Following on from his service at the 50th anniversary of the Tay Road Bridge, our East of Scotland Organiser Chic Lidstone takes a closer look at bridges in his Workplace Word:
Two brothers who lived on neighbouring farms had a major fallout. A ...
Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland Blog
Listening Post
Earlier this month, on the first day of Suicide Prevention Week, Workplace Chaplaincy Scotland, together with Chaplains from the Railway Mission and representatives from the Samaritans and Breathing, space held a "Listening Post" at Haymarket station...
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Cast all your votes for dancing!
Hafiz was a 14th century Persian poet who wrote this telling piece on depression. It is interesting to think that mental health and wellbeing is not necessarily a modern thing.
This is particularly for the one in four of us who struggle with mental w...
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Autumn Perspectives Lectures - Wellbeing in the Workplace
In association with WPCS, Business Matters, Oasis, St Mary's Cathedral and Palmerston Place Church - There are a series of three Perspectives Lectures on 'Wellbeing in the Workplace' taking place, in Palmerston Place Church, Palmerston Place, Edinbur...
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Introduction Day in Edinburgh on 5th October
Are you interested in finding out more about Workplace Chaplaincy Scotland and how you could perhaps become involved? If so, why not come along to our Introductory Day, in Edinburgh, on 5th October
Date : Thursday, 5th Octobe...
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New Chairman for Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland
Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland has announced David Lonsdale, Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, as successor to chairman Andrew Milligan OBE.
WPCS provides pastoral and welfare support across Scotland to employees in around 2000 workplaces s...
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The number of people entering shops in Scotland fell again in July according to the latest figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and leading Customer Counting and Performance Measurement company, Springboard. However the number of vacant ...
Would you or anyone in your church community be interested in finding out more about volunteering as a workplace chaplain? Why not come along to our next free Introduction Day and say hello?Held in Palmerston Place Church, 10 Palmerston Place, E...
Our next series of free lunchtime Workplace Wellbeing Seminars, in conjunction with Edinburgh Park Management, will take place at the Edinburgh Park Management Suit, 4 Lochside Place, EH12 9DF, at 12.30-13.15 on the following dates:-
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The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) whose members include well known high street, online and grocery retailers, is calling on the Scottish Government to put competitiveness and productivity at the heart of its Budget and Spending Review w...
In response to the Scottish Government's recent announcement of a package of measures designed to bolster business confidence and boost the economy, Andy Willox, The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Scottish policy convenor, said: “The curre...
This month's Workplace Word from our Regional Organiser (East) Chic Lidstone, offers a Dundee focus on a universal theme:-
For some of us it’s the dream, for some it’s the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and for some it’s just a better day. We ...
Dundee City Council chaplain Chic Lidstone, who is also the Regional Organiser for WPCS in the East of Scotland, gave a poignant address during the recent Tay Road Bridge 50th Anniversary celebrations.
He conducted the Workers’ Commemoration Ceremony...
We have been asked to publicise the following vacancy for The Church of Scotland: The Church's Ministries Council is now recruiting for the Go For It Fund Manager role. Closing Date: 12 noon, Friday 19 August 2016. Further in...
The Scottish Government has announced all of the members of their review group looking at the business rates system in Scotland. They have also called on businesses to submit their ideas for reform.
Andy Willox, the Federation of Small Busines...
