Interested in stitching and crafts?
Are you interested in being part of a group where creativity and innovation are the key elements?
and friendly environment to share skills, ideas and fun?
Meetings would be one evening per week, in a local Dunblane hall from September till June with a minimal annual subscription to cover hall hire etc.
Examples of possible projects could be: • Quilting •
Felting
• Cushion cover design •
Silk scarf dying
• •
Ingenious recycling Bag-making
• Workshops •
Toy-making
If interested, please contact Victoria at
vrm211.bacopa@
btinternet.com or telephone 01786 823 114
Volunteering Matters off ers a helping hand to Forth Valley
Volunteering Matters is proud to announce a new, exciting, Big Lottery funded project called Help At Hand which has launched in the Forth Valley area. The project will support vulnerable and isolated elderly people living in the Forth Valley to maintain their independence in their home. Support led by volunteers will include a handyman service, a befriending provision as well as access to group activities in the local community.
Formerly known as Community Service Volunteers (CSV), Volunteering Matters is the UK’s leading volunteering and social action charity and is currently recruiting, training, matching and supporting volunteers who will provide befriending support to vulnerable and excluded older people, through Help at Hand and other projects in the area.
Volunteering Matters delivers the Retired and Senior Volunteering Programme (RSVP) and its projects to the Forth Valley area which include: · · · ·
A handyperson service which does small odd jobs in older peoples’ homes Knitting groups which meet up for regular coff ee mornings Opportunities to help out in hospitals and schools A chance to lead and take part in walking groups
For more information about the Help at Hand project, contact John Brown, Help At Hand Co-ordinator on: 01259 928088 or email:
john.brown@
volunteeringmatters.org.uk
82 To advertise in thewire t. 07720 429 613 e.
the.wire@btinternet.com
Want to meet new friends and learn new skills? A group where like-minded people can meet within an informal, supportive
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