Appendix 1 - Recent RVS Activity Report
Perth and Kinross Council · 7 September 2026
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Service Activity Report – Perth & Kinross Supporting You At Home Supporting Healthy & Happy Lives March 2026
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4 x Minibus trips with 61 Clients 138 x Active Volunteers 168 x Active Clients (23 SYAH / 145 SHHL) 5 x Support Plan Visits March 2026 –Activity Report 11 x Home from Hospital runs 13 x Assisted Shopping 3 x Assisted Walks 9 x Strength & Balance at Home 4 x Companionship visits 4 x Community engagement
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March 2026 –Activity Report Clubs 5 x Bridge of Earn Lunch Club -131 x Attendees (88 F/43 M) 4 x Crieff Lunch Club – 64 x Attendees (35 F/29 M) 4 x Perth Lunch Club – 81 x Attendees (56F/25M) 2 x Perth Social Club - 60 x Attendees (49 F 11 M) 5 x North Muirton Lunch Club - 49 x Attendees (33 F/ 16M) 10 x Strength & Balance Groups and Exercise Groups 106 Attendees(102F/4M) P&K Activities (to sheltered housing complexes) 27 X Events Attendees 184 (150 F/34 M)
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March 2026 –Cumulative Activity Report (from April 2025) 176 x Home from Hospital runs 47 x shopping 98 x Assisted Walks / Community Engagement 60 x Home Visits 35 x Support Plan Visits 40 x Minibus trips
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March 2026 –Cumulative Activity Report (from April 2025) Clubs 37 x Bridge of Earn Lunch Club / 905 Attendees (582 F/ 323M) 35 x Crieff Lunch Club / 537 Attendees (285 F/ 252M) 35 x Perth Lunch Club / 708 Attendees (440 F/268M) 21 x Perth Social Club / 574 Attendees (465 F/109 M) 32 x North Muirton Lunch Club/284 Attendees (176 F/108 M) 78 x Strength & Balance Exercise Groups835 Attendees(824 F/11 M) P&K Activities (to sheltered housing complexes) 196 x Events 1855 x Attendees (1439 F/416 M)
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New Crieff activity club at Duchlage Court 2nd March 2026 Duchlage Court currently plays host to the lunch club every Thursday. New volunteers have now started a social and activity club on every second Monday starting 2nd March. To kick off we had 10 residents and 2 from the community testing out a Strength & Balance exercise class followed by Boccia. Everyone was very enthusiastic and looking forward to next time.
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New Kinross activity club – Causeway Court 2nd March 2026 Special thank you to RVS volunteer Carol and the other residents at Causeway Court - Vi, Dallas, Rhona and Bev who meet every Tuesday between 7 and 10 pm. Together they have a wonderful group that play darts , healthy living slimming club and Boccia. Recently they played host to an away match with groups from Perth going along – great hosts. Rhona and Carol taking a match seriously – no wonder they are hard to beat Causeway Court are the current champions and we can see why – look how close the bowls are ! Causeway Court will have there away match on the 21st April to Cluny in Blairgowrie as well as a shopping club outing to Morrison on the 26th May – thanks for being a special group
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Perth social club – special guest Author Debbie Cannon 4th March 2026 RVS linked in with the Scottish Book Trust to bring guest authors to the Perth social club. Author Debbie Cannon took us on a creative journey of her play on the King Arthur story. As well as the story, Debbie then acted out 10-minute segments of the book taking on all of the parts to immerse the audience into the story. It made everyone think of Dragons, Kings and sorcerers – a magical experience. A big thank you to Debbie for bringing this cultural experience to the social club. It fits in very well with RVS aims to keep mentally and physically active through different experiences. Numbers continue to grow and every club day has a new surprise in wait!
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Boccia league match – Causeway Court, Kinross play host to teams from Perth City 11th March And there off – teams from Charterhouse , Dewar Court and Canal Street played against teams from Causeway Court RVS activity club at Causeway Court meet every Tuesday from 7-10pm. Volunteer Carol runs slimming club, darts and Boccia. The weekly games prove practise makes perfect with a home win. Gold medal winners from Causeway Rhona , Margaret & Dallas – worthy winners Thanks for the tea Vi Thanks to the Causeway Court team for being wonderful hosts – many new friendships made Well deserved tea and biscuits after some great matches- Causeway Court on top today
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New social and activity club - Muirmont Bridge of Earn 13th March Boccia has very quickly become a firm favourite at Muirmont in Bridge of Earn. Bowls have been provided so that they can get practising for some away matches via the minibus. Dionne the Housing Manager said that it has brought everyone together and given them a great deal of fun – she can't believe the enthusiasm and how competitive they have all become. Alison, Christine, Nigel, Sheila, Dionne, Louise and Isobel get ready for the match – they all mentioned how much they are looking forward to the away matches coming up. Away match agreed for 14thApril at Invergowrie Go on Muirmont!
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New social and activity club at Servite House, Canal St Perth 13th March 2026 The new Canal St Perth social and activity club kicked off on the 13th March. The day started with a reminiscence box from A.K.Bell library on shopping in Perth back in the day. A really good discussion gave everyone the opportunity to give family stories on how we shopped many years ago. Betty mentioned that Craigie Cross had 3 butchers and the local grocers where everything could be purchased – changed days. Boccia followed after the lively discussion. Isobel, Cath and Mary had not played before and very quickly they said how much fun it was. An hour of games had everyone hooked before we stopped for tea and biscuits. Initially we will run the club monthly as a test . Look forward to seeing you all next time – more people signed up too.
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Errol RVS activity day at Servite House, Viewlands Place, Errol 17th March 2026 RVS Community Club roadshow opening up new sites across Perth & Kinross RVS volunteers are making a huge difference ! Boccia its usual fun for all! Thanks to Dionne the Housing manager for the invitation to present about RVS services, history and future plans – the residents were very welcoming and loved the idea of taking part in some new activities – Reminiscence talks, Boccia and exercise classes. Date for the diary – 14th April Muirmont, Bridge of Earn and Viewlands, Errol will travel in the minibus for an away match at Peter Arbuckle in Invergowrie – report in next months issue – can’t wait !
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Perth Social Club 18th March – Volunteer Irene Anderson entertainswiththeAccordion A huge thank you to RVS volunteer Irene Anderson from Crieff. Irene has started supporting the new Crieff activity club with music sessions on the piano and also gets involved with the Boccia bowls. Irene was kind enough to travel through to Perth and put up with the parking to entertain the Perth Social club - Marvelous Volunteer Irene on the Accordion Margaret, Isobel, Anne, Maureen and Marion singing and toe tapping along Thanks, Irene, for a wonderful day
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New Royal Voluntary Service & Morrisons Shopping & Lunch club – trial run 23rd March 26 Morrisons community champion Stephanie Duncan agreed to run the shopping and lunch club trial on the 23rdMarch 2026. Arriving at the store -excited ! The day commenced with picking up the residents of Duchlage court in Crieff @ 11.00am and travelling through to the Morrisons store in the centre of Perth. Liz, Barbara, Liz, Alison and Tom happy on arrival at the store A nice touch by Steph to book the tables Alison, Maureen, Jeanette, Barbara and Liz looking forward to lunch Tea on arrival
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New Royal Voluntary Service & Morrisons Shopping & Lunch club – trial run 23.03.26
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RVS Morrisons Shopping & Lunch club 23rd March 2026 Once lunch was completed volunteers Charles, Donald, Kate and David assisted each group around the store. The residents in Crieff do not have access to a large store and it was something they were really looking forward to going to. The range and pricing made it fun for all. Cath and Norma won the best shopper prize – visited every aisle multiple times! Marjory on a mission to shop. Seen here with volunteer Donald to lift the heavy stuff. Marjory said it was the best day in a long time and enjoyed the laughter with all Our Community Champion Steph also made sure to have a till opened specially for the club as well. Steph manned the till and made sure to talk to everyone coming through. This put everyone at ease and made it so much more welcoming and fun.
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Servite House, Dunkeld RVS presentation 31st March 2026 Joanne Lawrie the Housing Manager at Bowerswell and Servite house in Dunkeld invited the RVS to present the history and current services. We then talked about future ideas to create an activity club. To give the residents an idea of what can be done by volunteers we tested 2 of the activities. Reminiscence box on shopping when we were all young – a lively chat then took place of the shopping in Perth, Kirriemuir and Dunkeld. George said he had lived all his days in Dunkeld and walked us through the whole street with every shop, wonderful memories. Dorothy talked about the mobile grocery stores that travelled round all the villages. 10 residents and 2 staff said it was a lovely day and that they would like to get involved – aim now to recruit volunteers in the area Dorothy, Hilary, Marilyn, Isobel, Kenny, George, Joanne and Margaret said let's do again After the talk with tea and toast we moved on to Boccia and as is the norm this turned into riotous fun and before long, we were all hooked. Marilyn had not played before and said this is really good fun – the 2 teams have now become legendary – Birnam Belles and the Dunkeld Dolls – Kenny and George had to keep quiet !
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RVS activity club at Duchlage Court Crieff 30th March 2026 Duchlage Court, Crieff held a Boccia match for the 3rd meeting of the activity club – getting ready for the away matches – Jim and Maureen said they are going for the Gold medal! Duchlage court a popular venue for matches with space for residents and community guests
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Service Details Sarah Murray – 07717 428567 sarah.murray@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk