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Our annual report looks back at a busy year

Hot off the presses is our 2018-19 Annual Report. It’s full of our lively clients sharing their experiences with Ecas activities, befriending services, and grants over the past year. And it’s been a busy year.

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Image of The Kelpies at The Helix in Falkirk. Two impressive sculptures of horses made from metal.

A story of art, community and friendship

How can art and disability help empower and engage people with a physical disability? In this short and inspiring blog, Ecas art leader Graham Young shares the tale of a day out to The Kelpies in Falkirk to answer just that.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at The Gathering 2019

The Gathering 2019

Celebrating 15 years of charity work in Scotland It feels like only yesterday that we were at the SECC for…
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Jennifer

Jennifer’s story

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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David and Margaret

David’s story

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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Rocco’s story

‘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 Russell

Neil’s story

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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