Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults YEAR 3 - Now OPEN … Voluntary Action Shetland (VAS) is delighted to launch the third year of the Communities Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults on behalf of the Scottish Government on Friday 29th September 2023.
Community groups, organisations and services across Shetland are being encouraged to upload their contact information to the new Community Directory before its launch in the coming months.
Voluntary Action Shetland is delighted to offer the following training to members of Voluntary/ Community Groups. Please see the attached PDFs for more detailed information about the learning outcomes. Training will take place in Market House, Lerwick, (subject to minimum numbers in attendance).
We at VAS are delighted to announce the launch of our brand-new Volunteering Awards. Nominations are now open. Closing Date: 15th September 2023.
On behalf of Voluntary Action Shetland’s board and following on from their Annual General Meeting in June 23, the Executive Officer of Voluntary Action Shetland, Lynn Tulloch is delighted to present their annual report for 22/23. Voluntary Action Shetland (VAS) is Shetland’s Third Sector Interface.
May 2023 … VOLUNTARY ACTION SHETLAND … Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Funding – Along with the other 31 Third Sector Interface’s throughout Scotland…
Shetland’s tenth annual Saltire Youth Volunteering Award Ceremony will take place on Tuesday 6th June 2023. Young volunteers aged 12-25 who have been recording their volunteering hours tmay be entitled to receive a certificate.
Third Sector Organisations – Festive Period – Opening Times … ORGANISATION … FESTIVE PERIOD … Alzheimer Scotland – Shetland Branch … 24 hour Freephone Dementia Helpline:
Voluntary Action Shetland develop new awards and encourage community to take part in naming competition.
Communities Health and Wellbeing Fund YEAR 2 … Voluntary Action Shetland (VAS) is delighted to launch the second year of the Communities Health and Wellbeing Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government on Monday 17th October 2022.
Celebrating Long Standing Board Members at Voluntary Action Shetland … Voluntary Action Shetland (VAS) staff and current board members recently had a get together at Market House in September 2022 to commemorate two long-standing board members, Alex Miller and Willie Henderson.
67 young volunteers aged between 12 and 25 were celebrated at the Shetland Saltire Youth Volunteering Awards ceremony at Mareel on Monday evening (6th June 2022). It was the first in-person ceremony of the annual event since 2019. 67 young people received a total of 125 awards this year.
