This was a new venture for us suggested by one of our volunteers, and brought into life with funding awards from Aberdeen University Raising and Giving Campaign and also the Youth Philanthropy Initiative. It was held at Cafe Coast, which is a super venue for such an event, with a bright and airy room for […]
A little bit of information about our guest speakers….. Louise Martin Louise was trained in Mindfulness under the guidance of world renowned experts Rob Nairn and Choden. As part of this training Louise has attended Meditation retreats at Buddhist Centres across Scotland and is in the final year of the Mindfulness Studies Master’s Degree […]
For the past year the Rosehill Branch of the TSB have tirelessly and very inventively raised money on behalf of NEEDS(Scotland). This partnership is now at an end and today, Heather was presented with a cheque for £1838.11. This is almost double what the branch was aiming to raise, and we are absolutely delighted. We […]
Once again, NEEDS(Scotland) are the winning charity in the Scottish schools’ Youth Philanthropy Initiative. A group of fourth year pupils from Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen triumphed with their presentation, raising awareness of eating disorders and highlighting the work that our charity does. The winning team were, Rhia Badial, Lloyd Ledingham, Jovana Jojo, Harriet Fyfe, […]
Alison Lynch, one of our volunteers, represented NEEDS(Scotland) at the National Carer’s Conference in London in November 2015. We are very grateful of all donations to our charity which allowed us to fund this. Alison very kindly wrote this report on the presentations which is very informative and inspiring, stressing the importance of hope and […]
The NEEDS(Scotland) Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 9th May 2016 in the Macrobin Centre. Here is the annual Chairperson’s report from April 2015 to April 2016. Welcome to the Annual General Meeting of NEEDS(Scotland), including for the first time, our satellite group NEEDS2 Bridging the Gap which is doing just that in Dundee […]
On 16th May, two of our volunteers Paul Donald and Alison Lynch went along to Aberdeen University’s Duncan Rice Library to collect this very generous cheque for £2000. This money has been allocated to us by their Raising and Giving Campaign and was presented to them by Holly Bruce, President of Charities and Community. We […]
When : Monday 9th May 2016 at 7.30pm Where : Macrobin Centre, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen. All group members and charity trustees are invited to attend our AGM on 9th May 2016 at 7.30pm. There will be reports from our treasurer and chairperson. Following that, we will be discussing any changes/additions to our committee and […]
The national charity B-eat had “Eating Disorders in the Workplace” as its theme this year. One of our volunteers, Paul Donald, created a display in the Edinburgh Woollen Mill based in Dobbies Garden Centre in Aberdeen to raise awareness of eating disorders and highlight the work of NEEDS(Scotland) and also MBEEDS, (Men and Boys Eating […]
The Scottish Eating Disorders Interest Group, SEDIG, held their 2016 Carers’ Conference at The City Chambers in Edinburgh on Saturday 27th February 2016. There was an interesting and varied programme featuring four presentations. The first highlighted B-eat’s initiative in Edinburgh and the Lothians which involves young people with eating disorders going through transitions. Theses can […]
