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Action on Hearing Loss Scotland


New support available for Young people with hearing loss to kick start their careers


Action on Hearing Loss Scotland has been awarded a Big Lottery Fund Scotland grant of £440,000 over the next three years to support 16 to 25 year olds with hearing loss into work, training, or education. The project called ‘Moving


Keith Irving, Chief Executive, Cycling Scotland, and Andrew Dobbie, Founder, MadeBrave MadeBrave


Creative energy turns into pedal power for challenge


Award-winning digital creative agency MadeBrave has teamed up with Cycling Scotland to launch the brand new MadeBrave Team Challenge as part of this year’s Pedal for Scotland. The event, on 6 September, challenges people to get on their bike from Glasgow to Edinburgh, and raise money for the STV Appeal along the way. MadeBrave, which has worked with Cycling Scotland for a number


of years, jumped at the chance to sponsor the Team Challenge, which is aimed at workmates looking for an active team building day in the saddle. The idea behind the challenge – what can be achieved through


teamwork – appealed to the creative company’s ethos. And its decision to support the event was further cemented by the ability to contribute to the STV Appeal and help children in Scotland living in poverty.


Fundraising... in the 1920s


Guests at Glasgow’s Crowne Plaza Hotel stepped back in time to the roaring 1920s at the White Feather Charitable Aid’s annual ball held in aid of CLIC Sargent – a cancer charity that helps children and young people, and their families.


The hotel, on Congress Road,


was transformed into a dazzling delight for the spectacular event. The evening was part of White Feather’s efforts to raise £15,000 to help fund and furnish a young person’s lounge at CLIC Sargent’s new Home from Home in Glasgow, which is opening this summer. Because Glasgow’s Yorkhill


Hospital which helps treat children and young people with cancer has moved, CLIC Sargent urgently needs to raise around £1.5 million to move its Home from Home in Glasgow so that it can continue to provide free accommodation for children and young people, and their families, to stay just a short walk away from the hospital.


On’ will offer one-to-one support giving career advice, support with a curriculum vitae and interview techniques. It will also offer group sessions on improving life skills and confidence building. Information is also available for


employers considering employing someone with hearing loss or have a member of staff who is deaf or hard of hearing. Action on Hearing Loss


Hotel du Vin Glasgow


Major refurbishment retains hotel’s unique character


Scotland has produced a free booklet called ‘Sound Advice’, which takes employers through the process from interview to explaining what support is available. Adam Kelly, Action on Hearing


Loss Scotland’s Fundraising Manager, said: “We are delighted to have been given this grant as it will ensure that young people who are deaf or have hearing loss can get support to meet their ambitions. We are also keen to work with employers to support them to understand the needs of staff members with hearing loss.” To get a hold of copy of the


Sound Advice booklet, email: scotland@hearingloss.org.uk


Following a £200,000 investment, Hotel du Vin Glasgow at One Devonshire Gardens has completed an extensive refurbishment of its ground floor public areas, spanning the bar, bistro and whisky snug as well as several function suites. The iconic Glasgow hotel is set


in a tree-lined Victorian terrace in the fashionable West End of the city. The designer behind the project,


Curious Design, wanted to retain the property’s unique character and has stripped back the old tartan carpets to reveal the original dark oak flooring below. One Devonshire Gardens has also partnered with luxury paint and wallpaper suppliers Farrow & Ball to create four distinctive private function suites: The Macallan, Glenlivet, Ardbeg and Glengoyne.


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