Anderston celebrates National Breastfeeding week

As part of National  Breastfeeding Awareness Week and the UNCEF Gold Award celebrations, many local Mums and children came together to celebrate their experiences of breastfeeding at The Beacon Café (Salvation Army Citadel)  in Anderston on 6th June 2019.

The aim of the event was to highlight good nutrition with continued support towards working together to celebrate and increase our local breastfeeding rates.

Party in the Piazza

The Party in the Piazza is a celebration of the transformation of the former Sandiefield Road site into a modern, vibrant urban space comprising of New Gorbals Health and Care Centre, New Gorbals Housing Association office and residential accommodation and the ‘piazza’, a brand new landscaped public space that can be used for gatherings and community events.

Families Urged to Apply for Power of Attorneys

Celebration Afternoon Tea with our 100 year old Service Users

Glasgow City HSCP Home Care services hosted an afternoon tea for service users aged 100 and over on Thursday 29 August. 

Held in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum cafe, Lord Provost Eva Bolander, Councillor Mhairi Hunter, Vice-Chair, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Susanne Millar, Interim Chief Officer, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership were among the guests for afternoon tea with the celebrants.

Working Together to Prevent Suicide in Glasgow

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Staff in conjunction with Glasgow University, joined Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council on World Suicide Prevention Day, Tuesday 10 September 2019, to highlight Suicide Prevention work in Glasgow.

Speaking to over 80 people at the City Chambers Dr Trevor Lakey, Health Improvement and Inequalities Manager, spoke about the National Suicide Prevention Action Plan and.Glasgow City multi agency suicide prevention work.

Glasgow City HSCP Staff Awards for Excellence 2019 - Winners and Commendations

Partnership staff had their achievements recognised at the Glasgow City HSCP Staff Awards for Excellence 2019 on 19 September. The Awards celebrate individual staff, teams and projects who have ‘gone the extra mile’ in their work in a number of categories. 

In total seventy-six nominations were received from across Glasgow City HSCP.  

The winners and commendations were as follows:

Category 1 - Our Patients, Service Users and Carers

Have you ever thought about Fostering?

The council’s Families for Children service is holding an open information evening at the City Chambers on Thursday 24th Oct for anyone who would like to find out more. 
 
This is a relaxed and informal opportunity for you to find out about all aspects of fostering.
 
 
Register your interest:
 
 
Phone 0345 276 5555 or email families.children@sw.glasgow.gov.uk. 
 

Success at COSLA Excellence Awards

The 2019 COSLA Excellence Awards were held on Thursday 10 October in St. Andrew’s. The awards celebrate the very best in Scottish local government.

Two services from Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) were shortlisted for the awards. These were Tomorrow’s Women Glasgow and the Recovery Communities, with Tomorrow’s Women Glasgow winning Category 2: Achieving Better Outcomes in Partnership.

South Glasgow Locality Engagement Network Session

This lunchtime sessions allows you the opportunity to meet with Health and Social Care Partnership staff to share feedback, comments and suggestions on key developments within the Partnership. Refreshments provided.Please register for catering purposes.

Digital Resiliance - Inclusion and Wellbeing

A report of the research carried out last year by Snook, funded by the Carnegie UK Trust, in relation to Digital Resilience was approved by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s Professional Governance Board.  The report is now available.  Carnegie Trust think this research will be useful to organisations across the UK who have similar challenges.