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What we do with your money

Loneliness and social isolation are severely detrimental to our health, and increase the chance of developing longer-term health conditions such as depression, dementia and heart disease. Unfortunately, millions of people in the UK experience loneliness throughout their lifetime.

Carr Gomm aims to alleviate these issues through our community projects and activities across Scotland. Our activities bring some of Scotland’s most vulnerable communities together in a variety of ways, encouraging connection and relationship-building. We are dedicated to ensuring that our activities are inclusive and accessible for everyone, especially those with poor health or low self-confidence who often feel isolated within their community.

All of our fundraised money goes towards running and developing these projects and activities, and has ensured that we’ve been able to provide many and varied additional opportunities for people and families across Scotland.

A small amount of fundraised money can go a long way to providing new opportunities: opportunities to meet new people, create new friendships, develop an increased sense of community, and thereafter, with increased confidence and determination, to dream of new adventures in life.

You can read more about our work, and the ways in which we are using your fundraised and donated monies below. 

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends is bringing people together in Glasgow through fun outings and group activities. Read more

Published: 18th December, 2019

Author: Heather King

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Club Fun

Club Fun

Club Fun offers social opportunities to people we support in the Forth Valley region; and it is entirely funded by fundraised money. Read more

Published: 17th October, 2019

Updated: 20th December, 2019

Author: Heather King

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Community Growing

Community Growing

Our projects use gardening and outdoor activities to tackle health and social inequalities in some of Scotland’s most deprived communities. Read more

Published: 20th March, 2019

Updated: 20th December, 2019

Author: Heather King

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Dundee Kitchen Garden

Dundee Kitchen Garden

Dreaming big; one of our Dundee teams has transformed their tiny backyard into a glorious kitchen garden. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2019

Updated: 18th December, 2019

Author: Heather King

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Dundee Ornamental Garden

Dundee Ornamental Garden

One of our Dundee teams has created a beautiful communal garden, where people can come together, mingle, chat, enjoy the fresh air. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2019

Updated: 17th October, 2019

Author: Heather King

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Men in Sheds

Men in Sheds

Men in Sheds projects are friendly and welcoming places where socially isolated and lonely men build self-esteem, develop new skills, and combat isolation and loneliness Read more

Published: 20th March, 2019

Updated: 17th October, 2019

Author: Heather King

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Midlothian Drop-In

Midlothian Drop-In

Our Midlothian team have been busy renovating their empty office basement into a “Drop in” service for people supported. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2019

Updated: 17th October, 2019

Author: Heather King

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