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Come Dine With Us: Cooking up a storm at ASC

ASC is supporting its service users to live independently within their communities thanks to cooking classes organised by staff. Laura McKechnie, Acting Senior Support Worker at the Dalguise centre, hatched a plan to host Come Dine With Us, where the service users are able to cook their own evening [...]

2023-04-05T10:54:08+01:005 April 2023|News|

Danny’s day out: Service user enjoys Celtic FC sensory room

ASC service user, Danny, had a fantastic day out watching his beloved Celtic thanks to the club’s sensory room. Sponsored by Balhousie Care Group and operated by Celtic FC Foundation, the room in the Lisbon Lions Stand at Celtic Park provides a safe space for people who would not otherwise [...]

2023-03-10T14:04:27+00:0010 March 2023|News|

Liam recognised for volunteer work at Serendipities

ASC service user Liam McLeod received a volunteer appreciation award for his hard work at Serendipities, a cafe and social enterprise in Dundee. And as an extra bonus he was snapped with Santa at the organisation's Christmas party at Dudhope Castle! Serendipities describes itself as "a social enterprise in [...]

2022-12-22T13:12:55+00:0022 December 2022|News|

“Working at ASC feels like home – and it’s helped me as a parent too”

"In all the time I've done agency work, never once have I gone into a home and thought I'd want to work there permanently," says Alison McMahon. That was until she came to ASC's specialist care facility in Balbeggie. "The team welcomes everyone from Day One," says Alison, a Staff [...]

2022-11-30T13:18:17+00:0030 November 2022|News|

The support worker who turned his love for specialist care into a passion for training

Stewart Hutcheson started thinking about a career in care in the most unlikely place: a gym. As a leisure attendant working in a fitness facility in Dundee, he got talking to a support worker who was bringing children with disabilities to use the trampoline. "I got talking to him [...]

2022-11-29T21:08:42+00:0029 November 2022|News|

“I heard it was a brilliant place to work, that no two days are the same”

Laura McKechnie got her first taste of a caring role as a child. "My mum and dad had a late baby when I was 11. So I was quite maternal with her and I did the childcare if my granny couldn't make it." The start of Laura's working life [...]

2022-11-30T12:57:50+00:0029 November 2022|News|