’ sample policies that they can adapt to their needs. Please …
It is crucial that all staff and volunteers working in the sector follow the current government advice to stay at home wherever possible and strictly limit face-to-face contact. Only services which are essential should be provided in communities.
We have put together the following FAQ page to help people who want to help out during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 – what volunteers and organisations should know Volunteer Centre Western Isles is working closely with its Third Sector Interface partners and the wider 3rd sectors to support the response to COVID-19. We have 4offices across the Western Isles in Lewis, Harris, Uist and Barra where staff can assist you if you contact our area …
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Volunteer Centre Western Isles Annual General Meeting To be held on Wednesday 10th July 2019 at 12.30pm in Volunteer Centre, 95, Cromwell Street, Stornoway Skype links available in Tarbert, Balivanich and Barra offices. All welcome! If you are a member of Volunteer Centre Western Isles and would like to register your interest in becoming a Trustee, …
The #IWill Campaign is a UK wide campaign to increase the number of young people involved in volunteering activity that makes a difference to their community, society or environment.
