We were delighted to have helped fund the Community Wellbeing Choir run from the Allan Park South Church. The choir emphasises getting together, having fun and feeling uplifted – no experience is required! Running now for three years, the choir is well attended with 25-30 members of the local community, including Cairn tenants, participating each […]
Rokzkool
We gave money to RokzKool to buy musical instruments for their workshops and classes. RoKzKool run workshops during term time in the Highland area. They offer week long courses during school holidays with emphasis on fun and inclusion. Their aim is to develop health and well-being through a variety of music, sport, and arts and […]
Inverness Family Fun Day
Our 2018 Family Fun Day was a great success on Saturday 29 September with around 50 children and their families flocking to the Aquadome in Inverness. We had a bouncy slide, soft play and bouncy castle, laser tag, balloon animals, face-painting, glitter tattoos and messy play. This is the fourth year we’ve held the fun day in Inverness and […]
Falls of Shin
Residents at Scotsburn Court in Tain recently benefitted from the Cairn Community Fund by an event put on by the Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust. The Trust host the Community Food Stop café in Bonar Bridge for those in or at risk of food poverty and every week tenants from Scotsburn Court go along for […]
Let’s Read Together
The Larbert East Church of Scotland came up with a brilliant idea to bring two generations together in their Lets Read Together project. Pupils from the local primary school and tenants from Adam Grossert Court worked together to read, play and create crafts together over coffee and cakes! . The project ran every Friday afternoon […]
Dalneigh Girls FC
Cairn awarded the Dalneigh Girl’s Football Club money from our community fund so they could buy new equipment in the form of bibs and kits. It will also help go towards holding an extra training session one night a week. Alongside football drills, the team learns discipline and valuable social skills. Part of the training […]
Photography Project
Residents at Devlin Court in Stirling successfully bid for funding from the Cairn Community Fund to run a photography project and recently got together at an open day to celebrate and display their work. A local photographer, Meghan Carroll-Ballantyne, who is the granddaughter of tenant Janet Carroll, worked with the tenants to visit places of […]
Dress for Success
We funded Dress for Success to produce Success Book Stories to market their services to potential referral partners and clients. Dress for Success provides clothing for unemployed women from a low income background to wear to job interviews and their first few weeks in a new job. All clothing is donated and is the client’s […]
The Go Between
We gave Drumpellier Christian Fellowship to create an IT facility at the Go Between in Townhead, Coatbridge. The money will supply the group with a computer, laptops and printers. Local volunteer tutors will run classes covering topics such as CV building, job search, internet for beginners and employability skills. The Go Between aims to bring […]
The Hive
We have awarded Mikeysline to run the Hive Project; a drop in centre for people struggling with their mental health in Inverness and the surrounding area. Mental health issues, resulting in self harm, and all too often, suicide, are at an extraordinary level in Inverness and the Highlands. Scotland has the highest rate of suicide […]
