Today is our final episode of Let's Keep Chatting podcast with Sarah Keeble from S.H.I.E.L.D. We first met Sarah back on Diversity Week last year and that they are now 1 years old. The interview was done on 'National Day of Reflection', so we discussed how the group has grown over the year and their expectations for the future.
Let’s Keep Chatting S2E5 – Fife Voluntary Action
Welcome to Let’s Keep Chatting S2E5 with David McGrath from Fife Voluntary Action. David is here to discuss Fife Voluntary Action’s new project ‘Your Story. Your Community’. The sense-making project aims to get all communities in Fife to tell their story on how services are working in the communities and how they can make them … Continue reading Let’s Keep Chatting S2E5 – Fife Voluntary Action
NHS Fife – Community Testing Centres
NHS Fife's COVID-19 Community Testing Centres aim to provide quick and easy testing for members of the public without symptoms across Fife. At present the test centres are as follows: Maxwell Centre, Stenhouse Street, Cowdenbeath KY4 9DD Glebe Park Centre, Glebe Park, Kirkcaldy KY1 1BL Chapel Neighbourhood Centre, Chapel Road, Kirkcaldy KY2 6TT Savoy Centre, … Continue reading NHS Fife – Community Testing Centres
Let’s Keep Chatting S2E4 – Families First, St Andrews
Let’s Keep Chatting S2E4; this time we are chatting with Morag Colman, Manager of Families First -St Andrews. Families First work with children and young people aged 5-16 years old with additional support needs in rural areas. We discuss how they have been trying to keep the children connected to their friends and not feel isolated … Continue reading Let’s Keep Chatting S2E4 – Families First, St Andrews
Let’s Keep Chatting S2E3 – Muirhead Outreach Project
Today’s podcast is with Stacy Hislop, support worker from Muirhead Outreach Project. We had some internet glitches on this podcast but we still manage to chat about their core mission of keeping families together through encouraging positive relationships. Through their early intervention approach, the project wants to give all families a fair and equal chance to … Continue reading Let’s Keep Chatting S2E3 – Muirhead Outreach Project
Fife Women’s Tent – Women Returners at Sky Dunfermline
Fife Centre for Equalities are excited to announce that we will be continuing our partnership with SKY (Dunfermline) as part of the Scottish Government’s Women Returners project! The Women Returners Project aims to ensure that marginalised women are not further disadvantaged in the labour market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be … Continue reading Fife Women’s Tent – Women Returners at Sky Dunfermline
A Veteran’s Best Friend – a new charity for ex-armed forces in Fife
A Veteran's Best Friend (AVBF) – a newly established armed forces veteran’s charity based in Fife that aims to help veterans with mental health conditions, in Scotland. This will be done by providing mental health assistance dogs and providing a drop-in-centre for the local veterans to make use of 5 days a week. This is … Continue reading A Veteran’s Best Friend – a new charity for ex-armed forces in Fife
Let’s Keep Chatting S1E5 – Fronline Fife
In Let’s Keep Chatting Episode 6 we are talking with Caryn Nicolson CEO of Frontline Fife, a charity that wants to end homelessness in Fife. Their philosophy is that “homelessness is everyone’s responsibility and that lives can be transformed for independent and sustainable living by challenging social stigma and by creating opportunities for homeless people … Continue reading Let’s Keep Chatting S1E5 – Fronline Fife
Let’s Keep Chatting S1E5 – IncludeMe
In Let's Keep Chatting Episode 5, we are with IncludeMe!, a community voice organisation that started in late 2008 being a voice for vulnerable adults. Listen in as we chat with Helen Glass, Senior Development Worker from the team and discuss how their work has changed during Covid19. Learn about Citizen Advocacy and the help … Continue reading Let’s Keep Chatting S1E5 – IncludeMe
Fife Women’s Tent – Art Competition
October was the month of art in the Fife Women's Tent! Members shared their own paintings, doodles, sculptures and more.
16 Days of Activism on Violence Against Women Fife 2020
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign starts on the 25 November 2020, which is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and will be running until 10 December 2020 – Human Rights Day. Local services such as Fife … Continue reading 16 Days of Activism on Violence Against Women Fife 2020
Let’s Keep Chatting S1E4 – Saje Scotland
In Let’s Keep Chatting Episode 4, we are with Saje Scotland, a community voice organisation based in Fife. Saje Scotland was established in 2011 and helps women dealing with domestic abuse in every corner of the country. Her-story Rewritten – 1 Year Anniversary today Listen in as we chat with Janet Henderson, one of the … Continue reading Let’s Keep Chatting S1E4 – Saje Scotland
Let’s Keep Chatting S1E3 – Pink Saltire
In Let’s Keep Chatting Episode 3, we are with Pink Saltire, a community organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people of all age groups, in every corner of the country, established in 2014 and with roots in Fife. Listen in as we chat with Stuart Duffy the founder about how their work has changed during Covid19 and the research conducted to understand the experiences of the LGBT community in Fife and across Scotland as part of their Rainbow Responders programme. The report ‘Community Matters’ will be published shortly. Pink Saltire can be contacted via email at info@pinksaltire.com, on the website at https://pinksaltire.com/ and don’t forget to check out their Youtube Channel
Let’s Keep Chatting S1E2 – Collydean Community Centre
For Let’s Keep Chatting Episode 2, Collydean Community Centre, a community anchor organisation which is also now a Covid Crisis Centre adapting to the changing situation by continuing to “leave a light on” for the people of Collydean and North Glenrothes. They offer practical help and deliver on digital platforms and can be contacted via email at karen@collydeancommunitycentre.co.uk. Listen to this podcast and find out about how Community Champions are helping to connect their local communities.
Equality News Update: Fife Today: New Fife project launches cultural food parcels
Reported by Scottish Government News – the news we share raises awareness of equality issues being reported in the media. In case you missed it, as part of our Minority Ethnic 60+ Project – we’re creating cultural food parcels that are available to members of the project. We’re trying to reach as many minority ethnic … Continue reading Equality News Update: Fife Today: New Fife project launches cultural food parcels