News and Updates
Christmas Light Switch On Event 2024
On Thursday 28th November, we hosted our annual Christmas light switch on event. This was a fantastic evening with lots of the community in attendance. There were free rides, stalls, raffles, bike sales and our cafe was open. The soundtrack was supplied by the Weekend D'Anthems team from our Listen Lanarkshire Community Radio station and broadcast live. You can listen back to it here: https://www.mixcloud.com/ListenLanarkshireOfficial/gbt-xmas-light-switch-on-dathems-special-2024/A huge thank you to everyone who supported this event and made it a great success, and local businesses for their generous donations!
New bus for Community Transport
Big thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland - Awards for All! Your support helped us purchase a new minibus, which arrived just last week and is already out and about making a difference! This bus is helping our communities stay connected and keep our services moving. Thank you for empowering our community to keep Going Better Together!
Macmillan Coffee Morning
HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came along to our Macmillan Coffee Morning on Thursday 26th September at Springhill Hall
Well done to all our prize winners:
Raffle Hamper winner Graehame
Mary won our quiz
Helen won the timed word search
We raised approximately £170!
thank you to everyone who donated cakes and baked for this, it is greatly appreciated
Shotts: Past & Present
Getting Better Together have been learning about the past and present of Shotts. With thanks to the L.A.B Scotland which is an outreach project designed to develop digital media literacy within Scotland, working with a diverse range of groups to create their own content.Release date:
09 August 2024
Link to the video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jhjts8
