Latest news and events , 09 March 2017

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/ 22 jobs - 17 new and 0 updated very recently
/ 3 articles - 3 new and 0 updated very recently
/ 39 events - 19 new and 1 updated very recently
/ 28 opportunities - 13 new and 0 updated very recently
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/ FVA's Joanna Clark reflects on 'gathering the threads' in blog New!
/ New support for Fife's Credit Unions New!

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/ Bring your medicines to hospital, urges NHS Fife New!
/ Help make Glenrothes become "Dementia Friendly" New!
/ Young Women can apply to be mentored by Scotland's First Minister New!
/ Shared Lives Fife - Carer Recruitment New!
/ Fife's One Stop Shop for Autism - What's on in March? New!
/ Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries' Newsletter New!
/ CLEAR Buckhaven's upcoming events in March New!
/ Creating Healthy Communities - Fife Roadshow
/ Open call for Participatory Budgeting Champions

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/ Clued-Up - Young Person's Employability Development Worker New!
/ Clued-Up - Project Worker (Outreach Service) New!
/ Fife Gingerbread - Making It Work for Families Family Learning Coordinator New!
/ BRAG Enterprises - Administrative and Events Assistant x 2 New!
/ Fife Gingerbread - Making It Work Support Worker New!
/ Fife Gingerbread - Making It Work for Families Support Worker New!
/ Fife Gingerbread - Administrative Support Assistant New!
/ YMCA Glenrothes - Project Worker x 2 New!
/ The Richmond Fellowship Scotland - Support Practitioners New!
/ Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) - Senior Practitioner New!
/ Kingdom Housing Association - Senior Support Worker (Female) New!
/ Methilhill Community Children's Initiative - Lead Early Years Practitioner New!
/ Kingdom Housing Association - Support Workers New!
/ East Neuk Centre Trust - Community Centre Manager New!
/ Fife Young Carers - Youth Workers (Sessional) New!
/ Kingdom Housing Association - Support Workers New!
/ RNIB Pathway - Assistant Children’s Club Coordinator New!
/ Day Centres Service - Day Centre Worker/Escort
/ RNIB - Bank / Sessional Children's Activity Club Worker
/ RNIB - Children’s Club Musical Activities Leader
/ RNIB - Children's Activity Club Worker
/ Kingdom Housing Association - Support Worker (Chinese Service)

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/ Scottish Government - Tackling Sectarianism Fund 2017-18 New!
/ Life Changes Trust - Young People's Empowerment New!
/ Cattanach Trust for Children in Poverty New!

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/ Friends Of Kirkcaldy High School Ceilidh - Friends of Kirkcaldy High School
Friday 10 March 2017 - Kirkcaldy High School Assembly Hall
/ Alexander Stewart MSP Surgery New!
Friday 10 March 2017 - 31 Canmore Street
/ Disabled Access Day, Leven - The Homelands Trust New!
Saturday 11 March 2017 - Paxton Centre
/ Greener Kirkcaldy - Library of Things Launch - Greener Kirkcaldy New!
Saturday 11 March 2017 - High Street Hub
/ The Ecology Centre AGM - The Ecology Centre
Monday 13 March 2017 - Kinghorn Golf Club
/ Choose Self-directed Support
Wednesday 15 March 2017 - The Lighthouse
/ Disabled Persons Housing Service (Fife) - Home Sweet Home - Disabled Persons Housing Service (FIfe) New!
Thursday 16 March 2017 - Old Kirk
/ Fife Carers Centre - Take a Walk in Their Shoes - Fife Carers Centre
Friday 17 March 2017 - Scores Hotel
/ Fife LGBT Support Programme - Wildlife Walk or Cycle, Loch Leven - LGBT Health and Wellbeing
Saturday 18 March 2017 - RSPB Loch Leven
/ Cycling UK Networking Event - Edinburgh - Cycling UK New!
Saturday 18 March 2017 - Grassmarket Community Project
/ The Social Enterprise Exchange Marketplace 2017
Tuesday 21 March 2017 - Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 11 Newmarket Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RJ
/ Social Enterprise Exchange Marketplace 2017 - only 3 weeks to go - Book Now! - Social Enterprise Scotland Updated!
Tuesday 21 March 2017 - Edinburgh Corn Exchange
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Glenrothes - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership New!
Tuesday 21 March 2017 - Rothes Halls
/ Curnie Clubs in Fife - tackling loneliness in Kirkcaldy - Curnie Clubs in Fife New!
Tuesday 21 March 2017 - TBC
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Cowdenbeath - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership New!
Wednesday 22 March 2017 - Crossgates Community Centre
/ Fife Federation of Tenants and Residents Association AGM and Advice Event - Fife Federation of Tenants and Residents Association
Thursday 23 March 2017 - New Volunteer House
/ Enable Scotland - We can all do it, St Andrews - Enable Scotland
Friday 24 March 2017 - St Andrews Town Hall
/ Fife LGBT Support Programme - Fife T time+, Kirkcaldy - LGBT Health and Wellbeing
Saturday 25 March 2017 - The Old Kirk
/ Celebrate 10 years of CLEAR Buckhaven - CLEAR Buckhaven
Saturday 25 March 2017 - Buckhaven Community Centre
/ Walk a Mile - Challenge Mental Health Stigma - Save the Date - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership
Wednesday 29 March 2017 - Silverburn and Stratheden
/ Saje Scotland - Freedom Hub Cafe, Kirkcaldy - Saje Scotland
Wednesday 29 March 2017 - Kirkcaldy
/ Fife's Third Sector: Towards a Fairer Fife Conference - Fife's Third Sector Strategy Group in partnership with Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) New!
Wednesday 29 March 2017 - Rothes Halls
April 2017
/ Re-energise your old home - Home Energy Scotland New!
Tuesday 04 April 2017 - Crail Community Hall
/ Re-energise your old home, Crail - Home Energy Scotland New!
Tuesday 04 April 2017 - Crail Community Hall, St Andrews Road, Crail, KY10 3UH
/ Saje Scotland - Freedom Hub Cafe, Dunfermline - Saje Scotland
Wednesday 05 April 2017 - Dunfermline
/ Equal Voice - Volunteer Advocate Preperation Course - Equal Voice New!
Wednesday 12 April 2017 - St Bryce Kirk
/ Home Energy Scotland - Re-energise your old home - Home Energy Scotland New!
Thursday 13 April 2017 - Byre Theatre
/ Saje Scotland - Freedom Hub Cafe, Leven - Saje Scotland
Thursday 13 April 2017 - Leven
/ Re-energise your old home, St Andrews - Home Energy Scotland New!
Thursday 13 April 2017 - Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA
/ Building a Child to Adult Transition Plan - Fife Carers Centre
Tuesday 18 April 2017 - 157 Commercial Street
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Levenmouth - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership New!
Tuesday 18 April 2017 - Buckhaven Community Centre
/ Fife Carers Centre - Communicating with Dementia - words and beyond - Fife Carers Centre
Friday 21 April 2017 - Scores Hotel
/ Saje Scotland - Freedom Hub Cafe, Kirkcaldy - Saje Scotland
Wednesday 26 April 2017 - Kirkcaldy
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Inverkeithing - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership New!
Wednesday 26 April 2017 - Inverkeithing Civic Centre
May 2017
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Dunfermline - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership New!
Tuesday 02 May 2017 - Dell Farquharson Community Centre
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Cupar - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership New!
Monday 08 May 2017 - New Howe of Fife Rugby Club (behind swimming pool)
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Kirkcaldy - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership New!
Monday 15 May 2017 - Town House
/ Building a Child to Adult Transition Plan - Fife Carers Centre
Wednesday 17 May 2017 - 157 Commercial Street
June 2017
/ Building a Child to Adult Transition Plan - Fife Carers Centre
Thursday 15 June 2017 - 157 Commercial Street

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/ FVAWP - "Invisible Men": Realities of the Sex Industry - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Wednesday 15 March 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ PVG Training Session - Fife Voluntary Action
Thursday 16 March 2017 - Craig Mitchell House
/ FDAMH - Managing Anxiety - Falkirk and District Association for Mental Health New!
Thursday 16 March 2017 - Victoria Centre, 173 Victoria Road, Falkirk, FK2 7AU
/ FDAMH - Mindfulness for Wellbeing - Falkirk and District Association for Mental Health New!
Monday 20 March 2017
/ Course 1 - Volunteer involvement, getting started - Fife Voluntary Action
Tuesday 21 March 2017 - New Volunteer House
/ First Aid course, St Andrews - Fife Council - Community Based Learning
Wednesday 22 March 2017 - Cosmos Community Centre, Abbey Walk, St Andrews, KY16 9LB
/ Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) in Mental Health - Fife Employment Access Trust (FEAT)
Wednesday 22 March 2017 - Education Centre
/ Emergency First Aid Course, St Andrews - Fife Council - Community Based Learning
Wednesday 22 March 2017 - Cosmos Centre, Abbey Walk, St Andrews, KY16 9LB
/ Talking to Young People about Equality - Youth 1st
Thursday 23 March 2017 - TBC
/ Participatory budgeting, health and wellbeing - Fife Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Thursday 23 March 2017 - Fife Renewables Innovation Centre
/ FDAMH - Keeping Yourself Mentally Well - Falkirk and District Association for Mental Health New!
Monday 27 March 2017 - Grangemouth
/ Struggling with DWP Dynamic Purchasing System? - Fife Voluntary Action and DWP
Tuesday 28 March 2017 - New Volunteer House
/ Emergency First Aid at Work - Fife Voluntary Action New!
Thursday 30 March 2017 - Craig Mitchell House
April 2017
/ FDAMH - Introduction to Counselling - Falkirk and District Association for Mental Health New!
Monday 03 April 2017 - Falkirk Stadium
/ Course 2 - Effective volunteer recruitment - Fife Voluntary Action
Wednesday 05 April 2017 - Craig Mitchell House
/ FVAWP - Stalking: A multi-agency seminar - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Tuesday 18 April 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ Course 3 - Supporting your Volunteers - Fife Voluntary Action
Thursday 20 April 2017 - Volunteer House
/ Scottish Autism - Personal Coping Skills and Strategies - Scottish Autism New!
Tuesday 25 April 2017 - Lynebank Hospital
May 2017
/ FVAWP: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Seminar - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP) New!
Tuesday 02 May 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ Course 4 - Fair and equal volunteering - Fife Voluntary Action
Tuesday 09 May 2017 - Craig Mitchell House
/ FVAWP - Rape and Sexual Violence: A multi-agency seminar - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Wednesday 10 May 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ FVAWP - See me not my mask: Understanding Individuals Reactions to Sexual Trauma - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP) New!
Monday 15 May 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ FVAWP - Young People, Relationships and Pornography - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP) New!
Wednesday 17 May 2017 - Craig Mitchell House
/ Course 5 - Introduction to managing risk in your volunteer programme - Fife Voluntary Action
Thursday 25 May 2017 - New Volunteer House
June 2017
/ FVAWP - Introduction to Domestic Abuse - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP) New!
Wednesday 07 June 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ FVAWP - Forced Marriage: A Multi-agency Seminar - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP) New!
Thursday 15 June 2017 - Bankhead Central
September 2017
/ Scottish Autism - Voice, Participation and Involvement New!
Tuesday 26 September 2017 - Lynebank Hospital
January 2018
/ Scottish Autism - Relationships and Sexual Health New!
Tuesday 30 January 2018 - Lynebank Hospital

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/ Invitation to March Health and Social Care Forum - Locality Planning

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/ Asda's Social Enterprise Supplier Development Academy, 06 - 09 June New!

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Fife Voluntary Action is the Third Sector Interface for the Fife Council area.
supporting, developing and representing community groups,
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
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Registered Office: Craig Mitchell House, Flemington Road, Glenrothes, KY7 5QF.
Fife Voluntary Action is a Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in Scotland No. SC203613 and Registered Scottish Charity No. SCO28457.