Pop-up events to highlight community support for people in Caithness
The first of a series of events aimed at helping the local community in Caithness understand what support is available takes place later this month.
‘Here for Caithness’ is a series of pop-up hubs which will highlight the ways in which community-led support can help.
The first of these will take place at Wick Assembly Rooms on April 26, from 10am to 2pm.
Among those attending will be Caithness Voluntary Group (CVG), Listening Ear, Caithness CAB, Pulteneytown People’s Project, Caithness Mental Health Group, Highland Council Employability, High Life Highland and NHS Highland.
Lesley Martin, community service improvement practitioner with NHS Highland, said: “Caithness has a number of groups which are here to support the local community and we want to ensure that people are aware of what support is out there and how they can access it.
“This is a drop-in event which will allow people to come along at a time that suits them and chat to those in attendance. It will highlight all the different ranges of support availability not only from organisations such as the NHS or council but also voluntary groups which can also provide support and advice to their local community.
“Going forward the plan is to hold these events in other towns and villages in the Caithness area.”