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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

Updated: 10th June, 2021

Author: Deleted User

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: Deleted User

Community Growing

Community Growing

Carr Gomm community growing projects use gardening and outdoor activities to actively tackle health and social inequalities. Read more

Published: 20th March, 2019

Updated: 12th April, 2021

Author: Deleted User

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: Deleted User

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: Deleted User

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: 12th August, 2021

Author: Deleted User

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: Deleted User

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    Carr Gomm receives more than £8,000 for their responder service

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    Suzanne is one of two Carr Gomm dementia interpreters in Argyll & Bute.

    Suzanne tells us more about the importance of the dementia training that she and Laura have been doing.

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    Old hobbies in new ways

    Services in Stirling have embraced the Digital Inclusion Project and learned new skills along the way.

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    Digital freedom in Glasgow

    Our Digital Inclusion Project has brought independence to people supported across Glasgow.

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    Mental health

    We have been supporting people experiencing mental and emotional distress since 1998.

  • Start your career

    Start your career

    Social care is not just a job: it's a unique, fulfilling and rewarding career. Find out why.

  • Join us for a fulfilling & worthwhile career in social care

    Join us for a fulfilling & worthwhile career in social care

    Working with Carr Gomm is inspiring, exciting, welcoming and well rewarded.

  • Autism

    Autism

    We ensure each person’s support is as unique as they are by providing the right support, at the right time, in the right way.

  • Physical disabilities

    Physical disabilities

    We focus on supporting people to live independently and to actively participate in life, based on their choices within their community.

  • Older people

    Older people

    We offer community-based and person-centred support to older people living throughout Scotland.

  • Learning disabilities

    Learning disabilities

    We focus on supporting healthy lives, maximising people’s choice and control, and increasing independence and active citizenship.

  • Isolation and loneliness

    Isolation and loneliness

    Our activities and supports are focused on supporting individuals and communities to flourish.

  • Community Contacts

    Community Contacts

    Community Contacts offers 'A Helping Hand with Self-Directed Support (SDS)' in Argyll & Bute and Highland.

  • Our story

    Our story

    Today we support about 2,000 people and families in communities across Scotland every day...but how have we got here?

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