{"id":9610,"date":"2023-01-16T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/?p=9610"},"modified":"2023-01-19T00:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T23:28:05","slug":"important-community-connections-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/2023\/01\/16\/important-community-connections-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Important &#8211; Community Connections &#8211; Important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/StJosephsPS\/uploads\/sites\/2759\/2023\/01\/16163446\/community-connections.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/2023\/01\/16\/important-community-connections-important\/community-connections\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/StJosephsPS\/uploads\/sites\/2759\/2023\/01\/16163446\/community-connections.png\" data-orig-size=\"250,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"community connections\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/StJosephsPS\/uploads\/sites\/2759\/2023\/01\/16163446\/community-connections.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/StJosephsPS\/uploads\/sites\/2759\/2023\/01\/16163446\/community-connections.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9611\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/StJosephsPS\/uploads\/sites\/2759\/2023\/01\/16163446\/community-connections.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/StJosephsPS\/uploads\/sites\/2759\/2023\/01\/16163446\/community-connections.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/StJosephsPS\/uploads\/sites\/2759\/2023\/01\/16163446\/community-connections-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">Community Connections is open to all West Lothian residents over the age of sixteen, \u00a0creates the opportunity for people to speak with someone face to face, no lengthy call centre queue or chat bots or internet searches, there is no need for an appointment, the right advice, at the right time, in the right location. Community Connections is a gateway to all Council, NHS and third sector services, for anyone dealing with long term health conditions or looking for assistance.\u00a0 Support has been provided for Occupational Health, Employment Skills, Benefit Checks, Energy Advice, Adult Disability Payment, Housing, Support for Carers to name a few.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">There are now drop ins at\u00a0<b>Blackburn, Broxburn, East Calder, Fauldhouse, Linlithgow, Livingston North, Stoneyburn, West Calder, Armadale, Blackburn. From March there will be drop-ins at Armadale, Boghall, Craigshill and Winchburgh.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><b>Drop in location and times<\/b><\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\">Location<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Address<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">Day<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Blackburn, Partnership Centre<br \/>\nAshgrove<br \/>\nBlackburn<br \/>\nEH47 7LL<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">Tues<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">10am &#8211; 12pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\">Broxburn<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Strathbrock Partnership Centre<br \/>\n189A West Main St<br \/>\nBroxburn<br \/>\nEH52 5LH<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">Mon<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">2pm &#8211; 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\">East Calder<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Dave King Partnership Centre,<br \/>\n139 Main St,<br \/>\nEast Calder,<br \/>\nEH53 0EP<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">Wed<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">2pm &#8211; 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\">Fauldhouse<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">The Hub<br \/>\n10 Main St<br \/>\nFauldhouse<br \/>\nEH47 9HX<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">Tues<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">10am &#8211; 12pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"141\">Linlithgow<\/td>\n<td width=\"255\">Library,\u00a0Tam Dalyell House<br \/>\n93 High St<br \/>\nLinlithgow<br \/>\nEH49 7EZ<\/td>\n<td width=\"85\">Thurs<\/td>\n<td width=\"123\">2pm &#8211; 4pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Two hour slots in the heart of the Community, to provide face to face assistance, tea\/coffee and a listening ear to deal with any concerns that people \u00a0may \u00a0\u00a0have.\u00a0 Further information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/westlothianhscp.org.uk\/article\/74943\/Community-Connections#:~:text=Community%20Connections%20is%20a%20new,resources%20and%20third%20sector%20services.\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Connections is open to all West Lothian residents over the age of sixteen, \u00a0creates the opportunity for people to speak with someone face to face, no lengthy call centre queue or chat bots or internet searches, there is no need for an appointment, the right advice, at the right time, in the right location. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/2023\/01\/16\/important-community-connections-important\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Important &#8211; Community Connections &#8211; Important<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9610"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9616,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9610\/revisions\/9616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StJosephsPS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}