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Caring Community Circle

Mission and Aims

The mission of the Caring Community Circle (CCC) of the NFA (New Findhorn Association) is to provide resources and coordinate services for care in the community.
The aims are to:

  • Be a link between individuals with needs (or potential needs) and the NFA Council
  • Provide information/education on the Curriculum for the 4th Age (skills and resources relevant for the stage of dependence)
  • Create a culture of mutual support through encouraging the establishment of Buddy Networks for individuals and strengthen those networks as and when required
  • Facilitate care in community in the many aspects necessary – accommodation, care workers and volunteers, funding, social inclusion, links with social work and health care services
  • Hold custodianship and facilitate use of the ‘Community Care Fund’

Hands-on Care in Community

  • People Awareness – holding vulnerable people in the community
  • Facilitating, providing or coordinating care at home for community members
  • Facilitating Findhorn Careworkers

Social, spiritual and educational activities

  • NFA liaison to embed the CCC in the community structures
  • NFA database – next of kin etc.
  • Curriculum for the 4th Age workshops
  • Weekly exercise class
  • Film discussions (bi-weekly)
  • Social inclusion community structures incl. multi-generational co-housing
  • Buddy system for personal support
  •  Minding-the-Gap : Youngers and Olders meet in intergenerational events

Contact Information

  • Caring Community Coordinator
    Laura Shreenan
      
    Mobile 07486401655

Resources

  • Accommodation suitable for care at home Community Care Flats.pdf
  • Community Care Fund.pdf to supplement statutory care funding
  • Equipment (hoist, wheelchair, rolator etc)  contact the CCcoordinator Laura Shreenan for any further information or need for equipment (details below)  – List
  • Findhorn Careworkers – paid carers to support care at home (cultural shift to create sustainable work and care provision)

 Related Pages

  • CCC Mission and Aims – in more detail
  • Looking after Our Own – a brief history of health and social care in the Findhorn Foundation Community
    find the full report NFA GatherIn 2018 Award: People Care GatherIn 2018 final report
    and the full report from the NFA GatherIn 2019 Award here:CCCGatherIn 2019 final report
  • Curriculum for the 4th Age – summary
    • Notes from the Curriculum of the Fourth Age
    • How to Train Your Carer – article
    • 4th Age Film list (CCC owned only) .pdf for download
    • 2015 Community Care Circle .docx = more detailed document for download
  • Tara Approach resources
    • Stefanie Mines introduction – pdf
    • Tara Approach selfcare introduction – pdf
    • The Majesty of Elderhood – pdf
    • Neuroresiliency – pdf
    • Mold detoxification Stefanie Mines

 

On-call phone number 07395 305233
Spreadsheet for help requests and support 
Masks are now becoming available. Thanks to the work of some wonderful sewing volunteers we are now starting to have some surplus masks to distribute to the wider community. When available, we put them in a box in the General Office, and emphasise that they are primarily there for those community members who are vulnerable or come into contact with a lot of people. 
 
Note that wearing a mask will not necessarily prevent you from catching the virus, but may help limit the spread if you are already infected. 
 
Personal Protective Equipment for carers – If you are providing any kind of care that brings you within 2 meters of another person, you could get PPE from Health and Social Care  Moray. Contact Quarriers on 01343 556031 to arrange supply.
 
Active listening support
We now have trained volunteers who are able to offer support over the phone. If you would like to talk to someone, please contact your neighbourhood rep, who will put you in contact
 
Please Find the latest CCC Report here 
‘Who Will care for Me – the Issue of Power of Attorney in our Community’
Getting to know me
 
 

 

 

this page was last updated on July 20, 2019

 

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