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Heartstart – 2 hour C.P.R. courses are currently running throughout the Machars

Jills of all Trades – basic D.I.Y. 6/8 week blocks for women in Whithorn (funded by Community Regeneration Fund – CRF)

Community Newsletter – first issue due out in September to Whithorn community as a pilot through CRF, then next 2 issues to cover all of the Machars

Healthy Cookery Courses – throughout the Machars

The Voice of the Youth – finding out what the health issues are directly from the young people and how their community can help them!

Fruit & Vegetable Initiative – to support the development of high quality fruit and vegetables available locally

Opportunities as a Volunteer

• 1 – 1 support
• Access to training and learning
• Childcare and Carers support
• Out of pocket and travel expenses
• Access to resources
• Volunteering to develop activities and projects
• Volunteering opportunities with other agencies
• Fun
• Meeting new people and making new friends
• Volunteering can help you get back into employment
• Making a difference in your community

Volunteers are people who want to:-

• Give their time and energy for the benefit of their community
• Get out of the house and enjoy some adult company and meet new people
• Welcome challenge

or

• People who have or have experienced for example:
  Mental Health Issues
  Drug and Alcohol issues
  Domestic violence or abuse
  Feel isolated and lonely
  Have low self-esteem and lacking in confidence
  People with disabilities
  Experienced unemployment
  Experience of exclusion

There is a growing recognition of the health gains of volunteering. This means that there is an increasing interest in voluntary work. Research in the last decade suggests that 50% of the adult population in Scotland volunteered at least once in the past year.