A trip to the farm
Here's Lee, one of our service users from Coupar Angus, enjoying a trip to Broadslap Farm, Dunning where he did a bit of raspberry picking. We think this berry picking lark is catching on!
Home-made jam, courtesy of the lads at ASC
When Activities Coordinator Anne Foulds took some of the Orchard Court service users berry picking, they ended up with quite the haul of raspberries. (Luckily for all of us, the ASC location in Tayside bang in the middle of some of the best soft fruit farming spots in the [...]
Happy Birthday Tommy!
Our service user Tommy celebrated his birthday with a beautiful cake made by our Head Chef Sylvia. A fab time was had by all. Happy Birthday Tommy! (P.S. We have serious cake envy...)
Getting football ready!
Our service users getting ready for tonight's Scotland match. Woop woop!
Grand day out for bungalows team
It was a grand day out for one of our service users at Coupar Angus bungalows as staff accompanied him on the Bo'ness Railway. Neal and members of the ASC team visited the steam and diesel heritage railway and also snuck in a visit to Edinburgh Zoo.
Music man Kenny visits ASC
Our service users love a music session, and this one with Kenny Martin was a special one. The Dundee musician visited our Balbeggie site complete with a wide collection of instruments - and had service users playing and singing along. It also included gentle exercises. We think you can [...]
From sports day, to live music, a day of fun was had at our garden party
Is there anything better in this glorious weather than getting outside and having fun? On May 30th, our ASC family at our specialist care facility at Balbeggie hosted a garden party jam-packed with activities for everyone to enjoy. There was live music, a visit from the ice-cream van and [...]
ASC’S service users celebrate their love for live music thanks to Crieff musician
There may still be restrictions on gigs and other performances, but for ASC the fun of live music continues even a year after lockdown. […]
A peek inside our unique carpentry workshop
We thought we’d give you a little peek at a service user at work in ASC’s incredible workshop. Here’s Liam at work on a project he devised himself: a star-shaped planter. […]
What is ‘Challenging Behaviour’ anyway?
People mix it up with an actual diagnosis, but challenging behaviour can be a symptom of many things, explains Fabian Haut, Consultant Psychiatrist to ASC. […]