Skye and Lochalsh Young Carers co-founder awarded MBE
We are delighted to share the news that our former Chair, Mrs Pat Walsh, has been recognised in the latest honours list. Pat has been awarded an MBE for a lifetime’s work supporting several health and social care projects and organisations in Skye and Lochalsh. Having been a senior social worker for many years, Pat has continued to support many charities and projects well into her retirement. Most notably she was a founder member of Skye and Lochalsh Housing Association, supporting the organisation for several years, as well as being instrumental in the establishment of the Skye and Lochalsh Community Care Forum, which launched the Young Carers Project in 2000. Pat was Chair of SLCCF until February 2018, and continues to be an active member of the fundraising team for the Young Carers Service.
Please join us in wishing Pat congratulations for a well deserved recognition.
You can read more about it here in the West Highland Free Press.
WHFP Willie Urquhart
Skye Flag
Huge congratulations to Calum Alasdair Munro for his winning design of the Isle of Skye flag! We like everyone else think it is brilliant and a lovely representation of Skye.
We wish to say a huge thank you to The West Highland Free Press for donating their proceeds from the flag to us! Your generosity will make such a difference to our young carers. Your continued support is greatly appreciated by us all, thank you!
Have you got your Skye flag from the West Highland Free Press yet?
https://www.whfp.com/skye-flag/
20th Anniversary!
How time flies! May 2020 marks the Skye and Lochalsh Young Carers Service 20th Anniversary!
From humble beginnings with Marjory Jagger, Pat Walsh and Irene Mackay(Jagger) supporting 6 young carers to 6 members of staff and a bank of volunteers supporting around 80 young carers annually. Unbelievably 20 years later Marjory, Pat and Irene are all still very much a part of the service. As a service we are truly honoured to support the young carers of Skye and Lochalsh, both past and present. We had big things planned to celebrate this milestone but we have had to put this on hold — for now!
We are delighted to launch our temporary, celebratory logo! It was designed by our young carers to mark our 20th Anniversary and will be the logo we use for the next year (possibly 2 years, depending on the Covid-19 situation).We think you’ll agree the young carers have done a fantastic job!
Here’s to the next 20 years!
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We will be at Kyleakin Hall tomorrow selling our SLIDE card from 11am - 2pm! We can take payment by card or cash - £30 for a years membership and a wide variety of discounts available across Skye and Lochalsh! See you there! @followers
We have launched a website for our Slide Card so please visit there and purchase a card, hopefully this will make things easier for everyone! A big thank you to everyone that has bought a card but also to all the businesses that have come onboard so far, its been a great response and we are very grateful for everyones support.
Skye & Lochalsh Young Carers-SLIDE card
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Looking forward to seeing you at our Indoor Sale tomorrow. We will be selling our own merchandise, teas,coffee and home baking plus juice and crisps. We will also be selling our Slide card so make sure and grab one tomorrow! There will also be 20 other sellers there with a wide range of goods including antiques, clothing, kids toys, household items, jigsaws, books and other bric a brac. See you there, 10am - 1pm Portree Community Centre!
At The Skye Candle Company until 6 tonight then back from 10am tomorrow. Here’s a list of participating businesses signed up as of Thursday but more are to be added already! Come along and support us by buying our card @£30 for a years membership.* Please note that Craig Campbell opticians is a 20% discount. *