Gowrie Care

Michael Drummond and Sean Patrick Lynch An employment adviser has gone the extra mile to ensure the breaks were not put on a Dundee man’s efforts to get back into work this week.

Over 200 people in Dundee supported by Gowrie Care got into the festive spirit at the Apex Hotel with their biggest disco to date. Gowrie Care manages a number of services throughout the city which support people to live their lives. Gowrie currently supports people who have a learning disability, m

(from left) Fiona Holt, session worker; George Meechan, Animation/Futures client; Megan Appleton, session worker; Iona Summerton, project worker Gowrie Care’s Dundee Futures team walked away winners at the TPAS National Good Practice Awards on Friday.

The animation team behind the film An animated film created by a Dundee charity aiming to break down the stigma surrounding mental health is to be screened at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival in Glasgow this week.

Graeme Brown and Councillor Dickie with Futures client Jack Bromly Councillor Alison Dickie met with the people benefiting from the support on at offer the Futures community hub when she visited the facility in Edinburgh’s Southside.

Staff and residents at an Arbroath care service celebrated the completion of their Tesco funded garden with a special afternoon tea party. The team at Gowrie Care’s Doo’cot Park service won a £12,000 grant in a public vote as part of Tesco’s Bags of Help campaign last year.

(from left) John Haliburton, Morgan Low, Max Fichera, Barry Johnston, Alan Brown and Carol Sweeney Pink wigs, leather jackets and a liberal application of hair gel was the dress code in Dundee on Saturday when a group of talented performers with various disabilities dazzled in a Grease-themed musica

Joy Dunlop A housing support service provided by Gowrie Care in Dundee has been praised in an inspection report following an unannounced visit by the Care Inspectorate.

Jeremy Balfour MSP lodged a Parliamentary Motion commending a charity who received £100K of National Lottery cash to help homeless people in Edinburgh last week. The Edinburgh homelessness charity, Gowrie Care, and the people they support are set to benefit from a National Lottery award from the Bi

Joy Dunlop Gowrie Care, the registered charity of Hillcrest Group which offers varying levels of support to people in different settings, has announced the appointment of Joy Dunlop as its new managing director.

A number of Gowrie services worked together to host a "blooming good" garden party in Edinburgh last week.

A Glasgow homeless support team and the people they support, collectively known as Portman Peddlers, cycled the 558 miles between Glasgow and Paris to raise money for a Scottish care charity last week.

Five Dundee people proved you are never too old to learn new skills when they were awarded employability skill-based accreditations in the city. The Gowrie Care’s clients gained their SCQF Levels 3 and 4 Adult Achievement Awards in partnership with LEAD Scotland.

Lynn Cunningham Craigowl Communities has transferred its activities to its sister company, Gowrie Care, as of Saturday 1 April.

Festive cheer and Christmas magic filled Broughty Ferry’s Scout Hall this week when adults supported with learning disabilities met Santa for the first time. The staff from the Dundee-based charity Gowrie Care devised the inclusive grotto after a person they support asked to go and see Santa but,