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Glasgow’s Community Link Worker Programme Expands
Forty more GP Practices in Glasgow will now get a Community Link Worker / Practitioner to help patients improve their health and wellbeing.
Sharing Experiences of Supporting Carers in Glasgow and Catalonia
Staff from carers organisations in Glasgow and Catalonia recently shared their experiences and highlighted the importance of support for unpaid carers.
![From left to right : Sheila Halley MBE (former Manager of The Dixon Community) Xabier Ballesteros Olazabal (Director of Social Services Centre, Barcelona Council) Susan Clark (Young Carer Education Worker Glasgow South) Julie Young (Glasgow South East Carers Centre Manager)](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Carers%20visit%20%282%29.jpg)
TECS Emergency Responder Service Update
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), in partnership with SOL Connect, launched a new emergency responder service in May 2021. The service is now firmly established and is successfully providing support to several individuals in North East Glasgow.
Virtual Afternoon Tea for Centenarian Service Users
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Home Care service hosted a ‘virtual afternoon tea’ this month for service users aged 100 years and over.
![Afternoon tea](/sites/default/files/hero-images/R%20Barbour%20001Reene%20is%20pictured%20front%20right%20with%20L-R%20neighbour%20Janet%2C%20sister%20May%20and%20daughter%20June%20%282%29.png)
Home Carer Completes Charity Sky Dive
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) Home Carer Colin McKechnie recently completed a 10,000ft sky dive raising £900 for the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
Home Carers Give Betty a Birthday Surprise
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) home carers gave service user Betty a birthday surprise by decorating her living room with balloons and banners to help celebrate her 90th birthday.
![Betty's 90th birthday.](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Gill%20Malley%20and%20Natalie%20Sherlock%20pictured%20either%20side%20of%20Betty.%20crop%20for%20website..jpg)
Staff Help Sadie Celebrate her 100th Birthday
Sadie Barclay, a service user at Glasgow City HSCP’s Glenwood Day Care Centre in Castlemilk, Glasgow, recently
![Sadie with her telegram from the Queen.](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Sadie%20Queen%20telegram.jpg)
Home Care Recruitment Campaign Reaches Final of APSE Awards
Glasgow City HSCP was recognised at the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) awards for public sector excellence last week.
Staff at Balmore Ward Donate Christmas Presents to Women’s Aid
Generous Glasgow City HSCP staff working in Balmore Ward at Leverndale Hospital decided this year to forego the usual staff tradition of giving presents to each other by Secret Santa and instead donated their presents to the women and children being supported by Renfrewshire Women’s Aid.
![Staff at Balmore Ward with presents](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Staff%20at%20Balmore%20Ward%20with%20presents.jpg)
Carers Supported to Prepare Emergency Plans
Hundreds of unpaid carers in Glasgow have been helped to draw up emergency plans in case they get ill and are unable to look after their loved ones.
![Carers rights day logo](/sites/default/files/hero-images/Carers%20Rights%20Day%202020%20large.jpg)