Gowrie Care

The future of Gowrie Care’s resource hub in Edinburgh has been secured for the next three years after being awarded funding from the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (IJB). The £213,216 from Edinburgh IJB will mean that people who have experience of, or are at risk of homelessness will

Amera Sajid, the Gowrie Care money support worker who recently travelled to Lebanon to help Syrian refugees, has returned bringing with her stories and experiences - both heart-wrenching as well as warming. Amera returned from the Middle-Eastern country on January 29 following time in refugee camps

A group of talented performers with support needs wowed the crowd with their rendition of the classic fairy tale Snow White in Dundee last week. Supported by Gowrie Care, the Glee Club Drama Group performed Snow White and Friends to an audience of over 50 people at Gowrie’s community hub in th

A Dundee woman is set to pack her bags for Lebanon, to help refugees fleeing the ongoing conflict in neighbouring Syria. Amera Sajid, a money advice worker for Gowrie Care, which is part of the Hillcrest Group of Companies, will travel to the Middle Eastern country for a week on January 24 with the

An appeal set up by Gowrie Care’s community recovery service has accumulated hundreds of toiletry essentials for homeless and people in recovery in Dundee and the surrounding area this Christmas. The items, which include shampoo, body wash, toothpaste and toothbrushes, have been sorted into to

Santa with John Haliburton Over 250 Gowrie Care service users and staff got into the festive spirit last week when they attended the charity’s annual winter disco at Dundee’s Apex Hotel.

(from left) Gowrie Care chairperson Janet Lynch, Lord Provost Ian Borthwick and Gowrie Care service user Allison Douglas Dundee’s Lord Provost Ian Borthwick opened Gowrie Care’s new accessible holiday home in the Coldside area of Dundee yesterday.

Alastair Gardiner, head of service at Gowrie Care, Joy Dunlop, managing director at Gowrie Care and Joe FitzPatrick MSP Public health minister Joe 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

Joy Dunlop, managing director at Gowrie Care (left) and Clare McNally, fundraising & grants officer at Hillcrest Group A Dundee-based charitable group has distributed over £700k of funding to set up services and projects that benefit people and communities across Scotland.

(from left) Iona Summerton, Gowrie Care project worker; Stewart MacKay, Gowrie Care client; Douglas Knight, Gowrie Care client; Terri Coutts, Gowrie Care client; Amy Browne, Lead Scotland learning coordinator; Janet McBean, Gowrie Care client and Niamh Kelly, Gowrie Care project worker Five Dundonia

(from left) Paul Cox, Gowrie Care service user; Karen MacKinnon, Maggie’s Dundee cancer support specialist; Tom Fotheringham, Gowrie Care service user and Michael McGuire, Gowrie Care support worker Two Gowrie Care services recently held a coffee morning in Dundee to raise over £200 for Maggie’

(from left) Danny Kelly, harm reduction team manager; Ingrid Hainey, area manager; Stewart Hosie MP; Christina Hutton, harm reduction worker and Fiona Holt, senior harm reduction worker Stewart Hosie MP visited Gowrie Care’s harm reduction service in Dundee to find out more about the charity’s o

Gowrie Care, part of the Hillcrest Group, was one of four charities recognised at the first Good Governance Awards ceremony during an event held in Dundee’s city chambers last week. Achieving the Good Governance accreditation highlights Gowrie’s commitment to continually reviewing policies and p

(from left) Pat Sedakat, Abertay lecturer, Alex Auld, 3rd Year student and Clare McNally, Gowrie Care fundraising and grants officer An Abertay University 3rd year BA (Hons) Management student has just completed a 10 week placement with Gowrie Care.

Angela Linton, Hillcrest Group CEO Friendly competition took hold of a newly-opened charity shop in Dundee on Thursday as members of the senior team from one the city’s biggest charities tried to sell the most stock during their shift.