Gowrie Care

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A dapper Oor Wullie was on hand to welcome the care and support teams and staff from across Scotland who attended a glamorous awards ceremony to Dundee last week. Now in its third year, the Gowrie Care Accolades brought together 50 members of staff from across all areas of Gowrie Care’s operation

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Staff from Gowrie Care’s David Street project in Dundee flung themselves into an afternoon of fun at a Highland games event held for the people they support and their families at Crombie Park on Saturday. The event – which featured games, food and a petting zoo – was opened by the Lord Provost

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A growing Alyth based learning disability and Homecare team and their clients are set to benefit from a better working environment in the town’s centre after their new office was opened in Pitnacree Street last week. The new office will allow Gowrie Care’s teams to expand their services, which w

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Gowrie Care staff and residents in Glasgow were delighted to host a visit from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week. Ms Sturgeon took the time to visit Gowrie’s homeless support project and find out more about the life changing work that the charity does.

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Stevyn Wilkinson Dundee based employment and training charity Craigowl Communities, part of the Hillcrest Group, is re-launching two of its popular jobs training programmes later this month with a view to getting young people into quality jobs with some of the city’s top employers.

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Today the Homeless Spotlight showcases the pioneering Futures project in Edinburgh run by Craigowl Communities in partnership with Gowrie Care, both part of the Hillcrest Group. A pioneering new service that aims to improve the lives of people who are homeless and those at risk of homelessness by pr

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(from left) from Gowrie Care unless stated: Lauren McGregor, Shannon Devine, Ruth McKelvie, Carole Sutherland (SLT NHS Tayside), Ian Wallace, Lisa Moore, Terri Jennings, Angie Wallace, Irene Duff & Wendy Graham The care and support team from Gowrie Care’s Tullideph service received an award fr

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Gowrie Care has officially been named as a volunteer friendly organisation after achieving the Volunteer Friendly Award. The Dundee charity, part of the Hillcrest Group, achieved the accolade for the way it involves and manages volunteers in its work following the five strands of the Volunteer Frien

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Gowrie Care’s drama group Glee Club were on top theatrical form when they delivered a dynamic and different performance of Scenes for the Wizard of Oz to a delighted audience of over 150 people at Dundee’s Space Theatre last weekend. The drama group is a talented and diverse group of actors, sin

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Staff from Blackwood Housing and Care are licking their wounds after being put through their sporting paces by two of Scotland’s top wheelchair basketball teams. The housing and care provider representatives were trained by Lothian Phoenix – for whom they are the official sponsor - and Dundee Dr

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Courtside rivalry was as fierce as the on court action when two regional wheelchair basketball teams competed for victory during an exhibition match in Dundee on Saturday. The mythically-titled Dundee Dragons and Lothian Phoenix, who are sponsored by the care providers Gowrie Care and Blackwood resp

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(from left) Janet Lynch Gowrie Care chair, the winners from Bruntsfield and South Fort Street, and Damian McGowan Gowrie Care managing director Care and support teams from across Scotland gathered at a glamorous awards ceremony in Dundee last week.

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Almost 100 representatives from Dundee businesses gathered at the Hillcrest Group’s HQ last week to attend a Dundee and Angus Chamber member’s networking event. Guests were treated to a delicious BBQ cooked up by Arnold’s Catering, tasty cakes made by Roseangle Café and a short video showcasi

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Councillor Glennis Middleton (left) with Gowrie Care chairperson, Janet Lynch Councillor Glennis Middleton, convenor of the social work and health committee in Angus, opened a new modern and high-tech residential autism care facility in Brechin last week.

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