Last week (Wednesday 7th August 2019) the Aberdeen Play Forum, supported by Aberlour Child Care Trust and Aberdeen City Council, celebrated National Playday in style with over 1,500 visitors at Hazlehead Park, Aberdeen. This year’s event focused on the Playday 2019 theme – Play Builds Children – highlighting the many ways play is good for … Continued
Summer holidays can be a stressful time for families with children complaining of boredom. At its extreme, some communities can be plagued by a rise in anti-social behaviour. To counteract this, children in Glasgow have been enjoying a free holiday sports club thanks to one charity. The Tinto summer sports club, run by Aberlour Child … Continued
Aberdeen born Gideon Harmsworth will be taking on a gruelling 11-day, 235-mile cycle in memory of his late cousin and to raise vital funds for Aberlour Child Care Trust, Scotland’s largest children’s charity. Gideon’s Inca Trail cycle challenge will take him to the lost city of Machu Picchu and deep into the rainforest of the … Continued
Next week (Wednesday 7th August 2019) Aberdeen Play Forum, supported by Aberlour Child Care Trust and Aberdeen City Council, host their largest of event of the year for local children in celebration of every child’s right to play. Playday is a national event, now in its 32nd year, which takes place across the UK to … Continued
Elderly residents in Govan were treated to a special afternoon by local teenagers. The spectacular event which brought together young and old was organised by Aberlour Child Care Trust and local housing associations. Recently Aberlour Child Care Trust enabled the young people supported by their Family Support Service in Glasgow to host an intergenerational afternoon … Continued
The school summer holidays are well underway in Scotland, however, for many families across the country this can be far from a sun-and-fun filled 6 weeks of blissful family time. Many of the families we support up and down the country live within fine margins between managing their income and struggling financially. The school summer … Continued
With just over a month to go until Dundee’s Kiltwalk, Scotland’s largest children’s charity is offering free entry to the event for those pledging to walk for them. Aberlour Child Care Trust, a charity working in Dundee and across Scotland, provides lifeline care for vulnerable children, young people and their families. Walkers who sign up … Continued
Two of Scotland’s leading children’s charities are amongst the first voluntary sector organisations to be awarded grants as part of the National Lottery Community Fund’s new Digital Fund. Aberlour Child Care Trust and Children 1st are today (Monday 15th July 2019) sharing in £863,506 from this UK wide fund. In total, eight organisations across the … Continued
Scotland’s largest children’s charity, Aberlour Child Care Trust is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Aberlour Futures service in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. Aberlour Futures is an SQA accredited training and assessment centre delivering vocational qualifications and training for the early learning and childcare workforce in Aberdeen City & Shire. Since launching in 1994, Aberlour … Continued
Aberlour is thrilled to be chosen as the beneficiary of a black-tie charity ball that will take place in the autumn of this year. The ball is being organised by The Weir Family Foundation who are long-standing supporters of Aberlour. Whether you are looking for an exclusive way to entertain clients or a special night … Continued
SallyAnn Kelly, CEO of Aberlour, said: “Today’s announcement by the Scottish Government on the introduction of the new Scottish Child Payment of £10 per child per week is a welcome one, and we are pleased the government have heard and listened to the many organisations, campaigners and those with experience of poverty who collectively called … Continued
Is our understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) too narrow, or does it offer potential for real societal change? That’s the question being debated by Aberlour CEO SallyAnn Kelly and developmental psychologist Suzanne Zeedyk in this month’s Children in Scotland Magazine. Download the full article from Children in Scotland magazine, reproduced with grateful thanks. Adverse … Continued
70 leaders and organisations from across Scottish society have joined together to call on the First Minister to speed up the introduction of a new income supplement to tackle child poverty. Poverty campaigners, faith leaders, academics, children’s charities, trade unions, women’s groups and industry bodies have today written a joint letter to the First Minister … Continued
We were delighted to welcome the First Minister to one of our Sycamore children’s homes in Fife recently, after the young people invited her to their house for tea. The young people wrote a letter to the First Minister to tell her they wanted to share their views about what changes they think need to … Continued
Last week one of our Aberlour Sycamore house teams were awarded the runner up prize in the Top Team category for the workforce awards at the annual industry acclaimed SIRCC Residential Child Care Awards. This is the second year in a row the team have received this recognition for all the hard work they and … Continued
Scotland’s largest children’s charity, Aberlour Child Care Trust, has launched a new family support service delivered in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service and NHS Dumfries and Galloway Alcohol & Drugs Partnership to help family members returning from prison re-integrate back into family life. According to the latest Scottish Government statistics, it is estimated that … Continued
Scottish Government ministers have visited two of Aberlour’s services this week to meet with young people, volunteers and staff as part of Volunteers Week 2019. Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd, pictured right, visited our Youthpoint Moray service, based in Elgin. She spoke to young people about how they are supported by the … Continued
A member of staff at a Scottish residential children’s home has won a prestigious national award after being nominated by one of the young people she supports for going above and beyond to improve their experience of residential care. Caitlyn Ross, who works at an Aberlour Child Care Trust residential home in Fife, was selected … Continued
