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21/2/2008

NATIONAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE RAISES MONEY FOR SERVICES IN FALKIRK

 

Children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities who attend Aberlour Childcare Trusts Lochwood Park service can look forward to long Summer of play in the garden this year, thanks to the generous donation of £2,000 from members of the Institute of Measurement and Control (East of Scotland Section).

The Aberlour service offers weekend respite and emergency care for local children and young people up to 18 years old. The service provides dedicated care and a range of activities to give the children an opportunity to get involved in projects and community activities, despite their many barriers to learning. The garden makeover will provide them with much needed play equipment and a Summer house to give them some shelter and additional space for messy play.

Martin Kerlin, Chairman, Institute of Measurement of Control, East of Scotland Section, said:

"Our annual dinner is an excellent opportunity to get members together and raise money for good causes. This years event was particularly successful (thanks to Willie Allan our main speaker) and we are delighted to be able to support the fantastic work the service at Lockwood Park is offering children with learning disabilities. 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 Institutes fundraising efforts. She said:

"We are delighted that a national institute has recognised the work we do in Dunfermline to support the many children and young adults who are affected by multiple learning disabilities. The money will allow the children to get much more use of the outside space at Lockwood - and allow us to involve them in lots of hands-on activities and allow them to have more freedom to play and explore their surroundings."




The Institute will donate £2,000 to the garden at Lochwood Park another £2000 will be given to Aberlour projects in the Falkirk area.

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The picture shows (from left to right) Trisha Hall, Regional Director, Aberlour Childcare Trust; Scott McMartin, Secretary and Martin Kerlin, Chairman, Institute of Measurement and Control (East of Scotland Section) and Addie Stevenson, Chief Executive, Aberlour Childcare Trust; at the recent cheque presentation at Aberlours head office in Stirling.


Notes to editors

1. Aberlour is Scotlands largest childrens 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.

Aberlour runs two other services in Fife these are: Fife Short Breaks scheme which offers residential respite and holiday breaks for children and young people with learning disabilities from centres in Dunfermline and Glenrothes. The Victoria Family Centre in Kirkaldy provides a range of pre-school child care and early learning or children up to 4 years old and staff support a number of parent and child groups in the community for families who need additional support. It also runs tailored support for families affected by parental drug use and in schools promoting traditional games and sports.

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 years dinner is planned for

Friday 7th November 2008 at the Inchyra Grange Hotel, Grangemouth.

Website for more information:

www.instmc.org.uk/local sections/east of scotland


 

 

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