Our specialist care facility in Perthshire has been recognised for their connection with the Scottish Men’s Shed Association by receiving lifelong membership. Based in Balbeggie, ASC is home to adults who experience stress and distress, or are diagnosed with learning disabilities. The facility has a fully functioning workshop on [...]
Over Christmas, our service users across ASC were lucky enough to get a special visit from Santa. Here’s a few pics of the man in red’s visit at The Grange, as well as the boys at Orchard Court enjoying their presents on Christmas morning. [...]
What's better than a Christmas dinner? Two Christmas dinners! Our wonderful service-users from our Coupar Angus Bungalows decided, if something is worth doing once it's worth doing twice! This week they all took time out together and got a 'first' Christmas dinner at The Red House Hotel in the [...]
ASC’s service-user-led social enterprise, the LOTUS Project made a visit to Balhousie Care Group's Head Office with a pop-up shop to sell some of their bespoke creations. All made on site at ASC in Balbeggie, a group of service users came along and had a great time selling a variety [...]
Team ASC celebrated the most spooky time of year in style with a fabulous Halloween party at Balbeggie Hall. Service users from across ASC’s units came along to enjoy the fun and there were some spectacular costumes from both service users and the staff! After a dance and some party [...]
The staff and service users of ASC dug out their finest pink outfits as part of their month-long fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now. They donned the colour as part of a month of events to highlight the organisation. August is the charity's awareness month, and Laura McKechnie, Support Worker, has [...]
The service users at ASC have been showing off their best moves at regular ‘music festivals’ organised by the staff. Every two months, the facility’s units come together for a day of music, singing and dancing – rocking out to a mix of old classics, new favourites and some [...]
During August, ASC Support Worker, Laura McKechnie, will be running a fundraising campaign in aid of Breast Cancer Now. August is the charity’s awareness month, and this year, it has an afternoon tea theme. Laura is inviting as many residents, families and staff as possible to get involved and help [...]
Ahmad Kanzua has worked as an accountant, in hotels and restaurants and as a salesman – but nothing captured his heart quite like a job at ASC. Caring for his grandfather lit a fire within Ahmad, who started his journey by volunteering at a camp in the US for [...]
Service users at ASC have been getting their football fix thanks to an ongoing partnership with a local college. The link-up with Perth College UHI kicked off in 2019, and since then many service users have enjoyed the benefits of various courses. This year, Josh, Marcus and Liam achieved success [...]
