Outreach Projects
In addition to the work taking place within the Centre, there are also Outreach Projects that are managed by the Centre.
The first outreach project was the South Aberdeenshire Carers Project based in Stonehaven. It covers an area from Braemar in the west to Portlethen in the east and St Cyrus in the south. It is a very rural area with towns such as Stonehaven, Ballater, Aboyne, Banchory and Laurencekirk. This was followed by the opening of a Young Carers Project in 2001.
In the summer of 2000 the North East Aberdeenshire Carers Project began, renamed in June 2005 as North Aberdeenshire Carers Centres, now incorporating carers support in the west of north Aberdeenshire. There are now Carers Centres in Turirff, Fraserburgh and Peterhead from which a Young Carers Project also operates.
In September 2002 the young carers in Aberdeen opened their own centre, the "Chill Out Zone", in central Aberdeen.
In 1999 a Carers Project in Moray, based in Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin, was opened and was the only hospital based project in Scotland. The project is now independent and they have opened an office in the High Street in Elgin, also keeping their hospital based office. The Princess Royal Trust Moray Carers Project can be contacted at 227 High Street, Elgin, IV30 1DJ, Tel: 01343 540990 or, email moray@carers.net.
South Aberdeenshire Carers Project
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