KDP Bulletin – NKRCC

Welcome to the KDP Bulletin.

Barnardo’s: See, Hear, Respond
Barnardo’s is launching a new service to support vulnerable families who are struggling to cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
See, Hear, Respond will work with families offering practical and therapeutic support including counselling seven days a week to help those facing a wide range of challenges, from anxiety, loneliness and isolation to children struggling with a return to school and parents worried about relationship breakdowns or poverty.
For more information visit the website.

Inspiring Aberdeenshire 2021 – Deadline
These awards recognise the unsung community heroes of Aberdeenshire; those people who work tirelessly to support their community and the people in it, but who often don’t get recognised. These are their awards; awards which demonstrate beyond doubt that it is our people who make Aberdeenshire tick.
There have been 8 awards in previous years, recognising everything from cultural heroes to green champions, and those who demonstrate outstanding bravery. For 2021 an extra category has been added. The Covid-19 category seeks to recognise the best of the community effort in response to the pandemic. As in previously, all awards can be given to either individuals or groups.
Click here to learn more and to vote.

The Scottish Recovery Network – New Website
Full of free resources, ideas and insights, this new website has been created to help groups, organisations, communities and services develop recovery focused mental health support powered by lived experience.
Take a look around the website here.

Calor Rural Community Fund
Calor Rural Community Fund is giving away £85,000 to rural communities with projects that are off the mains gas grid. Groups have the opportunity to use the crowdfunding platform to raise awareness for their initiative, giving them the chance to raise money for their project alongside funds awarded.
To apply click here.

Aberdeenshire Wellbeing Festival
This will be the 6th year of the Aberdeenshire Wellbeing Festival in support of National Mental Health Week.
In supporting the festival and acknowledging we all have mental health we are helping reduce mental health stigma, supporting recovery and preventing poor mental health. It acknowledges that mental health and wellbeing should be and is everybody’s business.
The theme is nature and the environment and events should be virtual or outdoor and take place from the 10th to the 16th of May and must conform to Covid-19 protection measures.
If you have a good idea for an event, submissions must be sent by Monday the 5th of April.
More information is available here.

Volunteer Scotland have launched a new Investing in Volunteers Standard
Investing in Volunteers (IiV) is the UK quality standard for good practice in volunteer management.
If you want to assess the quality of your volunteer management and involvement, prove and improve the effectiveness of your work with volunteers, and enhance your organisation’s reputation, Investing in Volunteers provides the ideal framework.
Achieving the standard shows your volunteers – and potential volunteers – how much they are valued and gives them confidence in your ability to provide an outstanding volunteer experience.
Find out more here.

Launch of Aberdeenshire Public Health Team ‘Facebook’ page
The Aberdeenshire Public Health Team has officially launched its suite of three ‘facebook pages’ designed to bring you health and wellbeing information from North, Central and South Aberdeenshire.
The information will be drawn from national, regional, and local sources and will also feature community health and wellbeing initiatives being developed from across Aberdeenshire.
In order to join the ‘South’ page click here.

KDP is here to help in any way we can. Please let us know how we can support you or your organisation. We will continue to share information and guidance in our Bulletins, however, due to the speed of change and quantity of information, the most current details will be found on our Facebook page (@kincardineshiredevelopmentpartnership).

Should you wish to get in touch, our contact details are as follows:
Jacky Niven              Development Officer                       jniven@kdp.scot
Margo Titmuss        Office/Windfarm Admin                  officesupport@kdp.scot

All of this information was correct at time of writing.