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 [...]
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 [...]
Not the real one, of course, which is keeping viewers gripped on Channel 4 right now. But just as nerve-wracking. All four units at ASC were given ingredients to make a no-bake tray bake (confusing? yes... but tasty too). It's a hard job judging a bake-off but someone's got [...]
ASC's service users and staff said goodbye this week to our popular and hugely successful Service Manager, Jen Aitchison. And at the same time they welcomed new Interim Service Manager Leanne Fairburn, a familiar face at ASC as a deputy to Jen and a Practice Lead. Jen, an expert in [...]
The enterprising and creative minds behind ASC's Lotus Enterprise are at it again, raising funds through a very successful sale. Lotus, the enterprise arm of specialist care service ASC, held a sale at the head offices of parent company Balhousie Care Group and raised an impressive £94.50. Lotus's unique items [...]
In a corner of Westbank in Perth, our service users have been getting busy. They are using the space at the community based project to grow plants, fruit and vegetables. The green space is providing an opportunity to learn about horticulture, and grow their gardening talents. Among the projects [...]
ASC's unique carpentry workshop hit the TV screens this week with a report on the amazing effects it has on service users. Bob Foulds, who runs the workshop from a wooden shed on our Balbeggie premises, was interviewed by BBC Scotland while he and service user Josh Duff were filmed [...]
It's not your ordinary day out, really, visiting an alpaca... But our service users had a hoot hanging out with these lovely creatures at the Alpaca Trekking Centre, Stirling. Thanks to some beautiful bright Autumn sun, the day became even more colourful! [...]
