Financial Inclusion Network
FIN News: 23 October 2024
Welcome to this week's Financial Inclusion Network news
The Financial Inclusion Network is an informal group of over 250 members taken from the Public and Third Sectors which covers all areas of South Lanarkshire. This network is to share information from a wide range of themes. We hope to provide a new update each week that can be accessed by all members at any time to see what is going on in the area under the headings below. If you would like an item included within our weekly news, please complete our short online form here: https://forms.office.com/e/Ht5w7iAuFi. For further information, please email communities@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Money is not the only problem – Housing
Do you have a housing enquiry and need advice regarding your current housing situation? Our HomeOptions toolkit can provide you with information about accessing or maintaining different types of accommodation. This includes renting a property from the council, a private residential tenancy, or owning your own home.
https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/directory/182/money_is_not_the_only_problem/category/521
NHS Lanarkshire – free Ask, Tell: Save a Life training
We are offering the Ask, Tell: Save a Life training. The training is open to everyone and will be delivered in person on Wednesday 30 October from 10am-12pm at the Lighthouse in Larkhall.
The aim of the training is to inform everyone about mental health and the prevention of suicide so that they may be able to promote good mental health, respond to distress and help people seek help. We would ask that if you would like to attend please complate the online form below, as with the nature of the training and conversations on suicide prevention, it is important that we keep everyone safe.
New Larkhall Leisure Centre consultation
Consultation drop-in sessions for the new Larkhall Leisure Centre are to take place next week.
Designs for the £23.9m purpose built, state-of-the-art centre will be available to view and comment.
www.southlanarkshireview.scot/news/article/2386/New_Larkhall_Leisure_Centre_consultation
NHS Lanarkshire - Healthy Working Lives
Healthy Working Lives is the place to come to if you are an employer in Lanarkshire looking for workplace health, safety and wellbeing information. We provide training courses on a variety of topics including in-house courses. For our Autumn/Winter 2023-2024 programme we have brand new question and answer sessions as well as 90 minute Wellbeing Workshops. All our question and answer sessions and Wellbeing Workshops are online and free to attend for employers/employees in Scotland.
Healthy Working Lives Project - Salus Centrum Park enquirieshwl@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/hwl-lanarkshire-13501562963
013501562963
Community Asset Transfer agreed for a Hamilton football club
Eddlewood Football Association has been given the go-ahead to lease Eddlewood Park and Pavilion grounds.
Councillors on the council’s Housing and Technical Resources Committee agreed that the facility at Queens Drive in Hamilton, which is currently managed by South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture (SLLC), should be leased to Eddlewood Football Association.
A Welly Good Idea
Do you or your family members have a pair of wellies that you have simply outgrown?
Well, why not donate them to your local library, who in conjunction with South Lanarkshire Community Planning Partnership (CPP), have brought back Welly Swap for another year.
https://www.southlanarkshireview.scot/news/article/2372/a_welly_good_idea
South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture – Residents Survey
Please find below link to South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture’s Resident Savings Options 2025-26 Consultation to help inform decisions on future leisure and cultural provision in South Lanarkshire.
Please note the closing date for responses is Thursday 14 November 2024 at 12pm.
