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Welcome to the Ecas blog. Our digital home for industry news, organisational updates and inspiring stories that highlight what our staff, volunteers, partners and Board are up to.

Have a story you'd like to share with us? Email Diane and she'll let you know how to submit.

The Gathering 2019


March 14, 2019

Celebrating 15 years of charity work in Scotland It feels like only yesterday that we were at the SECC for this year’s edition of SCVO’s The Gathering, but over the last six weeks we have been reflecting on how we can put all of the great learning into …

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Gathering 2019

Jennifer’s story


March 7, 2019

When Jennifer Learmonth became a volunteer befriender, she wanted to work with people as an alternative to her day job in sales.

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Jennifer

David’s story


March 7, 2019

We’re always inspired when we see our clients gaining confidence and getting involved. But we’re even more inspired when they go on to encourage someone else in turn.

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David and Margaret

Rocco’s story


March 7, 2019

‘Without the P-Pod, he would have to sit in his wheelchair until bedtime or go straight to bed after he got back from school, and lie on the floor on a mat over the weekend. Your funding has changed his life’.

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Neil’s story


March 4, 2019

It’s one thing volunteering in a swimming class for physically disabled adults but it’s quite another being the group leader and that is exactly what happened when Neil Russell came along to the Ecas swimming group in 2011.

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Neil Russell
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