Join Amy and Jenni for a chat with PKAVS Chief Executive Paul Graham about the impact of lockdown, innovation during the pandemic, and the role of the third sector in building back better after Covid. 

As always, you can find PKAVS on social media on @PKAVSCharity. 

PKAVS is a charity registered in Scotland SC005561.

Positively PKAVS is proud to be a member of the Fair City Podcats Network. 

This week, Jenni and Amy chat to Stuart Duffy from Pink Saltire and Claire MacKenzie from Perthshire Pride about the ways Pride month is different this year, and how LGBT communities are dealing with lockdown. Jenni also has a chat with PKAVS' own Lori Hughes about the Wishing Tree and the future of Perth & Kinross beyond Covid. 

As always, you can find PKAVS on social media at @PKAVSCharity.

To find out more about Pink Saltire, visit https://pinksaltire.com/

To find out more about Perthshire Pride, visit https://www.facebook.com/PerthshirePride/

Positively PKAVS is proud to be a member of the Fair City Podcast Network. PKAVS is a charity registered in Scotland, charity number SC005561.

Join us for a very special episode brought to you by PKAVS Carers Hub in honour of Carers Week 2020. Hear from carers and the teams from the Hub as we dive into this years Carers Week theme, Making Caring Visible. 

You can find out more about Carers Week at www.carersweek.org.

The Carers Hub are on Facebook as @PKAVSCarersHub. As always, you can find PKAVS at @PKAVSCharity. 

Positivley PKAVS is proud to be a member of the Fair City Podcast Network. PKAVS is a charity registered in Scotland, Charity number SC005561.

In the second installment of our Kids & Covid interviews, Amy interviews Katie, a local primary teacher, about the changes to teaching during lockdown. We also shine a spotlight on some local volunteers nominated for their dedication to volunteering, and Kelsey tells us about the PKAVS Wishing Tree! 

PKAVS can be found on social media as @PKAVSCharity. We are a charity registered in Scotland, Charity number SC005561.

Positively PKAVS is proud to be a member of the Fair City Podcast Network. Our editing is done by Lindsay McCallum.

On this week's episode of Positively PKAVS, Jenni caught up with child behavioural specialist (and long time friend) Amy Ayala, dialling in all the way from sunny San Diego to share some insights about talking to our children about Covid, managing lockdown together, and engaging meaningfully with the kids in our lives via technology. 

As always, you can find PKAVS on social media as @PKAVSCharity. 

To nominate yourself or someone else for our spotlight on volunteers next week, email [email protected] by midnight on Tuesday 2 June. 

For more information about Carers Week or the work of PKAVS Carers Hub, follow PKAVS Carers Hub and PKAVS Young Carers on facebook.

The resources mentioned by Amy B and Amy A are linked below: 

Parent Club Scotland: https://www.parentclub.scot/

Perth Autism Support: https://www.perthautismsupport.org.uk/

For information about Gaelic Bookbug, check out Gaelic in Perthshire on Facebook. 

You can find Go Noodle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoNoodleGames. The short video demonstrating how to do the "Pepper Experiment" is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-30jb_vJUM.

Positively PKAVS is proud to be a member of the Fair City Podcast Network. Our editing is done by the lovely Lindsay McCallum. 

PKAVS is a charity registered in Scotland, charity number SC005561.

This week, Jenni and Amy are joined by Julie Driscoll for a chat about keeping ourselves mentally healthy, for mental health awareness week, and it's theme this year of kindness. We also hear from local people about their experiences of acts of kindness during lockdown.

As always, you can find PKAVS on social media as @PKAVSCharity. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub are on social media as 'The Walled Garden and Wisecraft.'

You can find Paths for All at https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/.

Mindspace: https://mindspacepk.com/

Harbour Counselling: https://www.harbourperth.org.uk/

Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/

You can call the Samaritans any time on 116 23

You can also find a range of resources onthe NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/

This week, Jenni and Amy speak to local MSYP Jack Bell about how our young folk are getting on and the brilliant work he has been involved in locally and nationally. Jenni and Agnieszka have a chat about keeping little ones occupied during lockdown. 

As always, you can find PKAVS on social media - @PKAVSCharity. 

You can find Jack on Facebook (Jack Bell MSYP), Twitter (@BellMSYP) and instagram (@jackbellmsyp).

You can find the full Lockdown Lowdown report here: https://www.youthlinkscotland.org/media/4486/lockdown-lowdown-final-report.pdf

And the Mind yer Time resource at https://mindyertime.scot/. 

This week, join Jenni and Amy as they chat about Period Dignity with Vicky Chapman, support group leader at Endo Dundee, and Lori Hughes, Partnership & Communities Manager at PKAVS and one quarter of the Tampon Taxi team. 

We will also be joined by Agnieszka, to answer her first listener question, this week about reusable period products. To send in your question for a future episode, email [email protected].

As always, you can find PKAVS on social media on @PKAVSCharity and at www.pkavs.org.uk.  

You can find the Tampon Taxi on facebook and twitter on @PKAVSTamponTaxi. Details of the products currently available are on our social media channels; place an order by texting 07395886672 or emailing [email protected]. 

You can find out more about Endometriosis UK and access the resources Vicky mentioned at www.endometriosis-uk.org. You can also find her on twitter, on @EndoDundee, and on facebbok at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1292521650889019/. 

The book Vicky mentioned is called 'Period.' and is by Emma Barnett. You can find it on amazon, where the kindle edition is currently half price, or anywhere you buy books. 

Lori manages both the Minority Communities Hub (@MCHPKAVS) and the Third Sector Interface (@ThirdSectorPK) at PKAVS. To get in touch with her, email [email protected].

The petition Vicky mentioned, supporting broader menstrual wellness education in schools, can be found at https://www.change.org/p/scottish-government-stop-brushing-menstrual-health-under-the-carpet-and-teach-menstrual-wellbeing-in-schools.

If you would like to know more about Monica Lennon MSP's work in the Scottish Parliament, you can follow her on twitter - @MonicaLennon7. 

The Episode Photo was taken by Gareth Jennings for The Courier.

Join us for our first ever episode! Jenni and Amy are talking all things Community Spirit with Kelsey, Janice, Daniel and Jenny from PKAVS. 

If you have a question for Agnieszka about next week's topic, Period Dignity, you can email it [email protected] with the subject "Positively PKAVS."

Resources: 

To contact PKAVS, call 01738 567076 between 9am and 5pm. You can also find all of us on facebook:

@PKAVSCharity / @MCHPKAVS / @thirdsectorpk / @PKAVSCarersHub / @PKAVSWalledGarden

North Inch Community Council are on twitter: @InchNorth

The volunteering websites Amy mentioned are volunteerscotland.net and readyscotland.org. 

You can find out more about PKAVS at www.pkavs.org.uk or on facebook, twitter and instagram as @PKAVSCharity. If you want to make a donation to help us with our work at this difficult time, it will be gratefully received, and you can do so on our website.

Each week, Jenni and Amy from PKAVS are joined by a host of local community activists to talk through everything from mental wellbeing, to volunteering, to period dignity. New episodes every Friday.