Housing – Keeping a steady hand on the SHIP’s tiller Angus Council’s Communities Committee has approved its Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for the next five years. The SHIP prioritises investment in new affordable housing across Angus, ensuring that the Council continues to meet the demand for good quality affordable homes. Through the SHIP, it is estimated […]
NHS Tayside Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
NHS Tayside’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is continuing at pace with around 28,000 people in the first priority groups already vaccinated. This is a significant step in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic but the virus is still circulating widely in all communities across Tayside. It takes 2-3 weeks for the vaccine to give protection and it’s […]
Angus Council – Get Active Arbroath Initiative
Angus Council is calling on people in Arbroath to blow away the winter cobwebs and get active with the launch of a new campaign promoting healthier, more environmentally friendly lives. Both residents and workers in the Angus coastal town are invited to sign up to a six-week campaign – Get Active Arbroath – which starts on […]
700 Volunteers Children’s Panel Members required
Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) launches their biggest ever national campaign to recruit new volunteer Children’s Panel Members to work with children in their local communities. Panel Members are volunteers from local communities who take part in children’s hearings. Their role is to listen and make legal decisions with and for infants, children and young people. […]
Experiences of Mental Health Services Survey
Survey Launch – Experiences of Mental Health Services in Tayside. People with lived experience of mental health services, and their families, have launched a survey which they hope will offer insight into the current state of mental health services in Tayside. This comes one year after the publication of Dr Strang’s ‘Trust and Respect Report’ […]
ANGUSalive – VACMA Angus Bursaries
Time is running out VACMA Angus bursaries: Call for applications from artists and makers in Angus Time is running out for Angus visual artists and craft makers to apply for the Angus Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA: Angus), which closes on Tuesday 2 February 2021 at 5pm. Successful applicants will receive £500 or £750 to […]
Changes to Maternity Unit Visiting Arrangements
To limit the spread of COVID-19, further changes have been made to maternity visiting arrangements in Tayside. Maternity services visiting arrangements are: Pregnant women may identify one designated visitor to accompany them to their 12 and 20 week scans. If pregnant women cannot attend their antenatal appointments alone, then they should only […]
NHS Tayside seeks new Non-Executive Members
NHS Tayside is looking for three new non-executive members to join its Board. NHS Tayside is responsible for meeting the health needs of people living in the Tayside area and provides a comprehensive range of primary, community-based and acute hospital services for the population. Non-executive members of the Board play a central role in guiding […]
Blood Transfusion Service need donations of Convalescent Plasma
With Covid-19 cases surging across the country, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) needs 350 people per week to donate Convalescent Plasma during lockdown – and help save the lives of sick coronavirus patients. Potenial donors must: have tested positive for Covid-19 have been symptom-free for 28 days, and now feel fit and well […]
ANGUSalive – Warning to stay off ice in Country Parks
A warning has been issued for people to stay off the ice at reservoirs and lochs across country parks in Angus. ANGUSalive’s Countryside Rangers are concerned about public safety as the current cold snap has tempted people to take to the ice and are warning people to stay off the frozen water at Monikie […]