LEAP Project

LEAP an award-winning project established in 1992.

Leap has a proven track record of delivering a range of services for older people aimed at improving and or maintaining their feelings of health and wellbeing, addressing issues around loneliness and isolation, access to services.
“Enhancing the lives of older people in the community.”
Over the years the organisation has developed and expanded to provide a range of services for older people across 13 communities within South Lanarkshire.
Today, the board consists of older people from the local communities in which the organisation serves.
The purpose of the charity:
•To advance education.
•To advance community development by linking volunteers with community projects increasing opportunities for community participation and active citizenship through volunteering, education and training.
•The provision of recreational activities.
•The relief of those in need, in particular vulnerable persons suffering from mental, physical disability, illness, impairment or old age through the provision of services that combat isolation, encourage and support personal development, bring people together to share interests, fulfil goals and develop friendships and and provide the community with necessary services to enable them to live independently.
Today, LEAP supports thousands of older vulnerable people a year, many of whom live in the most deprived areas as cited in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and who face significant metal and physical health challenges, fuel and food poverty as well as other financial challenges further compounded by the current economic crisis and who experience loneliness and isolation. We strive to involve older people in the community at all levels within the organisation and they are at the heart of every decision we take, and every project developed.
We offer 4 key projects – Befriending services, Leisure and Learning, Handy Person Services, Dementia Services, supported by 180 volunteers.