Stroke Insight Survey – Covid 19

Stroke Insight Survey – Covid 19

by | Jun 22, 2020 | announcement

Shared on behalf of Stroke Association

Good morning

We have launched an online survey for those affected by stroke, to understand how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting their lives, and recoveries from stroke.

We’d be very grateful if you could promote and share the survey widely amongst your networks, so that we can reach as many people affected by stroke as possible. 

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/StrokeandCovid19inScotland/ 

We aim to understand the additional challenges facing stroke survivors, and how the Government and stroke support services should respond. This will help to build a clear picture of the impact of coronavirus on people affected by stroke across the UK.

The survey is being disseminated widely across the stroke community, to ensure we can gather as much information as possible. We’d be very grateful if you could share it as widely as possible amongst your networks, colleagues, supporters and social media audiences.  I’d be delighted if you could ‘retweet’ our post on Twitter. 

We will be happy to share the findings and report with you over the summer. 

Please let me know if you have any questions.  

Thanks, and best wishes

Andrea

 Andrea Cail  Director Scotland
Telephone 0131 555 7250   Mobile 0771 232 7952
stroke.org.uk

We Own A Phonebox

We Own A Phonebox

by | Jun 6, 2020 | announcement

Some two years ago, the Community Council purchased the red phone box at the top of Inverallan Road. We’ve touched on the subject of what to do with it several times and made a bit of progress on the item but, sadly, it is now hanging on to the agenda like a bad smell and we would really like to get some action on it.

What we’d primarily like to establish is this. Would you, the wider Community, want to retain the phone box, in some form, in the village? If so, what purpose do you see it serving?

We’ve batted a few ideas around and we had gotten as far as it potentially being moved into the centre of the village and used as an information hub to contain leaflets, maps and local notices. It’s also been mooted as a book swap hub and most recently it was suggested as a food bank.

None of the above are set in stone though and we’d really love to hear your suggestions.

If there is an appetite to keep the box we’d be looking to set up a group to help with the work needed to get the project completed. The phone box is in poor condition just now so we would need both creative and skilled and enthusiastic folks to help with the refurbishment of the box and the potential fit out. An initial list would be the following:

  1. We think the box has been disconnected from the power by BT but we’d welcome confirmation from a suitably qualified electrician. 
  2. The glazing panels are damaged with many having been replaced with perspex. We’d like to discuss the best way forward to rectify this so someone with glazing skills would be a huge help.
  3. There may be the need to move the box into the village so we’d need assistance both with construction of a new base for the box as well as moving it to a new location.
  4. Eventually, there would be a fitout required in order to suits whatever new role it is to play.

There’s a bit to think about but we would ask for your thoughts on whether it could provide a tangible use in the village in the first instance. We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Bridge of Allan Community Council

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