Children and young people from Aberlour Child Care Trust’s services in Falkirk will get together this Summer and take part in an activity day, thanks to the generous donation of £2,000 from members of the Institute of Measurement and Control (East of Scotland Section).
Aberlour offers a range of services in the area for families who need some additional support. It also provides care and activities for young children up to 12 years old. The Family Centre at Langlees offers childcare, parenting support, art therapy and infant massage to name a few. Individual home-based support for families with young children is provide by Aberlour’s CLASP service and Breaking the Cycle works with families where their children are at risk of being accommodated. The activity day is in the planning stages but may include some music and drama workshops.
Martin Kerlin, Chairman, Institute of Measurement of Control, said:
“Our annual dinner is an excellent opportunity to get members together and raise money for good causes. This year’s event was particularly successful (thanks to Willie Allan our main speaker) and we are delighted to be able to help fund an activity day which brings together all the children and families using the services offered by Aberlour in Falkirk. As an organisation it is important for us that we support deserving local causes – Aberlour is an excellent example of this”.
Trisha Hall, Regional Director, Aberlour Childcare Trust, is delighted with the Institute’s fundraising efforts. She said:
“We are delighted that a national institute has recognised the work we do in Falkirk to help and support local families who are working with us to enable better outcomes for them and their children. We are very excited about the prospect of being able to offer the families an activity day together. The funds will give us an opportunity to offer the families an interesting and beneficial experience.”
The Institute will donate £2,000 to the activity day an another £2000 will be given to an Aberlour project helping children with learning disabilities in Dunfermline.
Notes to editors
1. Aberlour is Scotland’s largest children’s charity working solely in Scotland for 6,000 children, young people and families who need additional support to promote their development and wellbeing. It runs 46 services across the country. These include: intensive supports to severely disabled children and young people; residential and outreach support to families affected by parental drug and alcohol use; community and family centre based services to promote and enhance positive parenting, play and early learning; residential care and community programs for children and young people with social, educational, emotional and behavioural difficulties and a refuge and outreach service for young people who have runaway from home – to name a few.
2. The Institute of Measurement and Control represents the instrumental engineering profession and has 500 members across Scotland. It was set up by Royal Charter and works to bring members together to share information & knowledge; it provides members the opportunity to attain professional engineering qualifications and share experiences and information throughout industries UK wide. The East of Scotland section covers the geographical area between Falkirk up to Dundee.
The annual dinner is just one of the networking events that the local section hosts and is a very popular event. This year’s dinner is planned for
Friday 7th November 2008 at the Inchyra Grange Hotel, Grangemouth.
Website for more information:
www.instmc.org.uk/localsections/eastofscotland