COMMUNITY

Info about community groups in Angus

Group of mothers with their babies at a community gathering

ANGUSAlive

The charity ANGUSalive is the culture, sport and leisure trust for the county of Angus and has been operating since 1 December 2015. We are ambitious and aim to provide the best services for our customers.

ANGUSalive offers residents and visitors to Angus a wealth of services which inspire healthy, active and creative lifestyle choices through the use of our sports centres, country parks, theatres and venues, museums, galleries, archives, libraries and ACCESS offices. We have five service areas which form our culture, sport and leisure offering:

  • Libraries
  • Museums, Galleries & Archives
  • Sport & Leisure
  • Countryside Adventure
  • Theatre & Venues
 

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Sport | Leisure | Community | Museums | Library | Culture | Theatre | Countryside | Archives | Physical Activity | Swimming

Angus Adult Protection Committee

 

The Angus Adult Protection Committee is chaired by an Independent Convenor and has a range of statutory, private and voluntary organisation representatives.

The committee is responsible for ensuring agencies work together to protect adults who may be at risk of harm.

The committee performs a number of crucial functions in Angus including the coordination of training for professionals and other staff, the development of policies, procedures and protocols, ensuring the effectiveness and quality of local adult protection services through continuous improvement and the provision of public information about adult protection.


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Arbroath Learning Shop (part of Angus Council Vibrant Communities)

Arbroath Learning Shop offers adults support with new and complex literacy skills needed for every day life.

  • Learning to use mobile phones or personal tablets and laptops
  • Getting help to make on-line accounts to deal with things such as school meals, energy bills, rent or shopping
  • Learning to manage Universal Credit accounts and communicate through journals
  • Getting support with video messaging to stay in touch with family and friends or to use services such as on-line hospital appointments
  • Learning how to manage dyslexia and get support using dyslexia tools at home or at work
  • Improving reading, writing or numeracy skills and become more confident with handling information
  • Getting first qualifications, preparing for college, the driving theory test, employment, entrance tests or training courses at work
 

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Discovery Credit Union

For people. Not profit.
We envision our members having the opportunity to happily participate in all aspects of life.

What is Discovery Credit Union?
Formed in 2003, we are a locally based not for profit financial co-operative owned and run by its members, for its members. We provide our members with a safe, secure place to save as well as a place to borrow money.

Our members all have something in common – we share what is known as a ‘common bond’ – we all live or work within DD1 through to DD11 or, we are employees or tenants of local councils or housing associations.

How it works
When someone joins a credit union they open a share account and have shares in the credit union. It is known as a share account because individuals become part owner of the credit union. Your savings are your shares in the credit union. The value of your savings determines how many shares you have in the company.

Credit unions encourage members to save on a regular basis – how much you decide to save is entirely down to you. All our members’ savings (shares) are pooled together. This pool is then used to make low interest loans to our members. We only lend to members of Discovery Credit Union.

 

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| Financial Services | Savings | Banking | Credit Union | Community Banking | Payments | Loans |

East Regional Scout Council

Our demographic covers the Local Authority Areas of Angus, Dundee, Fife and Perth & Kinross.  We have 6,257 youngsters enjoying Scouting across the Region, ably assisted by 2,106 Adult volunteers.  

We are the third-largest of the eight Regions in Scotland, just behind Clyde and South-East Scotland.   

 

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Generations Working Together

 

Local networks are designed to create networking opportunities for organisations and groups who would like to be kept up to date with what’s happening in the local area; along with opportunities to link with other key partners in delivering current and future intergenerational activities. In addition members will hear what GWT is planning to do nationally, and how they can have an input in our policies and strategies.

The networks are free to join and provide access to:

  • Intergenerational training
  • Monthly e-bulletins
  • Database of projects by type and location
  • Opportunities for networking
  • Guidance on funding for local project activity and development.

 

Showcase The Street

 

Level Up with Showcase Tech Hub

The project will be based at Showcase the Street Tech Hub in Dundee and Dundee and Angus Gardyne Campus, with hubs created for meeting young people across Angus. 

 

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South Angus Parents of Adults with Learning Disabilities (SAPALD)

Do you have an adult with learning disabilities in your family?

If so, join SAPALD, the local charity dedicated to making life better for adults and their family carers.

  • Working to provide permanent residential accommodation in our area
  • Working to provide suitable residential respite accommodation for adults and their family carers
  • Fundraising to provide twice-yearly outings for adults and carers to places of interest to them
  • Establishing small community groups of adults to provide activities and entertainment for them
  • We provide support, help and advice for people struggling with bureaucracy.

The Trustees meet every 2 months normally, and we have an open meeting for all members twice a year, in January and July, where we exchange information. These are attended by our local Angus Council Councillors who support us.

If you are interested in joining us, either as a family member or as an associate, please contact us

 

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Stepping Stone Bridge Club

 

To promote the game of bridge in the local community and to teach the basics and finer points of the game.

 

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Youth Club by Dundee and Angus ADHD Support Group

The ADHD Support Group provides services across Angus and Dundee to support and empower children, young people and parent/carers suffering from and affected by the medical condition Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and through this raise tolerance, awareness and acceptance of the condition.  We offer 1:1 support providing information and advice, emotional support and encouragement, training and learning workshops, parent support groups, youth groups and family learning/support courses.
 

Friockheim – Top Floor, 8 Grant Road, Arbroath, Angus, DD11 1JN

Dundee – ADHD Support Centre Dundee, Unit 15, Manhattan Works, Dundonald Street, Dundee DD3 7PY

 

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