Express Group Fife were nominated to attend the Dunfermline Roundtable's annual charity giveaway and were successful!

Jacquie Mellon , Service Manager, attended the event on Friday September 25 at the Pitbauchlie House Hotel in Dunfermline where she gave her presentation alongside 11 other amazing local charities. Express Group Fife were awarded £1000.00 which was unexpected and amazing!

Jacquie said

"We are honoured to receive this award and I can only thank Dunfermline Roundtable for choosing to support our work when there are so many other worthy causes. Your generosity helps us continue to deliver our Social Activity Groups and we are grateful to welcome you into our community of supporters, your donation will make a meaningful difference, and we look forward to sharing future updates on our work with you. Jacquie continued, hearing about the work that is being done locally to support the people of Dunfermline has been amazing and it was humbling to be part of this event. Express Group Fife received another donation that evening, PICTS, after hearing our pitch, offered boxes of biscuits for use at the groups and these were also gratefully received!"

You can find out more about Dunfermline Roundtable Round Table Great Britain & Ireland | Local Young Social Club | United Kingdom and PICTS here PICTS - Poverty Intervention Charity Transforming Scotland. 

The knowledge that you’re helping others is hugely empowering and, in turn, can make you feel happier and more fulfilled. Find out below how you can help our charity.

IMPORTANT

We are looking for Volunteer Cooks and Social Group Assistants. 

**New Opportunuty in St Andrews**
Click here for further details.

Express Group Fife are proud to pay the Living Wage to support our staff with a decent standard of living, providing fairer, better work while also helping to drive up standards to tackle in-work poverty.

The simple fact is everyone needs to be able to live with dignity and have a decent standard of living. Workers need decent pay to thrive.  

Earning the real Living Wage, as opposed to the government's minimum wage, makes a huge difference to workers. It is widely recognised that well supported employees are more motivated and productive, a win-win for any organisation!

We also know that paying the Living Wage helps to retain existing staff and can help to attract new staff.

A Message from Jacquie, Service Manager

Express Group Fife groups promote positive mental health and wellbeing by providing a safe place for sharing experiences, peer support and recovery, where people can relax and move forward at their own pace. There are currently 9 groups across the 7 areas of Fife and supporting up to 135 service users each week, providing various activities to encourage social interaction and confidence building, while helping to make new friends and supporting individuals to make the most of life in their local community.

The groups are run by a dedicated group of staff, volunteers and very much by the members themselves, which creates a feeling of belonging and safety. For some, the groups are perhaps the only place they can meet people and socialise; for others, they are a chance to volunteer and show what they can do. The cooked meal at the end of the morning is a definite draw for many!

Please note that the Express Group Fife Methil group is now meeting in Methil Community Centre on Bowling Green Street. 

The group takes place every Thursday, 9.30am - 1.00pm.

Express Group Fife has a referral system in place for joining their groups and referral and self-referral forms can be downloaded from HERE or requested from the office by e-mailing info@expressgroupfife.org.uk

EGF usually have 2 group shutdowns each year to allow the group Coordinators and volunteers to take a well deserved break to catch up on some downtime, with sunshine we hope! This year the 11 groups will all be closed for the week of August 3 - 7 inclusive and we hope that this does not cause too much inconvenience to our service users.

Our second scheduled shutdown in October is not going ahead, the groups will all remain open!  Next year, the scheduled shutdown in August will also be stopped and the only closure to services will be over the festive period going forward. We hope that this will be a benefit to the service users by increasing the number of weeks that they are able to attend groups in a year.

"If it wasn't for Express Group 
I don't know where I would be." 

WHAT'S ON IN FIFE

Please download a referral or self-referral form here 
or contact us for more details.

We are open for new referrals and 
self-referrals, especially for groups in 
Lochgelly and Inverkeithing.
Click here for more details.

Check Around the Groups 
for new photos and archives.

We currently have vacancies for our Board of Trustees. Click here for further details.

We would like to say a big thank you
to Dalgety Bay Car Boot Sales 
for their continued donations 
for our Inverkeithing group.