Our News
THANK YOU TO THE ROTARY CLUB
We want to thank Kinross Rotary Club and everyone that attended the Race Night which the Rotary Club organised. It was a great night and the money raised benefitted ourselves and two other charities. A BIG THANK YOU.
A Massive THANK YOU to the National Lottery (Awards for All)
We want to thank the National Lottery and all their players for supporting us. We have received funding which will allows to continue delivering a professional service in the local community and beyond. The funding will help us facilitate our Stronger Together - walking & activity group. The group bring people together and is a non judgmental way of meeting new people, doing new challenges and keeping healthy with fun walks to help promote healthy thoughts.
A massive thank you!
We would like to thank everyone at Kelty and district Loving hands for their amazing and generous donation that they raised at a recent art and craft fayre. It was wonderful to meet some f the lovely ladies that helped create some amazing pieces of work and to speak to them about the organisation. For more information on Kelty and District Loving Hands group, please visit their Facebook page which can be found below.
We are in the Courier!
As part of our participation in Perth and Kinross Mental Health and Wellbeing Festival we are in the Courier today! As we are with all our service users, we are so proud of Colin sharing his story and showing everyone else how far he has come on his journey. We would like to thank Kelly McIntyre for the lovely photos and to everyone involved in the process. We hope you enjoy the article as much as we do. To view the article, please click here.
Perth and Kinross Mental Health and Wellbeing Festival
We are delighted to be taking part in the Perth and Kinross Mental Health and Wellbeing festival! The festival will take place on 6th and 7th August 2022 at Perth Concert hall. There will be many workshops on the go and it is a festival for all to enjoy. For more information please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we look forward to seeing everyone there.
To book tickets, click here.
A massive thank you
We would like to thank the congregation of Kinross Parish Church for selecting us to receive their June Communion Special Collection.
Information about the church and the work they do can be found on their website: www.kinrossparishchurch.org
Our first walk as part of Stronger Together
As part of our peer support group, Stronger Together, we took on the walk upto Castle Campbell. The group done amazing and accomplished a total of 4 miles. We have put together a lovely gallery, clink the link below to view them.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Before we close our offices for the Christmas holidays we want to say a BIG THANK YOU to every individual, group, or school that chose to support SLO through 2021. Your efforts have been amazing and allowed us to give all our Service Users Christmas gifts, and make exciting plans for 2022.
Thank you to: Cleish Primary, Kinross High School, Kinross Newsletter Community Council, Crook of Devon Institute Committee, Ruth & Jules Garden Design + the many others that made contributions. At SLO we want to stop suicide and are working hard to create a community where everyone feels valued, respected & listened to. In 2022, we will aim to support more people through the hard work of our volunteers and the support from the community.
We had our annual vintage tractor run!
We hosted our annual vintage tractor run on Sunday 3rd October! The tractors left from Athronhall field then they travelled through various villages. It was great seeing so many people turning up to get their photos taken on the tractors and waving as we passed through the villages.
Thank you so much to everyone who attended and donated, every donation goes towards helping another individual in need. To see some great pictures, click the link below.
We hosted our birthday raffle!
To celebrate our first birthday, we hosted a raffle! We were generously given the prize of a 1 night stay for 2 people at the beautiful Schichallion bed and breakfast located in Crook of Devon! Thank you to everyone who entered and well done to the winner!
Our 1st Birthday!
The Stephen Lyon Organisation became an official charity on 11th September 2020!
Thank you to everyone that has helped, supported and donated to us so far! We have been so overwhelmed with the support and generosity of everyone, we couldn’t do it without you all!