Care for Christmas
HUNDREDS of home carers across Glasgow are gearing up to carry out thousands of visits to some of the city’s most vulnerable citizens on Christmas day and over the festive period.
More than 13,500 visits were carried out by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) home care staff on Christmas day last year.
To many of the service’s users the visits will be a lifeline. This includes more than 12 service users who are over the age of 100.
As Frances McMeeking, assistant chief officer, Operational Care Services for Glasgow City HSCP said: “Instead of winding down at this time of year our staff are very much the opposite – making sure that all our service users have their visits scheduled for over the holidays.”
GLASGOW has been named the ninth most generous city in the UK by ActionAid.
The ranking reflects the amount of donations from local people over the past year that have allowed ActionAid support women and girls who live in poverty. Glasgow ranked above
ANURSERY has appealed to its local community to be on the lookout for vandals who have consistently targeted their premises over the past year.
Linthaugh Nursery School in Crookston claims they have suffered from at least 10 separate acts of vandalism since Easter.
The vandals have set fire to items, used a playhouse to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, and broken several objects during their regular rampages.
The nursery can’t estimate the cost of the damage but they are appealing to the community for help. Acting team leader Diane Girvan said: “Our appeal is for the local community to not let the vandals have the opportunity to do this.
“The nursery has been affected as the children are seeing all their hard work been destroyed. This makes us all feel very sad.”
The nursery has been in consultation with community police to tackle the issue.
Their appeal comes after the Glasgow Times reported last December that around a quarter of city schools and nurseries had been wrecked by vandals in the space of just eight months.
A total of 58 attacks were recorded from March to December 2018, with some schools and cities such as Cambridge, York and Leeds.
A separate YouGov survey commissioned by ActionAid showed Glaswegians who donate to the charity give £130.83 on average, with 21% giving more this year than last year.
Climate appeared to be a leading charity cause this year, as 11% of Glaswegians said they nurseries once.
A spokesperson for Glasgow City Council said: “Any vandalism to property is upsetting but when it’s a nursery and young children being repeatedly targeted it seems callous and totally unnecessary. The staff are so disheartened each time this happens and are appealing to the local community to help them catch the mindless idiots who are causing such distress.” targeted more than donate more to climate change charities, with 69% making changes to their lifestyle in order to improve their carbon footprint.
Ed Tait, director of fundraising at ActionAid said: “It’s inspiring to see your commitment to helping women and girls in some of the poorest countries in the world.
“Right now, ActionAid’s local teams are working round the clock helping women and girls to rebuild their lives after climatechange disasters – but our supplies are running out.
“With your support this Christmas, you could help us provide more food, toilets and essentials kits to women and girls on the edge of survival.”
A Police Scotland spokesman added: “Local officers routinely patrol the area and engage with staff as appropriate.
“There have been no significant issues reported or identified at this time.
“However, we would always ask members of the public who see anyone acting suspiciously, or who have any information on crimes in their area to contact their local police station through 101.”