Press Release from Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland ONE SCOT EVERY TWO MINUTES SIGNS UP TO VOLUNTEER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS A charity’s call for volunteers to help vulnerable people at risk from coronavirus is attracting sign ups at the rate of one every two minutes. So far, almost 1,400 people have registered to […]
Angus Council Childcare Hubs Arrangements
Angus Council’s Schools and Learning Convener Derek Wann today called for support from parents and carers to ensure that our Childcare Hubs are used effectively. His appeal came after lower numbers of Category 1 workers children than expected took up the available spaces in the 10 hubs across Angus. Cllr Wann said: “It is somewhat […]
Angus Council response to Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Providing public services in a time of emergency Angus Council is working alongside partner agencies and local volunteers to face the huge challenges set by the Coronavirus Pandemic. The primary goal is to keep all our people safe, particularly the most vulnerable among us, while maintaining the best level of public service that […]
Kirriemuir Shuttle Bus Service
Angus Council is now operating a mini-bus shuttle service for key workers travelling from Kirriemuir to Forfar. The service allows key workers who must leave their homes for work and require public transport to connect with bus service in Forfar for onward travel, including the 20 and 20C Service to Dundee. This shuttle service […]
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland seeks volunteers
Scottish health charity, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, is calling for volunteers to join the fight against coronavirus to support those most vulnerable right now. Scotland’s leading volunteering charity caring for people at risk of coronavirus has issued a rallying call for people to join the largest volunteer drive that Scotland has seen in a […]
NHS Tayside Audiology Arrangements
Audiology departments across Tayside are now closed to patients due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This means that patients with hearing aids should not, under any circumstances, attend the department for batteries or repairs. If you require replacement hearing aid batteries or a repair you must either: make a request by post. For replacement batteries, […]
IMPORTANT – Changes to NHS Tayside Visiting Times
NHS Tayside has taken the decision to restrict visiting times across all its hospitals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to reduce the number of people visiting hospitals every day. · VISITING TIMES WILL NOW BE RESTRICTED TO 3PM to 4PM and 7PM to 8PM AT ALL NHS TAYSIDE HOSPITALS. · ONLY VISIT IF ESSENTIAL […]
ANGUSalive Library Activities and Timetables
Updated timetables are now in place for adult and children’s library activities across Angus. The same great array of activities are on offer with slight changes to days and times. Activities include Bookbug, Lego in the Library, Chatterbooks, Knit and Natter, Reminiscence Groups and Reading Groups. There are activities for all ages – children from […]
Scam Warning from Angus Council for Pensioners
Warning over cold call pension scams Angus Adult Protection Committee Financial Harm Sub Committee is advising residents to be on the alert for pension scams. In what can be a lucrative source of income for the scammer, it’s understood that the average loss incurred by a single pension fraud can be more than £90,000, although […]
Meningitis Warning to Parents
Don’t gamble with your children’s lives warns meningitis charity boss Leading meningitis charity Meningitis Now has warned parents not to gamble with their children’s lives after newly released NHS data shows that too many toddlers are not fully vaccinated against the deadly disease. The charity highlights what appears to be a significant drop off between the number of toddlers […]