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We're delighted to announce that the full Strategic Plan for Health and Social Care Integration in Fife has been published.
The Strategic Plan will shape the Health and Social Care services in Fife over the next three years - to read more about the plan
click here.
We also have an exciting range of news including:
We'd like to hear from you!
Best wishes,
Christine Davison
Project Support Officer
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Health and Social Care Forum
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Health and Social Care Forum
Date: Thursday 12 May
Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm
Venue: Craig Mitchell House, Flemington Road, Glenrothes, KY7 5QF
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National News (
click on title link for full information)
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Scottish Living Wage for Adult Social Care Brief
The Scottish Living Wage for adult social care is coming in October 2016 in all 32 council areas. Please see the attached briefing to ensure your organisation is aware of these changes and working towards implementing this new change.
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Volunteers' Week
FVA have a great line-up of events for Volunteers' Week - traditionally the first week in June, but this year extended to 12 days allow more people to take part and to coincide with the
Patron's Lunch
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Keep an eye on the FVA website to find out what we're up to during Volunteers' Week - we'd also love to hear about what you're doing to celebrate the amazing people that contribute to Fife's vibrant third sector.
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'What matters to you' day - Monday 06 June 2016
The Scottish Government and Healthcare Improvement Scotland will be supporting health and social care organisations to participate in a national 'What matters to you' campaign during June 2016.
We will be joining with Norway, who initiated this campaign in 2014 with the aim of encouraging and supporting more meaningful conversations between people who provide health and social care and the people, families and carers who use health and social care.
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CommonHealth
'CommonHealth, Led by the
Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University, is a five year collaborative research project which aims to develop methods to evaluate new pathways to health creation and health inequalities reduction arising from social enterprise.
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Free Training from NESCoL
NESCol offer a comprehensive suite of courses geared to meet the diverse needs of those working within the care sector. These structured training programmes can be completed in approximately 16-24 weeks and tutor support is provided by phone or email. The courses, which are online or
workbook-based, can be accessed at a time and location convenient to the learner and there is no requirement for any College attendance. To find out more click the title link.
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| Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) launch 'Thought Leadership' report
The social care sector will need to fill around 400,000 jobs by 2035. In light of this and other issues discussed in the report, VODG have asked how disability care providers create a competitive edge in local labour markets, and how they can transform the sector into a career of choice.
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Care in the UK: The costs you face
The BBC website has a calculator which allows you to calculate the cost of care in your area - whether this be for yourself or someone else.
All you need to provide is a Postcode and you can see what the cost of care costs is in your area.
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| Fife Launches Strategic Plan for Health and Social Care Integration
The Integration Joint Board, the governing body of the Health and Social Care Partnership, have approved the plan which will drive the delivery of Health and Social Care services over the next three years in Fife.
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Click the title link to read about how Fife Carers Centre ran an open and robust process that selected two carers representatives for the Integration Joint Board. To find out more contact
Mhairi Lochhead, Manager, Fife Carers Centre.
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Managing Frailty The Fife Way
Managing Frailty the Fife Way took place on Thursday 17 March 2016 at the Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline. The event explored good practice in managing frailty from Fife, highlighting innovative ways of working and successful examples of integration. To read more about this event including the innovative projects discussed click the title link.
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Fife Autism social media page launched
Autism Network Scotland, in conjunction with Fife's Autism Strategy Multiagency Working Group are delighted to announce the launch of the new Fife Autism social media page and associated virtual network. This was launched on World Autism Awareness Day on Saturday 02 April 2016.
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| Fife helps pilot mental health and physical activities project
Experts from Edinburgh Napier University will assess the impact of a £1 million programme to help people with mental health problems become more physically active.
The Active Living Becomes Achievable scheme builds on links between exercise and improved mental wellbeing, will initially operate in Fife, Lothian and Ayrshire and Arran health board areas.
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LINK Befriending Projects - Annual General Meeting
Date: Wednesday 25 May 2016
Time: 4.00pm
Venue: Weston, Wesport, Cupar, KY15 4AN
LINK's Adolescent and Adult Befriending Projects invite you to attend their Annual General Meeting.
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May 2016