Addressing CommunitySDG3 – Good Health and Well Being:
Photos above show examples of work done and steps taken to address Community SDG3 Good Health and Well Being.
Collecting for Marie Curie!
First, Second & Third photos show SI Kirkcaldy collecting for Marie Curie in ASD & Morrison’s, 7 03 2025.
To learn more about SI Kirkcaldy click here.
Fourth, Fifth & Sixth photos show members of SI Glasgow City collecting for Marie Curie, 18 03 2025.
To learn more about SI Glasgow City click here.
Donation £6,000.00 to The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust!
Seventh photo shows SI Falkirk members receiving cheque for £6,000.00 to the Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust, donated by Mr Bill Laurie, thanks to a legacy from his late wife Elspeth Laurie, 28 03 2025.
The money will go towards sponsoring two nurses in training.
To learn more about SI Falkirk click here; for The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust click here.
Support Cushions for Breast Cancer Charity!
Eighth photo show SI Falkirk member Lorraine presenting mastectomy cushions & seat belt support cushions to staff at the Beatson Cancer Charity Wellbeing Centre, 14 04 2025.
To learn more about SI Falkirk click here.
Collecting for Marie Curie!
Ninth photo shows SI Hamilton members collecting for Marie Curie, Tesco, Uddingston, 15 05 2025.
To learn more about SI Hamilton click here.
Out for a Walk!
Tenth photo shows SI Kirkcaldy members & friends out for a walk, lunch/coffee at Lochore Meadows, 8 07 2025.
Collecting for Poppy Scotland!
Eleventh photo shows SI Kirkcaldy President Maureen marking Armed Forces Day, by collecting for Poppy Scotland, Waverley Station, Edinburgh, 7 07 2025.
To learn more about SI Kirkcaldy click here.
Display in Tesco!
Twelfth photo shows SI Dunfermline members in Tesco giving out information on HPV vaccination, and staying safe on-line. Over the lunch hour they met many schoolchildren, most of whom were interested, 19 09 2025.
To learn more about SI Dunfermline click here.
Community SDG 3:
Helping the World to See!
Thirteenth photo shows 30 pairs of used spectacles, part of a collection of 127 received at SI Hamilton Club Lunch meeting, 11 09 2025. The used spectacles collected by SI Hamilton members are given to Mackie Opticians, 48 Main Street, Bothwell G71 8EX, for eventual re-use in eye camps in Cambodia & India. Before being sent to Cambodia & India, in advance of the eye camps, the used spectacles are sent to HMP Barlinnie’s “Right to Sight” project, where prisoners sort and grade the used spectacles.
To learn more about SI Hamilton click here: for Mackie Opticians click here.
Cervical Screening Advice!
Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, & Seventeenth photos show Cervical Cancer advice, as displayed on SI Hamilton Facebook page, summer, 2025.
Low uptake group found within Lanarkshire:
While discussing this at SI Hamilton Business Meeting on 23 10 2025, member Morag mentioned that a low uptake of cervical screening had been found in the large diverse South Asian population within Lanarkshire, for cultural reasons. (Local newspaper article June 2025).
Action taken!
By June 2025, NHS Lanarkshire had made films, podcasts to reach out to this group. These are available in Arabic, & Urdu, as well as English. To view the films and advice click here; for additional advice click here. Lanarkshire Central Mosque has been helpful in arranging to show the films.
To learn more about SI Hamilton click here.
More on Cervical Screening!
Eighteenth & Nineteenth photos show SI Dunfermline members in ASDA giving out info on HPV & cervical screening, 3- 01 2026.
To learn more about SI Dunfermline click here.