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On Wednesday 11th April, 20 children, young people and families enjoyed a day out at Edinburgh Zoo as part of the Wild About Scotland Day. The children and young people are involved in our Options Services in Fife and The Borders. Options offers a safe, homely environment for child with disabilities to come and stay … Continued

Aberlour Sustain, based in Ross-shire, announces success of its early intervention plan, which works with children and young people on the ‘edge of care’. Since April 2017 the service, supported by funding from the STV appeal, has worked intensively with 14 families and prevented 11 young people from either being taken into residential care or … Continued

Aberlour Children’s Charity. will now be able to provide vital support to mothers in East Lothian thanks to a National Lottery Award from the Big Lottery Fund. The generous grant of £415,607 will enable the charity to set up an initiative which will support vulnerable women struggling with perinatal mental health issues. Perinatal mental health[2] is … Continued

Aberlour has worked in the community of Govan for a number of years through our Youthpoint Project. Youthpoint helps children and young people living in areas where there can be high levels of deprivation, crime and drug use. We’ve recently received funding through the Scottish Government’s Aspiring Communities fund to support the community of Govan … Continued

Aberlour Family Outreach & ETAP have an opportunity to secure funding through the Tackling Poverty Participatory Budgeting fund. Many of the children we support experience poverty on a daily basis and securing this funding would go a long way to helping us tackle this problem. You have the opportunity to vote for Aberlour at an  event … Continued

Year of Young People 2018 is an opportunity for generations to come together and celebrate our nation’s young people. Aberlour are passionate about giving children and young people a platform to share their experiences, whether that be through our Youth Steering Group or at our annual Youth Conference. This year, we’ll be sharing blogs from … Continued

Along with 4 local charities, Aberlour holds the last few remaining places for Run Garioch’s Dandara 10k and RIM Half-Marathon. But you’ll need to be quick if you want one: charity entries close this Sunday, 11 March. Abby Parkhouse, Fundraising Co-Ordinator for Aberlour, said: “We’re thrilled to be one of the charity partners for Run … Continued

Aberlour offices in Stirling, Kirkcaldy and Glasgow are closed today. Managers are available via their mobile phones. If anyone needs to get in touch with Aberlour today and does not have an existing contact, please e-mail hello@aberlour.org.uk. Our offices should re-open on Monday 5th March.

Love tech? Want to use it to help others? We do too. Join the #DigiInventorsChallenge today and help create a fitter, healthier and happier future for Scotland’s young people! The #DigiInventorsChallenge, in association with Andy Murray and the Digital Health & Care Institute, is on a mission to find smart new ways to help Scotland’s … Continued

Irn Bru, Tunnock’s Teacakes and haggis were on the menu as a group of young people hosted a late Burns Night at Aberlour’s Youthpoint service in Moray. The service helps children and young people who may be struggling with their emotions and behaviour. The group of 12-25 year-olds organised every detail of the event to … Continued

A UNIQUE partnership project that supports families on the brink of crisis, has launched a tool to support other organisations to learn from its success. Dundee Early Intervention Team (DEIT) worked with Iriss (www.iriss.org.uk), a charitable organisation that supports the Scottish social services sector to make use of knowledge and research for service innovation and … Continued

A TEAM of teenage cooks have served up Christmas lunch with a difference in Govan. The young people, all aged 13-16, have been taking part in a project organised by two charities working in partnership, Aberlour and Street Cones. Today [Dec14], after two months of cookery lessons, the group – known as the ‘Storm Cookers’ … Continued

  Aberlour Child Care Trust has been honoured alongside the Scottish procurement elite at the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Scotland 2017/18, held at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow on Wednesday 25 October 2017.   Hosted by BiP Solutions Ltd, the GO Awards are the UK’s premier procurement awards, with annual ceremonies … Continued

Up to 1 in 5 women experience mental illness in pregnancy or the first year of their child’s life.  Aberlour and Holyrood Events are working together to improve their experience, by holding a one day conference on 25 January in Edinburgh aimed at health and social care professionals, policy makers, voluntary organisations, and anyone else … Continued

At Aberlour we work with vulnerable children and families across Scotland for a variety of reasons. It could be as a result of poor mental health, low educational attainment, children at risk of being taken into care or issues around dependency. So often there is one recurring, and near universal, theme in the lives of … Continued