Minister for Children and Young People Maree Todd MSP met with vulnerable young people and their volunteer mentors this week to understand how Aberlour Child Care Trust’s mentoring service based in Elgin is helping to improve the well-being of young people across Moray. On Monday evening (3rd June), Maree Todd toured the Aberlour Mentoring Group … Continued
This year’s Volunteers’ Week theme is a “Time to celebrate.” All across Aberlour our incredible volunteers give their precious time to support our children, young people and families, doing so with kindness, compassion, and empathy. Our volunteers are raising vital funds through fundraising and events, participating and contributing their voice to policy issues that affect … Continued
Throughout Foster Care Fortnight we have been sharing stories from our foster carers and young people to show the importance a loving, stable home is for a growing child. Below are the common fostering myths many people believe which stops them becoming a foster carer and helping a local child. Our fostering team have de-bunked … Continued
We’ve given our website a makeover to make it easier to find the information you’re looking for. Improvements include: Find what you want quicker with more intuitive, consistent and simplified navigation Get to content in less clicks – hover over the top navigation and get straight to content such as how to foster or volunteer … Continued
Chief Executive SallyAnn Kelly suggests in this blog that by broadening our understanding of the work around Adverse Childhood Experiences and the root causes of adversity, Scotland could lift more children out of poverty. I recently participated in a panel discussion that followed a screening of Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of … Continued
With less than a month to go until Aberdeen’s Kiltwalk, Scotland’s largest children’s charity is offering free entry to the event for those pledging to walk for them. Aberlour, a charity working in Aberdeen and across Scotland, provides lifeline care for vulnerable children, young people and their families. Walkers who sign up for the Kiltwalk … Continued
At Aberlour, we believe that all children and young people deserve a loving and stable home. A home that supports them to grow and flourish. Today, The Fostering Network have launched their annual Foster Care Fortnight campaign. The campaign showcases the commitment, passion and dedication of foster carers throughout the UK. And highlights the need … Continued
Aberlour Child Care Trust has launched a new mentoring programme in partnership with Renfrewshire Council to provide support and guidance for young people who are young carers or who are living in care, whether they are looked-after at home, staying with foster parents, or living in a residential setting. Aberlour Attain – Renfrewshire will match … Continued
One in three mums and one in ten dads will be affected by perinatal mental illness. Our teams in Forth Valley and East Lothian provide a community-based Perinatal Befriending Service to local mums and dads to help them successfully recover. Our volunteer befrienders not only provide an understanding, non-judgemental ear but they also arm their befriendees … Continued
Aberlour Child Care Trust is supporting Maternal Mental Health Matters Week (29th April-5th May) by sharing the positive befriending journeys of some of the mothers matched by its Perinatal Befriending Support Service in Forth Valley. Perinatal mental illness is a term used to cover all mental health issues during pregnancy and the first year after … Continued
To mark maternal mental health awareness week, we are sharing the befriending journeys of some of the mums and families Aberlour has supported through our Perinatal Befriending Support Service. Currently operating in Forth Valley and East Lothian, we provide a vital community-based service for mums and mums-to-be plus their families by matching them with a … Continued
Families that Aberlour support across Scotland will benefit from a brand new benefit for low income families. The £250 Early Learning Payment is now open for applications for children aged between two to three and a half and can be used for anything from children’s clothes and shoes to toys, books or days out. This payment … Continued
With a month to go until the Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Scotland’s largest children’s charity is offering free entry to the event for those pledging to run for them. Aberlour, a charity working in the Lothians and across Scotland, provides lifeline care for vulnerable children, young people and their families. Runners who sign up for the … Continued
There is an expectation from society that motherhood is a perfect and blissful time, but for some families this isn’t the case. It can be a terrifying time for some mothers and fathers; it can be extremely isolating. Perinatal mental illness is a term used to cover all mental health issues during pregnancy and up … Continued
With just over two weeks to go until the first Kiltwalk of the year, Scotland’s largest children’s charity is offering free entry to the event for those pledging to walk for them. Aberlour, a charity working across Scotland, provides lifeline care for vulnerable children, young people and their families. Walkers who walk the Kiltwalk in … Continued
As a parent of two daughters in their early twenties I frequently find myself helping them out when they need a little extra help to pay for things. That often means giving them money towards the end of the month so they can go out with their friends or helping out with their rent, or … Continued
Memorial suggestions sought Aberlour would welcome a conversation on how we may best remember the children from Aberlour Orphanage buried in the cemetery at St Margaret’s Episcopal Church. Our chief executive SallyAnn Kelly has released this statement. “We very much appreciate the sensitivity of this matter. Aberlour Orphanage was established in 1875 and provided a caring home to … Continued
What is the UNCRC? As a human being, you have rights that apply to everyone in the world. These can be found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are held by all people, no matter how old they happen to be. Children and young people have other rights too. These are listed in … Continued
