Lord Provost opens Gowrie Care’s first accessible holiday home in Dundee
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Gowrie’s Dundee disco proves to be a big hit!
Posted: 14th December 2018Over 250 Gowrie Care service users and staff got into the festive spirit earlier this week when they attended the charity’s annual winter disco at Dundee’s Apex Hotel. The partygoers enjoyed a boogie on the dancefloor and were trea ted to a tasty buffet supper, a free raffle and music supplied…
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Kindhearted Hillcrest staff donate gifts for Children’s Hospital
Posted: 13th December 2018Hillcrest staff members have brought more than just good tidings to Tayside Children’s Hospital at Ninewells, donating selection boxes and gifts. The staff from Hillcrest’s Tom Johnstone Road office in Dundee donated the gifts, aiming to bring some Christmas cheer to the young patients. The trio who made the journey…
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Lord Provost opens Gowrie Care’s first accessible holiday home in Dundee
Posted: 12th December 2018Dundee’s Lord Provost, Ian Borthwick opened Gowrie Care’s new accessible holiday home in the Coldside area of Dundee today. Rockwell Holiday Home will provide a much needed holiday let facility for individuals who have support and care needs, as well as their carers and close families. When speaking at the…
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Hillcrest staff raise over £1500 to help tackle homelessness
Posted: 11th December 2018A team of Hillcrest Group staff took on Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park challenge on Saturday in a bid to help raise awareness and money to contribute towards eradicating homelessness in Scotland. The team, made up of Clare McNally, Joy Dunlop, Yvonne McKinlay and Sharon Murdoch, braved…
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Creating a masterpiece: Architecture student wins competition to design Hillcrest community garden
Posted: 7th December 2018Hillcrest residents in the St Machar area of Aberdeen will soon be able to relax in a brand new community garden, after a design competition was won by a talented RGU architecture student. The competition was run by INsideOUT and featured a brief of designing a community garden with a…
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Organisations band together to banish loneliness at Christmas
Posted: 29th November 2018A number of Dundee not-for-profit organisations with support from the business community have thrown a cracker of a Christmas party for over 100 older people at risk of isolation this Christmas. The party was organised jointly by Helping Older People Engage (HOPE), Dundee Voluntary Action, Royal Voluntary Service, Dundee Community…
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Public Health Minister launches drug and alcohol strategy with Gowrie Care in Dundee
Posted: 28th November 2018Joe FitzPatrick MSP launched the national strategy for preventing and reducing drug and alcohol-related harm at an event held in Gowrie Care’s Cairn Centre in Dundee today. The Scottish Government’s strategy, “Rights, Respect and Recovery”, says Scotland will take a health approach to substance misuse and focus on people’s needs.…
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