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Meet the artist: Sam Rutherford
Sam has been finding new ways to connect to the CARDS community through lockdown
Zoom meetings and volunteering opportunities
We’ve been in lockdown for around 4 weeks, but what a 4 weeks it’s been!
Why you can’t do Trauma Informed Support with cats, and other unexpected CPD Outcomes…
Here at Rowan Learning Centre, it’s not all National Trauma Training Frameworks and Adverse Childhood Experiences, sometimes we have to wrestle with REALLY difficult topics, such as “Can I use this training on my cat?” Over the last 4 months we’ve delivered our Trauma...
In other news
Groundbreaking new Trauma Informed Practice training launches this month!
Rowan Learning Centre has spent the last couple of years developing a practice based piece of training to support frontline staff at every level to feel confident using their own skills to deliver Trauma Informed care. For full details, click here Trauma Informed...
Rolling Rowans Represent Rowan Alba at the Edinburgh Kilt Walk
Congratulations to our Chief Executive, Helen Carlin and her team, the Rolling Rowans on successfully completing the Edinburgh Kilt Walk on Sunday! You can still donate and support the fantastic effort made by donating at:...
CEO wins Community Commitment Award
On Saturday evening (14th September 2019) our Chief Executive was nominated for the Community Commitment Award in a prestigious awards ceremony hosted at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. We want to express a huge congratulations to Helen, as she was deservedly announced...
Charity Golf Day 2019
A huge thank you to everyone who attended our our Charity Golf Day held at Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society on Friday 13th October 2019. We managed to raise over £2,760 over the course of the event! Congratulations to Team McGregor (pictured below) who took home the...
Can YOU help someone stay out of the rough?
Rowan Alba Charity Golf Tournament 2019 will be held on 13th September. There are a variety of ways you can make your presence felt at Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society. Book your place today.
CARDS Volunteer summer recruitment is now open
We are adding to our team of 50 volunteers and the recruitment is now open.
New weekly drop in support group for people experiencing homelessness
If you are currently experiencing homelessness, join the new Wednesday Weekly Drop In’s between 14:00-16:00 to get support from other people in the same position.
Rowan Alba’s website gets an upgrade
Rowan Alba’s website recently got redeveloped, thanks to Edinburgh-based creative agency Whitespace. Whitespace donated 4 days of pro-bono work to help with the user experience and development of rowanalba.org.
Learning through Lived Experience
The minister for Public Health Scotland, Joe Fitzpatrick, paid us a visit at Thorntree Street. Our tenants got to tell him exactly how it is through their tales of life on the street and how we have supported them. Find out about the visit.
Rowan Alba’s Learning Centre is open
After a hugely successful ‘pilot’ year, Rowan Alba Learning Centre is officially open for business.
On Twitter
A huge thanks to everyone who gathered to mark the official opening of Thorntree Mill on Thursday 23rd Feb. Created in partnership with @we_are_CG , Thorntree Mill will get 9 former street homeless men into homes-for-life. Full story at https://bit.ly/3KTyfaC
If you know Rowan Alba, you know that nothing we do would be possible without our amazing staff, volunteers, tenants and clients.
Your donation to Rowan Alba this Christmas is about more than money. Make a donation today at: https://rowanalba.org/donate
We'd like to say a HUGE thanks to The Queensberry House Trust for their award which is having a lasting impact on marginalised older people in Edinburgh by improving communal areas in our supported homes so we can offer more social activities where tenants can make new friends
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