Milton view Help needed at hospital
Dear Editor, We are asking local gardeners to volunteer for a few hours every couple of weeks or so to help maintain the garden area in the Brandon and Clyde wards at Udston Hospital.
We have recently had a lot of work done with money raised by the WRVS to upgrade the garden areas with a new summer pavilion, new paths and raised planters, but we need people to maintain it, especially over the summer months.
The NHS only cut the grass so there is still a lot of upkeep of the planters etc.
Any help would be much appreciated. Anyone interested please contact me on email graham. paul@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk or call 01698 723204.
Graham Paul senior charge nurse Udston Hospital Hamilton
There will be time to have an opportunity to visit a relative’s grave as well as to see the landing beaches and important areas of the battlefield.
We still have a few places left. If any of your readers would like more details I can be contacted by email on johndavidraw@gmail.com or by phone on 01368 866826 and mobile 07710 270640. They can also write to me at the address below.
David Raw Beachcote Golf House Road Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1LS Dear Editor, We are writing to make your readers aware of what we believe will be the moment of truthfor the future direction of Scottish Football.
We firmly believe that everybody who loves our national sport should be united in looking to improve the wider game in Scotland.
At Holyrood we launched the first ever benchmarking and evaluation exercise into the Governance of Scottish Football. https://www. surveymonkey.co.uk/r/sfsabenchmark2017
We propose to do this annually at the end of each season to gather information for benchmarking purposes.
This is not just for fans. Players, former players, referees, managers, coaches and any other interested parties will be able to participate if you love football or used to love it help us change the landscape.
Result evaluation will be supported by a team of highly respected academics who have been working on football analytics in Germany.
Why are we doing this because Scottish football currently has no external performance evaluation process and regulation and governance is all conducted internally.
Sadly key stakeholders (e.g. players, managers, coaches, fans) are all currently excluded from decision making.
In 2017 we don’t think this is good enough from FIFA and UEFA all the way down to Hampden Park, football governing bodies have shown little interest in reforming to allow key stakeholders a proper input to, and scrutiny of, the game.
We believe from talking to fans around the country that trust in Scottish football’s current management structures is at an alltime low.
Your readers and followers now have the chance to help by sharing the survey details with their contacts and support the initiative on social media by using the hashtag #Giveusourballback Results will be revealed at an event in September/ October. SFSA “Road Shows” will go to various towns and cities in Scotland to explain the results and also help fans develop action plans for the way forward for football at all levels.
Paul Goodwin Co-founder SFSA