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Home Carer Completes Charity Sky Dive

Published: | Social Care

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

Published: | Social Care

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.

Volunteers' Week Highlights Virtual Volunteering in Leverndale Hospital

Published: | Volunteering , Mental Health

This year’s Volunteers’ Week is from 1 to 7 June, and is a time to say thanks and recognise the fantastic contribution made by volunteers across Glasgow City Health and Social Care (HSCP) services.

Staff Help Sadie Celebrate her 100th Birthday

Published: | Social Care

Sadie Barclay, a service user at Glasgow City HSCP’s Glenwood Day Care Centre in Castlemilk, Glasgow, recently

Home Care Recruitment Campaign Reaches Final of APSE Awards

Published: | Social Care

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

Published: | Domestic Abuse

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. 

Peaceful Haven in the Hospital Grounds

Published: | Mental Health , Volunteering

The Art in the Gart creative recovery programme at Gartnavel Royal Hospital has welcomed five times as many visitors as last year to the Growing Spaces sites in the hospital grounds during lockdown.

Local Area Co-ordinator Thinks Outside of the Box to Support Service Users

Published: | Social Care

Kenny Lang, a Local Area Co-ordinator with the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, recently had to ‘think outside the box’ about how to support one of his families to help reduce social isolation during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.

Staff Volunteering in their Communities in response to COVID-19 - Anthony Leebody

Published: | Volunteering

Anthony Leebody, Senior Finance Officer in Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, reached out to his neighbours at the start of lockdown. He set up a neighbourhood chat group to bring people together and help identify those who needed extra support.

Thanking our Volunteers during Volunteers Week 1 - 7 June 2020

Published: | Volunteering

National Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1-7 June every year and is a celebration across the UK of all the contributions volunteers make to their community.

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