Health in Mind Support Sessions
Health in Mind drop in group continues in Zoom form, at the moment only for Queensferry but as numbers are low may go wider.
Category: Health & Wellbeing
Forest Kindergarten
There have been shipping containers at the Vat Run recently installed to support Forest Kindergarten ELC places for children from Echline Primary School nursery class. There are two containers; one to provide a warm space and one to provide storage for resources and a compost toilet. Sadly, we have been advised that there has been […]
Final closing update on the Ferry Elves Project
Thanks to the generosity of this community we supported 51 young people. We tried to spend about £20 on each youngster then made sure that the under 10’s had about 6 toys including the preloved ones. Parents never asked for themselves so we tried hard to include them as appropriate. Many organisations were already supporting […]
Coronavirus Vaccine Update from South Queensferry Medical Practice
🟡The practice will be delivering the first doses of vaccines to the over 80’s starting next week. This age category will be the only category to be vaccinated in the practice and we will only receive enough vaccines from NHS Scotland across the next few weeks to cover this population. 🟡Those below this age will […]
Ferry Elves Update 14th Dec
A wee up date from the Ferry Elves to everyone who has been so incredibly generous in supporting families who live locally and need a wee hand. • We have now supported 14 families and 42 young people and will be available until Christmas Eve.• We have tried to spend about £20 on each child […]
SFRS – Winter Fire Safety
• Chimney Safety, Stoves, Carbon monoxide • Winter Festive Safety • Fire and Smoke Alarms in Scottish Homes
Ferry Elves – Helping Families in Need
On the back of the work initiated by Caroline and Dianne recently supporting some families who may not be having the best Christmas, the QDCC Health & Well-being sub-committee realised that there will be quite a few families in our own area who will also be facing challenges this year and we would like to […]
Covid Restriction Levels from 20th Nov
From 6pm Friday 20th Nov the Covid Restriction levels will not change from level 3 for Queensferry but will rise to level 4 in our neighbouring West Lothian, the border of which sits just west of the Queensferry Crossing.This has implications for non-essential travel to and from, which will become law rather than the present […]
Flu Vaccinations – Sun 15th Nov cancelled
From South Queensferry Medical Practice…. Due to the successful uptake of the drive through clinics earlier in the month, 2,342 adult flu vaccinations have been delivered to South Queensferry patients. These numbers are reflective of what we would normally see for the the full flu season. We are aware that the uptake will be higher […]