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Building
Communication and Relationships through the HCCF Network
An
effective network relies on the people in it and how they relate to
each other. In an area like the Highlands, infrastructure plays a large
part. This is not only about technical things like transport or IT but
also group organisation, support and advice, securing and managing finances.
Local
Forums
- development
of HCCF network through web site which promotes all Local Forums
- greater
diversity of opportunities for involvement provided through Forums
e.g. community Ôbite and blether' days in South West Ross, disability
awareness open days in East Ross
- Nairn
CCF played a major part in consultations about new hospital developments
in Nairn
HUG
- HUG
membership grew to over 270 people with 14 branches now holding bi-monthly
meetings
- HUG
web site went live online at
http://www.hug.uk.net/
- Scottish
Executive funding used to purchase laptops, printers, scanners and
a digital camera to improve communication through the HUG network
and to increase members' skills
- became
a key member of the See Me national anti-stigma campaign
- continued
to support the development of Lochaber Youth Minds
Highland
Carers Project
- established
full time Information Worker post
- set
up Management Committee Steering Group which meets every two months
and has a Secretary and Vice Chair
- secured
corporate funding for four years (from Tulloch Ltd) plus additional
funding for Young Carers Information Worker
- began
working with Skye & Lochalsh CCF to support Skye Parent Carers
Group
- supported
Local Forum facilitators to work with young carers in Skye, Gairloch,
Badenoch & Strathspey and Lochaber
- information
published on HCCF web site: newsletters, leaflets and contact information,
and carers online discussion set up in December 2002
- produced
display materials and publicity leaflets to promote Highland Carers
Project service more widely to carers
- maintained
contact on a regular basis with 42 relatives of New Craigs residents
in Highland, the Western Isles, the Orkney Isles, England and Africa
People
First
- the
People First Network continued to grow with membership now standing
around 100
- supported
the development of active groups in Inverness, Caithness, East Ross,
Skye and Lochalsh, and Nairn
- supported
People First members Lochaber where there is a real will to restart
the group there
- a recent
Health & Happiness seminar provided the impetus for a People First
visit to Cantray Bridge College and the beginning of establishing
closer links
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HCCF
secured £ 354,638 in core funding and £331,251 from
independent funding trusts. Looking to the future HCCF has involved
the network in the writing of the new HCCF Business Plan. |
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Annual
Report 2003
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