LEAP PROJECT 

This Cambuslang organisation will use the funding to run their handyperson service which assists older people to live independently in their own homes.

This group will use the funding to open their community café for an additional three days each week to allow people to enjoy a complimentary sandwich or bowl of soup and a hot drink in a safe and ....more

This group will use the funding to open their community café for an additional three days each week to allow people to enjoy a complimentary sandwich or bowl of soup and a hot drink in a safe and warm environment during the 12 weeks of Winter 2023. Staff and volunteers will also be available to offer advice and information to around 50 people a day. Additionally some indoor leisure activities will be made available.

This group will use the funding to train two members of staff as first aid at work instructors allowing them to deliver first aid training for volunteers and community groups. Re-accreditation as an ....more

This group will use the funding to train two members of staff as first aid at work instructors allowing them to deliver first aid training for volunteers and community groups. Re-accreditation as an Investor in Volunteers will also be undertaken.

This group will continue to provide a befriending service and a learning and leisure project throughout South Lanarkshire for the next three years. Up to 2000 older people and 200 volunteers will ....more

This group will continue to provide a befriending service and a learning and leisure project throughout South Lanarkshire for the next three years. Up to 2000 older people and 200 volunteers will benefit from these projects. Befriending services are delivered in various ways and the participants will decide what activities will be delivered. The same is true for learning and leisure activities.

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Leap has provided a successful volunteer led befriending service since 2001, a 1:1 service and a group befriending which are currently delivered within 18 communities across South Lanarkshire and ....more

Leap has provided a successful volunteer led befriending service since 2001, a 1:1 service and a group befriending which are currently delivered within 18 communities across South Lanarkshire and which is underpinned by Quality in Befriending Excellence accreditation. With the onset of the COVID - 19 Pandemic the service had to be reviewed because of social distancing and therefore moved to a telephone befriending, however, Leap hopes to resume to offering face to face befriending and socially distant group befriending, but would also like to continue with the telephone befriending service which has attracted a significant number of new clients. The project will allow Leap to recruit a Volunteer Development Officer with the role of recruiting volunteers to deliver telephone befriending of providing support and supervision and for matching of clients with volunteers.

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Refurbishment of new premises. Grant converted to unrestricted funding in June 2020 in response to Covid-19 pandemic.

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COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with older people in South Lanarkshire

towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant

to install a Panasonic Mobile Softphone system for audio and visual communication which will enable the team to connect with each other and as well as providing a phone befriending service for the ....more

to install a Panasonic Mobile Softphone system for audio and visual communication which will enable the team to connect with each other and as well as providing a phone befriending service for the elderly in South Lanarkshire, and purchase PC software to

We are seeking in to improve the digital skills of people in South Lanarkshire aged 50 and over. We propose to do this by holding a range of digital activities in South Lanarkshire that are easily ....more

We are seeking in to improve the digital skills of people in South Lanarkshire aged 50 and over. We propose to do this by holding a range of digital activities in South Lanarkshire that are easily accessible for participants, many of whom are lonely, isolated and live in urban and rural areas of significant deprivation. We will recruit a part-time Development Worker (10 hours per week) who will be responsible for establishing further digital activities in different areas of South Lanarkshire, including Avondale and East Kilbride. A key role of the Development Worker will be to recruit and train volunteers from the local communities to become Digital Champions and support participants to get online and learn digital skills. We will run activities in a range of settings, including sheltered housing complexes and community venues. We will also run activities that are not obviously digital but that will encourage people to learn digital skills. These will include a supper club using tablets to look at recipes, and art classes where we use a smartphone to take pictures of the students' work and then upload them to Facebook. The Development Worker will also network with statutory services, other third sector organisations and local community groups to ensure that opportunities are offered to as wide an audience as possible. LEAP will supply a range of digital equipment to assist in the delivery of the activities. We are currently developing social groups in various sheltered housing complexes, and these will introduce digital technology to older people gradually in a relaxed environment, focussing on their interests and using peer support to enhance the learning experience. LEAP has more than 15 years' experience of successfully delivering digital skills to older people, and aims to develop this further by training new and existing volunteers as Digital Champions. In 2018 LEAP ran Digital Champions training, through SCVO, for 10 staff and volunteers and has since set up a Digital Champions group that is keen to develop further over the coming year. We also aim to run a number of one-off sessions covering issues such as online safety, digital banking, shopping online, and how to use energy comparison sites. This would help to dispel some of the fears older people often have around using technology; however, with the added benefit of being able to empower participants to access better deals on things such as home energy and shopping.

This group continue to run a leisure and learning service which offers a wide range of classes to people aged 50 plus across South Lanarkshire. An Adult and Education Co-ordinator will develop the ....more

This group continue to run a leisure and learning service which offers a wide range of classes to people aged 50 plus across South Lanarkshire. An Adult and Education Co-ordinator will develop the programme of health and wellbeing activities to build networks and friendships and reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness for local older people.

Towards core costs to include the salaries of the operations manager and shop supervisor for the Revolve Recycle Project, an intergenerational project which seeks to reduce waste by prolonging the ....more

Towards core costs to include the salaries of the operations manager and shop supervisor for the Revolve Recycle Project, an intergenerational project which seeks to reduce waste by prolonging the life of clothes and textiles.

This group will use the funding to continue delivering its befriending and handy person services to isolated older people across seven areas in South Lanarkshire. Through the organisation's ....more

This group will use the funding to continue delivering its befriending and handy person services to isolated older people across seven areas in South Lanarkshire. Through the organisation's services/activities older people will feel less isolated, be able to make stronger local connections and become more independent at home.

the Befriending & Handy Person Project

Towards delivery of the Hands On Project to support 800 older people in the Avondale Area of South Lanarkshire.

This project seeks to develop a range of digital classes for older people in the rural communities of Strathaven and Stonehouse. Following the successful introduction of a befriending and handy ....more

This project seeks to develop a range of digital classes for older people in the rural communities of Strathaven and Stonehouse. Following the successful introduction of a befriending and handy person service two years ago, and following a brief pilot in 2016, they have identified a need for the delivery of a range basic digital skills classes to include, smartphones, tablets, basic computing skills, laptop use. Three digital classes in the community will be delivered each week - 4 x 10 week sessions in a year. Staff and volunteers, as part of their initial induction and ongoing training, will be supported in the use of digital technology and given the knowledge on how to access services such as health, social care, pensions which they can pass on to all clients, their families and carers. Volunteers will be developed as digital champions locally; they will continue to assist older people and, with the support of the organisation and collaboration with key stakeholders, further enhance digital education and access for the community.

refurbishment of building for a charity which works with older people in Lanarkshire

Towards the salary costs of R:evolve Recycle, an intergenerational project that aims to reduce textile waste.

towards the salary of the full-time Volunteer Development Officer

This project which will see the expansion of the organisation's services into Blantyre, Hamilton, Bothwell and Uddingston areas of South Lanarkshire. The project will support 200 vulnerable, isolated ....more

This project which will see the expansion of the organisation's services into Blantyre, Hamilton, Bothwell and Uddingston areas of South Lanarkshire. The project will support 200 vulnerable, isolated older people each year who live in their own home through a one to one befriending service and a handy person's service. The project aims to support older people to be safe in their own home and be better connected with their community through access to a range of services and activities.