Our thanks to West Lothian Council communications team for permission to publish the following article and picture which appeared in their staff 'Inside News':Staff visiting West Lothian Civic Centre on a Tuesday morning, are being asked to stop and ...
Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland Blog
A Change in Altitude
In 1997 Steve Fossett was at 24500 ft, trying to fly round the world in a hot-air balloon when he faced a serious problem.
Steve takes up the story; “Whilst heading east across the Atlantic Ocean, the prevailing winds were carrying me straight for Li...
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Visit to Cameron House Chaplaincy
Chaplains visiting Cameron House on Wednesday got into the spirit of the day by dressing up as Little Miss Muffet and Jack O' Lantern.
They then became spontaneous judges of the staff pumpkin crafting competition.
We didn't hear the ...
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An Unsung Heroine
Lynne and Jacqueline went down to the dark and dusty basement to find some more loo rolls! When rummaging through cupboards they came across a treasure trove, not of money but the story of a heroine which had been forgotten for over 100 years ..........
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Steve Brown - Chaplain at Ayrshire Hospice (former WPCS Intern)
An article about inspirational hospice workers appeared in an edition of The Scottish Sun last week.
One of the workers interviewed was Steve Brown, who was an Intern with WPCS before he was appointed Chaplain at Ayrshire Hospice.
As chap...
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Passing Out Parade of Recruits at SFRS, Portlethen Training Centre
Ron Flett, Aberdeen City Centre Chaplain, was invited to Portlethen Training Centre on 2nd August where he attended the Passing Out Parade of the newest recruits of SFRS.
It's always a privilege for our chaplains to be invited to these ty...
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Bon Accord Care Bid Farewell to a Senior Carer
Residents in Gairn Court (Bon Accord Care) gatthered earlier this week to wish one of their senior carers/support workers a happy retirement and happy birthday.
Sylvia has worked as Senior carer/support for the last 10 years, and we wish her both a H...
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Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland - Summer Newsletter 2018
Meet three of our Volunteer Chaplains in our 2018 Summer Newsletter
Lunchtime Seminars
WPCS are running 2 lunchtime seminars on 5th September and 7th November. Both seminars are free of charge and being held at:
Board Room, Charles White offices
Citypoint, 65 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD
Happy People, Healt...
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A Boring Story about Water
Six weeks ago a community in a village in southern India drank fresh water for the first time. On a warm Thursday evening from a newly drilled 500 foot borehole, flowed fresh clean cool water for the first time. You can see the delight!
Other parts o...
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On a Cold and Frosty Morning
We’ve all done it, especially at this time of year.
You know what I mean: scraping the frost or snow on the windscreen and then being tempted to drive away before you can see properly.
Have you ever been tempted to do that?
You know what happens next...
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“There are few more pressing issues for the retail industry than the prohibitive cost of business rates, which has moved in the eyes of many retailers from irritating to debilitating in recent years.”
So said Scottish Retail Consortium Director and W...
Our Fife Chaplain Brian Porteous has been getting out and about as Chaplain to his local Royal Mail delivery office, in Cupar. Here he is (wearing a Santa hat) getting ready to go out with the Christmas post.
Said Brian: “Our posties are wo...
Across Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland's different regions, chaplains have been, and continue to be, involved in community Christmas celebrations.
In Fort Kinnaird, in Edinburgh, our chaplain there, Judith Wilkinson, is organising a carol service in t...
By giving full rates relief to 100,000 Scottish firms, the government has lifted the prospects of smaller businesses facing a tough 2017, a spokesman for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland has said.
Following Cabinet Secretary for F...
Sharing his December 'Workplace Word', our East of Scotland Regional Organiser Chic Lidstone here suggests we take another look when we first perceive a problem:
In the film Patch Adams (starring the late Robin Williams) there is a scene when so...
For the third successive month, retail sales in Scotland have risen.David Lonsdale (pictured), Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium and a Trustee of WPCS described the latest figures as: “real-terms positive growth.”
He was speaking following t...
Depute First Minister John Swinney is sponsoring a private art exhibition in the Scottish Parliament by one of our chaplains.
WPCS volunteer Larry Scrimgeour’s skill in Pictish and Celtic art – which he took up on his retirement from a career in acad...
WORKERS in Kirkcaldy are being offered a confidential, caring, ‘listening ear’ when they want to get something off their chest.
In Fife Central Retail Park, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Royal Mail, in the ‘Lang Toun’, our chaplain Rob Jon...
Scotland’s late payment culture kills thousands of businesses and causes hundreds of millions pounds of economic damage, according to new Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) research.
A new report from the small business campaign group finds that la...
