Brechin
Gowrie Care provides support to more than 1000 people across Angus, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow and Perthshire.
We support people with learning disabilities and Autism, mental health, complex needs, people who have experienced or are at risk of homelessness, and the care needs associated with older people.
Support can be provided in a residential setting or in the client’s own home as appropriate.
We named our walking group OOTANABOOT because that is what we do, go out and about, mainly in Angus but occasionally we stray into Aberdeenshire and even Dundee.
OOTANABOOT is the result of an initiative by Angus Council, NHS Tayside and Paths for All who promote health walks, in Arbroath, Carnoustie, Edzell, Forfar, Kirriemuir, Letham and Montrose. Brechin, sadly, had to break away because we were, quite correctly, no longer considered doing health walks, chiefly because we ventured out of Brechin and walked over an hour.
The principles are the same though which is to allow, mainly older folks though we welcome younger ones, to enjoy socialising while exercising, admiring the wonderful scenery in our area. All walks are risk assessed; a four monthly programme is made up with suggestions from those participating so that choice is always there. Cars are available for transport, drivers receiving a thank you penny at the end or a coffee and cake at the many coffee shops we find on our travels!
Why walk, you ask? Well……………………….
It improves mood and may reduce the risk of depression.
Lowers the risk of strokes and can control diabetes
Can also reduce the risk of heart disease by half
It’s free
You don’t need special equipment
It’s a chance to make new friends, feel good and have fun.
Join us each Wednesday at 1pm (13.00) – we meet and leave from Brechin Library. You will be made to feel very welcome.
Brechin Healthcare Group (BHG) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), No. SC047731.
BHG’s charitable purposes are:
To advance health and the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, or financial hardship, or other disadvantage.
To advance health, through the provision of medical equipment and facilities, and through the provision of relief to those suffering from illness.
BHG has been formed to benefit the community of Brechin and Edzell and The Glens. Geographically the community is roughly within a radius of 10 miles from Brechin, but also includes those areas of the Angus Glens and south Aberdeenshire covered by GP Practices in Brechin and Edzell.
9, Haymaket Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 5EZ
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland works locally in Angus
to improve the quality of life for people after a stroke,
or diagnosis of a chest or heart condition.
We can:-
provide vital advice, support and information
Freephone 0808 801 0899
Contact adviceline@chss.org.uk
arrange group and 1-1 support in hospital and in your local community
Contact darlene.drummond@chss.org.uk
provide volunteering opportunities across Angus
Visit www.chss.org.uk/volunteering
Ninewells Hospital & Medical School
DD1 9SY
NHS Tayside provides health care services for people in Dundee, Angus and Perth & Kinross.
For a full lsit of services, please visit our website http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk and keep up to date with the latest news by following us on social media.
Follow us on Facebook – http://facebook.com/NHSTayside
Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/NHSTayside
8 Grant Rd, Arbroath
DD11 1JN
Care About Angus is a company developed under the principles of social enterprise providing a home help service. This means the (role of) employees and people receiving home care will have a greater say in the companies activities and the way it goes about business. The new and more democratic approach to service delivery is based on the relationships of trust between the people providing home help services and the people receiving the services. In essence, the means Care About Angus will always act in the best interest of the people involved and provide a unique person-centred service: always positive and actively caring.
Care About Angus offers a local person-centred service to assist people at home with the following;
Shopping
Laundry
Ironing service
Cleaning
Wellbeing visits
Light meal preparation
Prescription pick up
Escort to local appointments
DD2 3TP
Parent to Parent support parents and carers of children with additional needs living in Angus, Dundee and Perth & Kinross. We can provide one to one emotional support, group support, workshops on managing challenging behaviour, advocacy at meetings and appointments, information about local services and links to other parents with a child with an additional need. Children and young people with additional needs can also receive advocacy and support to help them voice their worries and concerns to parents, teachers, social workers etc.
115 High Street
Arbroath
DD11 1DP
Penumbra Angus Nova Service offers support to individuals experiencing mental health challenges to engage more fully into their community, by helping them to access mainstream activities and groups such as further education, sports, clubs and work, whether voluntary or paid. The service is available to anyone living in Angus, over the age of 16 years.”
“Bringing local communities together through a sporting chance!”
“Sport for all”
What is Brechin Community Sport Hub?
The Brechin Community Sport Hub (CSH) is a voluntary organisation made up of 4 sport clubs; Brechin Buccaneers Cricket Club, Parkview Bowling Club, Brechin Pirates Rugby Club and Brechin City Youths Football Club, who aim to work together to promote sporting opportunities to all in Brechin and the surrounding areas.
The Sport Hub works in partnership with the Angus Sport Development team, the Brechin and Montrose Communities Team and other local community organisations.
What are our aims?
Purpose/Objects:
The object of the Hub is to encourage participation of the people of Brechin, and the surrounding area, in a variety of sporting activities in a variety of venues; through:-
Promoting sporting activity for all in Brechin.
Identifying needs and options for improving use and access to sporting opportunities in Brechin.
Working with new and existing sports organisations and providers of existing and potential sporting facilities, to enhance the development of sports for the club members and the hub clubs.
Assisting hub clubs with safeguarding existing facilities used by the clubs in Brechin.
Working with local partners in and around Brechin to provide positive experiences for all in sports or hub activities.
Supporting the individual development of sport clubs in Brechin.
Progress So Far
Brechin CSH are running a Friday Night Project for Primary 4’s to Primary 7’s at Andover Primary School starting on Friday 29 April and concluding on Friday 13 May. Look out for more information on BCSH Facebook page and website.
Contact
For more information about the work the community sport hub is carrying out or joining the hub please contact the hub using the following links:
Brechin Community Sport Hub on Facebook
Brechin Community Sport Hub Website
or email scott.nicoll@angusalive.scot or telephone 01307 492340
Here at Angus Cat rescue, we are committed to a single goal; we strive to make the world a better place for cats. A group to help people in crisis with their cats, for help, advice and help with re-homing.
Angus Cardiac Group is a patient led support group which was established in 1992 with a view to supporting cardiac care and rehabilitation in Angus through member support, social contact, fundraising, partnership working with health professionals and the local authority, and the promotion of patient involvement with the NHS. Membership is not confined to those with coronary heart disease but is open to partners, carers and family members of those with cardiac disease.
ABOUT US
THE PURPOSE OF THE GROUP IS TO SUPPORT CARDIAC CARE AND REHABILITATION IN ANGUS BY:
Supporting Group members
Facilitating social contact
Raising funds to support the activities of the Group
Working in partnership with health professionals and others
Promoting patient and public involvement with the health service
Actively seeking new member
ANGUS CARDIAC GROUP IS OPEN TO:
People with coronary heart/cardiac disease
Partners, carers and family of those with cardiac disease
Involved health professionals
Any person interested in the aims and activities of the Group
Anyone with any other long term condition
CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF ANGUS CARDIAC GROUP CONSISTS OF ALL OF THE ABOVE.
Head Office
William Wallace House
Orchardbank Business Park
Forfar
DD8 1WH
The charity ANGUSalive is the culture, sport and leisure trust for the county of Angus and has been operating since 1 December 2015. We are ambitious and aim to provide the best services for our customers.
ANGUSalive offers residents and visitors to Angus a wealth of services which inspire healthy, active and creative lifestyle choices through the use of our sports centres, country parks, theatres and venues, museums, galleries, archives, libraries and ACCESS offices. We have five service areas which form our culture, sport and leisure offering:
Libraries
Museums, Galleries & Archives
Sport & Leisure
Countryside Adventure
Theatre & Venues
ANGUSalive has almost 500 employees, led by a chief executive and senior management team. The chief executive reports to the ANGUSalive board which comprises of five independent directors and four council directors who are Angus Council elected members.
It promotes, operates and delivers services on behalf of Angus Council.
ANGUSalive is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland No. SC499155 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC046133. Registered office Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar, DD8 1AN.
Katy has been working in Active Schools for the past 6 years, 3 of which were in Aberdeen before moving to Brechin. A keen sports fan, she enjoys watching most sports and is involved in coaching at her local gymnastics club. Katy also enjoys going to the gym and running around after her young son to keep fit!
Brechin
We offer a much needed day service to the elderly and their carers/ family within Brechin and the local area.
Brechin
DD9 7DT
Brechin
DD9 6AF
The Attic offers a safe and friendly environment for young people with music, pool and internet access.
About Us
The purpose of the group is to establish Brechin as a visitor and tourist destination in Scotland, the UK and abroad.
Our role and aim within the local community is to encourage businesses, retailers, voluntary sector and individuals to work together to develop, organise and promote events and activities for the benefit of the local community and the wider area.
Our 4 main events within the town are;
Easter in the City
Pageant in the City (the first Saturday in June)
Hallowe’en in the City
Christmas in the City
These events are organised by committees of volunteers to make the most of our City.
10 Reasons to join a Community Group like BRAVO Brechin
IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Studies show that having a good social network extends your life, keeps you healthy, and staves off mental deterioration.
YOU MEET NEW FRIENDS Get to know new people and work with them on things you all care about. How many people have met their future partners at an event.
YOU MAKE NEW CONTACTS Keeping your network in good repair helps you to see opportunities when they come up and gives you people to call when you need help.
YOU LEARN NEW SKILLS You can learn workplace skills from being a volunteer. You can learn governance skills – committee management, business planning – from joining a committee.
IT’S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY The more people work together and get to be familiar with the way things work around the area, the more people support each other through the tough times.
YOU CAN FOLLOW YOUR INTERESTS Whatever you like to do, there are other people out there who like it too. Join a group and you can share your passion.
YOU CAN BUILD UP YOUR CV If you’re applying for a tertiary place, or a new job, or a new relationship, it helps to be able to point to the unselfish efforts you’re putting in for the community.
YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO WIN YOUR BATTLES Experience in operating as part of a community group gives you the tools you need to get your voice heard in the centres of power.
YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE We all want to make Brechin and Angus to be a better place, and it doesn’t need to be a huge commitment on your part – every hour of help or support counts!
IT’S GOOD FOR THE COUNTY Angus needs a strong civil society, for local and central government can’t run everything and people need to manage their own organisations for community goals.
Our demographic covers the Local Authority Areas of Angus, Dundee, Fife and Perth & Kinross. We have 6,257 youngsters enjoying Scouting across the Region, ably assisted by 2,106 Adult volunteers.
We are the third-largest of the eight Regions in Scotland, just behind Clyde and South-East Scotland.
We have ten local Districts that are responsible for supporting the 370 Sections that deliver Scouting locally. Links to these ten Districts (Arbroath & Montrose, Dundee, Dunfermline, Glenrothes & Levenmouth, Kirkcaldy, North Angus, North-East Fife, Perth & Kinross, Rosyth and South Angus) are given on the Districts Section of this website so if you need to contact one of them please use the contact information provided there.
The Districts are responsible for supporting the Progressive Training Scheme that all our young people follow and which links well with the Scottish Government’s Curriculum for Excellence programme.
Our Badges and Awards encourage Successful Learning; our focus on the outdoors and residential experiences encourages Confident Individuals; our youth involvement policy encourages Effective Contributors; and our superb Community Impact projects develop Responsible Citizens.
Unfortunately, we have a lack of willing adult volunteers and as a result we have over 500 youngsters on Waiting Lists, desperate to join their friends in the adventures that we provide, but who are unable to do so.
We are fully committed to flexible volunteering, so whatever little time that you have or skills that you can offer, we’ll be delighted to make use of them.
Please use the JOIN tab on this website to express your interest in becoming involved.
The Regional Team are responsible for supporting Districts with some of the specialist functions – Adult Training; Adventurous Activities, Communications; Development; Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, International; and Youth Involvement. Much of their role is in sharing best practice and providing guidance and advice based on their experience.
We have a Closed Facebook Group that all adults with roles within the Region are encouraged to be members of and we use it to share ideas and advertise opportunities or resources that would benefit Scouting locally.
Life-changing adventure and skills for life is what Scouting is all about. Scouting helps young people acquire practical, character and employability skills including:
Teamwork
Initiative
Leadership
Independence
Resilience
Problem-solving
Communication
Responsibility.
These are the Skills that Parents (and Employers) consider it’s important for young people to gain.
We know that those who are members of Scouting locally are gaining these skills and that we are contributing to their personal development, but we would like to be able to offer Scouting to more young people across East Scotland in the years ahead.
Scouting is a part of our communities, not apart from it and each year contributes substantially to local charities and to local environmental projects and you can read more about this great work in regular newsletters and our Annual Reviews.
If you are looking to contact Scouting, but are unsure of the most appropriate person to approach, please use this website and the Regional Team will endeavour to identify who can help you.
Brechin
Angus
DD9 6EQ
RH-hairdressing, We work hard to ensure the needs of our clients are met, we constantly keep up with the latest trends, techniques and technology!
“People have problems which can overwhelm them and cause distress of varying degrees and many have no-one to talk to as they have a limited support circle or they can’t share e.g. family worries with family members” (NHS Tayside GP)
Based in Health and Social Care contexts, Do You Need to Talk is a service that promotes wellbeing by offering an active listening service. The service helps people explore their deepest hurts and draw strength from their own inner resources and those of the communities of support around them.
The service is a short term, early intervention model of person-centred, assets based listening with the aim of promoting personal and communal wellbeing.
“I came away with a feeling of optimism. I have since taken positive steps to make some changes in my like, which have improved my mental and emotional wellbeing.” (NHS Tayside patient)
Angus – Services Available to Patients of:
Arbroath – West Practice, Springfield Health Centre Kirriemuir Health Centre
Brechin Health Centre Monifieth Medical Practice
Carnoustie Medical Practice Montrose – Annat Bank
Forfar – Academy Montrose – Castlegait
Forfar – Lour Road Montrose – Townhead
Forfar – Ravenswood
Dundee – Services Available to Patients of:
Ancrum Muirhead
Ancrum 1 Nethergate
Broughty Ferry Park Avenue
Coldside Princess Street
Douglas Taybank
Downfield Taycourt
Erskine Terra Nova
Grove Wallacetown
Hawkhill Westgate
Maryfield Whitfield
Perth & Kinross – Services Available to Patients of:
Alyth Medical Practice
Blairgowrie – Ardblair Medical Practice
Kinross – Loch Leven Medical Practice
Perth – City Medical Practice
Perth – King Street Practice
Perth – Whitefriers Surgery (Red Practice)