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Family’s gratitude for standard of mother’s care
Our Kilmarnock Care at Home staff recently received some lovely feedback from the family of a service user who had […]
Break the Silence receives accreditation for excellence
Break the Silence has received recognition from the European Foundation for Quality Management. The Kilmarnock-based charity, which supports victims of […]
Praise for support assistant’s “invaluable” care
Our Social Care Review Team recently received wonderful feedback from the son of a service user with dementia, expressing his […]
Brilliant feedback for Stewarton CAH staff
Our amazing Care at Home staff have received glowing feedback from service users in Stewarton. The following comments came from […]
Ayrshire Independent Living Network secures funding for befriending service
Ayrshire Independent Living Network (AILN) has secured funding to provide an Ayrshire-wide dementia befriending service for the next three years. […]
Take A Break Scotland open for applications
Scottish Government funded Take a Break Scotland, administered by Family Fund, is now open for applications.
Bennett’s Bikes allow everyone to cycle
Specially adapted bikes have been a hit with visitors to Cumnock Juniors Community Enterprise Centre. Bennett’s Bikes, named after late […]
New Promise team encourages kids’ creativity
A newly formed participation team is helping to deliver The Promise for children and young people in East Ayrshire. Formed […]
Wellbeing cafes offer support
Do you know an older person with hearing and/or sight loss? The S.I.S.G. (Sensory Impaired Support Group) is running monthly […]
Introducing the Wellbeing Blog
As the name suggests, our Living Well website is dedicated to all things health and wellbeing and how to get […]
Two years of keeping The Promise
It’s been two years since the publication of The Promise – a report on children’s care services by the Independent […]
Out of hours social work service celebrates ten years
Ayrshire Out of Hours Social Work Team (OOH) recently celebrated ten years of operation, with an anniversary event at the […]
Ayrshire charity ensures that no-one dies alone
The concept of death fills most of us with dread, fear and sadness. Whether comforting a bereaved friend of family […]
Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing survey now open
The Scottish Government and COSLA are working together to improve mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people across […]
Happy first birthday RADAR!
The Rapid Access to Drug and Alcohol Recovery (RADAR) service celebrates its first birthday on Wednesday 6 April 2022. RADAR was […]