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...
Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland Blog
Tap Tap Tapping
Adan Abokor tapped out the book, Anna Karenina, using his finger and wrist to keep his neighbouring cell mates sane.
After 7 months in solitary confinement Adan realised he could communicate with his fellow prisoners who were also in solitary confine...
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Introduction Afternoon in Dundee
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 Afternoon, in Dundee, on Monday, 7th May
Date : Monday, 7th M...
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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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HOMELESS JESUS
The sculpture outside (behind the church) is cast in bronze and was first created in Canada by artist Timothy P Schmalz. Many copies have been made. They are installed in different cities all over the world. This is the first one in...
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Adam Plenderleith
Breaking news: Our most recent volunteer chaplain in the West, Adam Plenderleith formerly a healthcare chaplain with the NHS has attracted the interest of one of our national newspapers! Adam, together with Rev Neil E Allison, has recently published ...
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East Coast Team Day
Chic Lidstone and his East Coast Team spent an enjoyable, and extremely valuable, day of team building at Compass Ski Centre, Glenshee earlier this month. Everyone enjoyed the activities on offer - especially the Archery! Geoff was determ...
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WPCS gets involved at Dundee Airport Airex 2017 exercise
Airex 2017 was a disaster exercise at Dundee Airport which tested the terminal buildings in use as a survivor and repatriation facility. WPCS worked in partnership with British Red Cross under the direction of Dundee Airport and Police Scotland...
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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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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...
Save the date!
Here's an early note about our next series of free lunchtime Workplace Wellbeing Seminars in conjunction with Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, Management:
The seminars will take place at the Edinburgh Park Management Suit, ...
Press release
A GLASGOW-based charity and a global customer service provider are working together to help students in Tanzania get connected to the internet.
And as a ‘thank you’ for years of support for young people’s education in the country, Wo...
East of Scotland Regional Organiser Chic Lidstone (pictured) is in holiday mode this week and in his latest Workplace Word he shares some tips for the journey!
It's holiday time and many of us will be flying off somewhere nice. For an enjoyable fligh...
Dundee-born Geoff Findlay loves being chaplain in the city where he is well known. So he was delighted to attend the official unveiling of a very special war memorial in the city as this story (below) reproduced here with permission from the Dundee C...
