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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.
Plus ça change…100 years since the Addison Act on housing
This month marks a centenary of council housing, after the watershed Addison Act came into force across the UK in 1919. The legislation was meant to create Liberal PM Lloyd George’s “homes fit for heroes”, to house the returning soldiers from World War One. His...
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.
We've switched to virtual group supervision sessions for our Community Alcohol Related Damage Service (CARDS) volunteers. They are now supporting service users by phone rather than face to face. We want our volunteers to continue to feel supported & valued too #NeverMoreNeeded
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