Tartan Army offers local kids a day to remember

A group of young people from Elgin will be going on a special trip to see Scotland play Northern Ireland this week at Hampden, thanks to a charity partnership between Aberlour and the Tartan Army Children’s Charity (TACC).

 

The trip kicks-off the partnership between these two organisations. Aberlour is the largest children’s charity working soley for Scottish children, young people and families.   The Tartan Army Children’s charity (TACC) is run by Scottish supporters, and is raising funds this year to help disadvantaged children across the country. The trip is part of TACC’s ‘ My First Scotland Match’ project to give children, who wouldn’t normally have an opportunity to go to see their national team play, an experience they will remember for the rest of their lives.   

 

The Elgin group includes 15 young people with learning disabilities and their carers from Aberlour’s Moray Options service and 4 young people who attend Moray Youth Action and are working with Aberlour to improve their educational and training opportunities. They will travel to the match this Wednesday, 20^th August. The group will leave at 1pm and expect to arrive back after their trip at 3am! The Tartan Army Children’s Charity has provided the tickets and will also give each child their own Scotland top and pocket money for refreshments at the game.

 

Laura Clunas, Service Manager, Moray Youth Action, said: “We offer a range of services for children and young people in Elgin.   Our services include: residential care and respite for young people with profound learning disabilities and support for young people needing support with education, employment and housing.   We are delighted that TACC has chosen us as their charity partner and has been so generous to give our young people a wonderful trip they will appreciate and enjoy.”

 

Carey McEvoy, Tartan Army Children’s Charity (TACC), adds:   “We chose Aberlour as our charity partner this year as it gave us the opportunity to access so many Scottish children who would really benefit from ‘My First Scotland Match’ project. 

 

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1. Aberlour services in Moray are as follows:

Alba Place is two services providing both long term residential care  and respite care for  children and young people age 5-18 who have a moderate to severe learning disability and/or autism

 

Moray Options provides a range of supports for children with disabilities and their families. The four services include integrated learning and leisure supports, play scheme, leisure link groups, and a fostering service.

 

 

 

 

Moray Youth Action provides support in partnership with other agencies to children and young people between 12 and 16 years old, helping them to resolve their difficulties, thus enabling them to remain in their school or community. Mentoring support for young people involved in problematic drug or alcohol use, funded for 3 years by Lloyds TSB is also provided.

 

Moray Youth Action Housing Support Service provides support, in partnership with other agencies, to vulnerable young people between 16-25 helping them to maintain their tenancies and improve their quality of life.

 

 

About Aberlour

Aberlour is Scotland’s largest children’s Scotland only charity which works with and for 6,000 children, young people and families throughout Scotland who need additional support to promote their development and wellbeing. It runs 46 services across the country. 

 

These include: