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NEWS
Christmas 2024!
This year, the Home-Start office will be closed from Friday 20th December 2024 until Monday 6th January 2025.
The Home-Start Deeside Alford and Strathdon charity shop (based in Alford) will be closed from Friday 20th December 2024 and will re-open on Monday 6th January 2025.
We hope everyone has a happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
Meet the Home-Start Office team!
Leah Bruce, Scheme Manager – Leah has been working with Home-Start Deeside, Alford and Strathdon for many years and is a wonderful source of knowledge, experience and wisdom!
Lizzie Sutherland, Co-ordinator – Lizzie started with the team in …. she brings an invaluable young perspective to her role and is bursting with enthusiasm and new ideas.
Kairen Griffiths, Office Administrator. Kairen started working with Home-Start in July 2024. She has a background in nursing and was a Cystic Fibrosis Nurse Specialist for NHS Grampian for 26 years. Nowadays, she will be found by the photocopier machine or the filing cabinet and is thoroughly enjoying her new role!
Ewan Black - our new Ambassador!
We are so delighted to welcome Ewan Black as our new Home-Start Deeside, Alford and Strathdon Ambassador. Ewan is a London based actor, originally from Banchory, Aberdeenshire. He trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he won the Peter O’Toole Award. Ewan recently performed in Mark Rylance’s ‘Dr Semmelweis’ at Bristol Old Vic Theatre Royal & the West End. He has acted in numerous other productions, including Lord of the Rings, The Crown and most recently in Macbeth with Ralph Fiennes.
Ewan loves coming back to Banchory to spend time with family and friends and he says he is very excited to join the Home-Start family!
Keep your eyes peeled for future appearances and messages from Ewan on the website and social media.