PKAVS

Are you someone who loves supporting people, brings plenty of empathy, and enjoys helping others feel confident and connected?

PKAVS Carers Centre is looking for a Carers Learning and Development Worker to help carers access the skills, knowledge, and wellbeing support they need. You will...

🔸listen to carers
🔸design meaningful learning opportunities
🔸build great partnerships
🔸help shape events that truly make a difference all as part of a warm, supportive team.

If you’re organised, compassionate, and excited about empowering carers across Perth & Kinross, we’d love to hear from you!

Visit https://www.pkavs.org.uk/employment-opportunities for all the details!

☕ Join us at a PKAVS Conversation Café!

We’re inviting local people, service users, volunteers, partners, and community organisations to come together and share their voices at our upcoming Conversation Cafés.

If you’re connected to PKAVS in any way — whether you’re an unpaid carer, volunteer, community group member, Shopmobility user, Wisecraft customer, Walled Garden supporter, partner organisation, or local resident — we’d love to hear from you.

These relaxed, informal sessions are your chance to:
✨ Share your experiences
✨ Tell us what’s working well
✨ Highlight challenges in your community
✨ Help shape the support and services needed for the future

Whether you’ve known PKAVS for years or have only recently connected with us, your views matter and will help guide what we do next.

💬 Expect a warm welcome, friendly chat, and plenty of tea and coffee.

📍Strathearn Arts, Crieff – Monday 22nd June, 10am-12pm
📍Blairgowrie Town Hall – Tuesday 23rd June, 10am-12pm
📍Aberfeldy Town Hall – Wednesday 1st July, 10am-12pm
📍Perth Theatre (The Space) – Friday 3rd July, 10am-12pm

Come along and have your say!

PKAVS Shopmobility will be hosting their Shopmobility Awareness Day next Wednesday, 3rd of June 😄

Come along and have a chat with the team if you want to find out more about what Shopmobility do, there'll also be coffee and cake available 🍰

A big thank you from The Big Hoose to Tesco Crieff Road in the Community for their generous donation of essential everyday items! This donation of toiletries, stationery, rugs, bedding and more will help to support struggling families throughout Perth and Kinross

Happy Thursday from everyone at PKAVS :)

Good times had by all at The Walled Garden & Wisecraft's Plant Sale last week :)

PKAVS Young Carers need your support!

This September, 16 of our wonderful young carers will travel across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England in order to meet other young carers from around the UK. This trip will give them the opportunity to build friendships, gain confidence and create lasting memories with others who understand their journey.

Any contribution is appreciated - this will help cover transport, accommodation and activity costs for the young people taking part.

To donate, please use this link - https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/pkavs4nations

On Thursday 14th May, PKAVS Carers Centre visited the Carers Scotland Roadshow, hosted by Mindspace, we were joined by other third sector organisations operating in Perth and Kinross to provide a range of practical information, advice and support to unpaid carers.

We'd like to thank the volunteering group from Aviva's Property Training Team in Perth! This group got involved at PKAVS Carers Centre weeding the garden, removing moss from the patio and painting the reception area!

Thank You again!

Plant Sale at The Walled Garden & Wisecraft starts tomorrow! In line with this years Plantstock theme, there's going to be live music :0

Gates open at 10am on all days, open until 3pm.

Here's the lineup for the weekend -