Caring, Connected Dollar

Our Caring, Connected Dollar activity is all about ensuring everyone in our community feels supported and included. We work with local partners and volunteers to provide a range of services including our Volunteer Driver Service, community library, and activities supporting new parents.

Our Community Connectors – Shirley Bwye and Fiona Hogg – are helping us to develop our local directory of services to make it easier for you to find sources of information, support and advice – see below for more details!

In the meantime – below is some information on what is currently available in Dollar.

Local Services

Health and Wellbeing Directory

We have teamed up with our local Community Connectors to develop a growing bank of resources providing health and wellbeing information and support to the community. Topics include dementia, bereavement and being a carer; these are available online here and as booklets and leaflets in the Hive. Click on the button below to find out more.

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Dementia Friendly Dollar

At the end of 2021 we received some funding from the Life Changes Trust to help make Dollar dementia-friendly. We will be working with people with dementia and their carers, other charities, the Dollar Health Centre, social care organisations and businesses to make improvements to our town. Click on the button below for more information

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Babies and toddlers in Dollar

Thanks to funding from the Clackmannanshire Communities Health and Well-being fund we will be improving the support and services available to families with children between 0 and 3 years old. Click on the button below to find out more!

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Lunch Club

The Playpen Cafe CIC run two services for older people from the Hive. Lunch club at home - which is a hot meal delivered twice a week by friendly volunteers, and the Lunch Club, a sit down meal on a Thursday. Click on the button below for more info!

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Are you a carer?

If you help to look after a partner, a child, relative, neighbour or friend who couldn’t manage without your help due to frailty, a disability, illness, or addiction – you’re a carer. We know there are many carers in Dollar and aim to ensure they get the support they need. Click on the button below for more informaiton.

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Volunteer Driver Service

The VDS is a small group of local volunteers in Dollar who aim to make life a little bit easier for those without access to transport. The volunteers offer lifts to help with every day trips to the shops, the health centre, the library, or further afield if necessary. Click the button below to find out more and book your journey!

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Community Library

A group of local volunteers, with support from the Trust, took over the running of the local library from the Council in 2018. It is now a thriving space with regular events.

Click Here to see the library

Our Community Connectors

We now have two fully trained Community Health Champions to support improved health and wellbeing in Dollar – watch this space for more info!

Parish Church Community Cafe

Dollar Parish Church will be starting their new Community Cafe from Friday 30th September from 2pm to 4pm. The cafe will be held at the Burnside Hall on East Burnside. All welcome!

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Ukraine Crisis Response

We have been supporting the efforts of the local group of dedicated volunteers who have come together to respond to the Ukraine Crisis. Click below to find out more and how you can get involved.

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COVID 19 Support

Dollar Community Development Trust and our partner organisations are here to provide ongoing support to local residents throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic. If you or someone you know is in need of support with shopping or prescription pick-up, please call 07496 089 221.

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Coming Soon

Digital Buddies project: we were lucky enough to get some funding from the local Ideas, Improvement and Innovation fund to pay for some iPads and Alexa’s along with some remote MiFi devices to lend out to help those who don’t have one already and are unsure about whether or not they would like one . You can borrow the devices to see if you like having one, one of our Digital Buddies will help you set it up and get used to using it, and if you would like one of your own we can help you to buy one. If you don’t like it, you can just give it back – no questions asked!

Community Café at the Hive: We hope to soon have our fortnightly community café running at the Hive

For more information call Rebecca on 07563 405939.

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