Bank branches are closing at a faster rate in Scotland than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, figures unearthed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show.
Statistics from the Competition and Market Authority show that, between 2013 and 2...
Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland Blog
Use ALL Your Resources
A young lad wanted to help in the garden so his dad gave him a job to do; to remove an old tree stump “using all the resources available to him”.
He set to with gusto, and at the end of the day returned crestfallen. He had tried everything and u...
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West Chaplains say congratulations to Marion Perry........
Cate Adams and some of the volunteer chaplains, including Jack Quinn, from the West had their Team meeting this week. This was a particularly special team meeting as it was the last one before Marion Perry gets married. We look forward to...
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Welcome to Edinburgh!
Something in the news this week caught the eye of Chic Lidstone, Lead Chaplain (Support), and made him think about how life does not always work out the way we think it should. Here's Chic's comment :
Did you see th...
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Ferryhill Parish Church, Friendship Team, make generous donation
Ron Flett, Aberdeen City Centre Workplace Chaplain, was delighted to attend the service at Ferryhill Parish Church on Sunday (24th March) and share information about the work of Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland. During this service, Ron was prese...
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WPCS Chaplain - Hazel Brooks - Inspires Others
Hazel Brooks, chaplain at Braehead Shopping Centre, has been described as an “inspiration” on International Women’s Day.
The undernoted article appeared in the media last week.
Inspirational Woman
WPCS Chaplain meets Siberian Firefighters
Brian Porteous, Volunteer Chaplain is currently in Siberia at the World University Winter Games and happened to bump into the Krasnoyarsk firefighters! Brian is chaplain to the fire services - so it was particularly apt that he met a...
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Coffee Club for Widowed Men
A Coffee Club for Widowed Men is starting up on Tuesday, 5th March - 10.00am to 11.30am
This is an initiative supported by Scotmid Funeral Directors.
Esther Elliott (Edinburgh West Workplace and Community Chaplain) and Moira McDonald (Minister,...
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WPCS Represented at SCVO Exhibition - 'The Gathering'
Falkirk Chaplain, Dan Rous, and Paul Wilson, Lead Chaplain Development, were networking with charities and voluntary groups at the 15th annual SCVO Exhibition 'The Gathering' in the SEC, Glasgow this week.
FIREFIGHTER'S WEDDING
Firefighter Hilary Green arriving at her wedding with her colleagues from the Cupar Fire Station. Hilary and her husband Gary Marshall were married on Saturday 16 February 2019 by Chaplain Brian Porteous who is an Ordained Local Minister in the ...
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ABERDEEN CHAPLAINCY
Ron Flett, (Aberdeen City Centre Work Place Chaplain), was one of a number of guests who attended a lunch, on Saturday 9th February, at Mannofield Parish Church and met the Moderator of Church of Scotland, Right Reverend Susan Brown.
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In his Workplace Word, this month, East of Scotland Regional Organiser Chic Lidstone asks, 'Have you ever felt like this?'
On holiday I saw a basket in a kitchen cupboard of the house we were staying in which read: “Load Shedding Kit”. I had no idea ...
We are excited to have some eight potential new volunteer chaplains entering our interview and induction process following our recent Introduction Day in Edinburgh.The all-day event was hosted by our partner Palmerston Place Church. More than 20 chap...
Aberdeen Chaplain Ron Flett (pictured) was interviewed on Aberdeen’s community radio station SHMUfm-99.8fm about the work WPCS does both locally and nationally.Ron said later: "It was a great experience and I very much appreciate ACVO (Aberdeen ...
Our recent free lunchtime Workplace Wellbeing Seminar, in conjunction with Edinburgh Park Management, prompted some insightful questions and comments from attendees involved in financial services.
Ten people attended the session on the subject of sup...
Ewan Aitken, Chief Executive of the Cyrenians will give a fresh perspective on social issues affecting society today in the first of a series of free lectures organised by our church partners Palmerston Place Church, in Edinburgh, on Tuesda...
With the The Great British Bake Off keeping us talking, what better way to lead into the weekend than with a slice or two of delicious cake!Here Hazel Brooks (pictured) of the intu Braehead Chaplaincy team, shares a titbit or two ...
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...
Thursday's Stress-awareness Seminar, the first in our Autumn season of free lunchtime Workplace Wellbeing sessions, courtesy of the management at Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, was very well attended.WPCS Chief Executive Iain McFadzean's illustrated...
We have been encouraged by the number of people who expressed an interest in volunteering as workplace chaplains during the West Lothian Presbytery event on Saturday (August 27).Held in 'The Peel' the park area surrounding Linlithgow Palace, the day...
