CalMac rewarded for community commitment
The UK’s largest ferry operator has become the first Scottish company to be awarded a Level 2 Social Value Quality Mark with recognition of its CalMac Community Fund.
The UK’s largest ferry operator has become the first Scottish company to be awarded a Level 2 Social Value Quality Mark with recognition of its CalMac Community Fund.
Three out of five people in Scotland will become carers at some time in their lives and over 250,000 people juggle caring responsibilities while holding down a job.
Carers across our area were invited to pen a message for loved ones on a lily petal before they went on display in the centre’s window in Oban as part of a remembrance festival.
Letters were sent out to 110 bereaved carers in the area giving them the opportunity to join in the remembrance project.
Soups and starters, mains, sides and sauces, baking and sweet treats are all on the menu in the book that was the idea of Mairi Fleck who is the Learning & Development Coordinator at North Argyll Carers Centre in Oban’s Albany Street.
Argyll and Bute Council has put out an appeal for people interested in finding out more to get in touch with a view to applying to become a foster carer.
Young and adult carers got inspired by the Making Carers Visible theme for Carers Week 2020 and sent in entries to an online contest organised by North Argyll Carers Centre in Albany Street
According to latest national figures, an estimated 392,000 people in Scotland have taken on the role of carers without pay during the virus crisis.
When news reached Crossroads North Argyll back on the mainland that a predator had killed hens belonging to 80-year-old islander May MacKinnon, the charity decided to help.
Teresa Russell was puzzled then disappointed when she discovered the brass bell she used to Clap For Carers had disappeared from her Nant Drive doorstep.