The ScotsCare Blog » Ross http://www.scotscare.com/blog Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Heatwave http://www.scotscare.com/blog/2009/06/29/heatwave/ http://www.scotscare.com/blog/2009/06/29/heatwave/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:51:08 +0000 Ross http://www.scotscare.com/blog/?p=190 One of the good things about being a Scot in London versus a Scot in Scotland is the weather. Its really really hot!

And new newsletter heading your way this week.

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Something we are keen to work on in the Comm’s team is our relationship with Scottish organization and groups in London. To this end, I had a really interesting meeting last week with the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (London Branch) and Feis London.  Both are organisations who promote and organise Scottish events in London. This year will be the 3rd Feis to be held in London, a Feis being a Gaelic festival.

As I am from Inverness, I have fond memories of the Feis which was held every year and meant all of the pubs were open until 5 am. I don’t remember that much of the Feis itself as a result. I am not a Gaelic speaker but my school had a Gaelic unit and I know lots of Gaelic speakers so I think it’s great that the Feis carries on all over the UK and not just the Highlands.

The London Feis is held in Roehampton on the weekend of the 11-13th of September. Contact feislondon@blueyonder.co.uk if you are interested. They also hold regular Monday night sessions for musicians so again use the above contact if you are interested.

I hope that ScotsCare and Borderline will  be really involved with Scottish cultural events in and around London so keep checking our website for information on this and many other events and sign up for our newsletter online if you haven’t already so you don’t miss out. www.scotscare.com/newsletter.php

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Ross

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]]> http://www.scotscare.com/blog/2009/03/09/scotscare-shout-in-the-post/feed/ 0 (A2&”, “&B2) = Geek http://www.scotscare.com/blog/2009/02/26/a2-b2-geek/ http://www.scotscare.com/blog/2009/02/26/a2-b2-geek/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:43:17 +0000 Ross http://www.scotscare.com/blog/?p=137 I have spent the last week and a half working on our donor database; adding new records, organising old ones, highlighting, de-highlighting, ticking, un-ticking, emails, gifts, etc etc etc dull etc, and i can now do things on raisers edge, excel and access that i never thought i would be able to do or had any desire to.  I have got excel formulas permanently etched onto my brain. =(W2&”, “&X2)-Bet you don’t know what that means- i saddly do! I don’t ever remember getting a trivial pursuit question on them (which is how i determine if i need to know anything), so i don’t  know what i’ll do with this information but I am officially a database geek.

Maybe i could join a support group, wean myself of gradually. yep.

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This year looks to be bigger and better with lots of exciting events and innitiatives planned over the next 12 months. We can’t wait to get started. The main goal of the Comm’s team is to communicate the charity and the work of the charity as effectively as possible to encourage new supporters and donors and reach new potential clients. We aim to keep our messages  relevant and so this period of reflection over the last years activities enables us to ensure that we keep communicating as effectively as possible. We hope you will enjoy reading our newsletters, coming to our events and keeping up to date with ScotsCare though our website as much as we enjoy writing the newsletters, running the events and keeping the website packed full of up to date information.  

If you have been to any of our events and would like to give us feedback or if you have an idea for a future event or fundraising opportunity, drop me a line, ross@scotscare.com. We’d love to hear your thoughts.

 

Ross

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Things are reasonably quite here at comm’s. The art show that we are sponsoring at the commonwealth Society is still running and is open to the public un till the 6th of February. I am also in the process of writing our next newsletter going out at the end of February and working on the communications plan for 2009/10 with Elaine, the Communications manager. We have some big plans for events this year so keep checking our website so you don’t miss out.

 

best,

Comm’s

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For further information, email me at ross@scotscare.com.

 

Ross

]]> http://www.scotscare.com/blog/2009/01/13/private-view-of-scottish-art/feed/ 0 Communications are back with a…cold! http://www.scotscare.com/blog/2009/01/06/communications-are-back-with-acold/ http://www.scotscare.com/blog/2009/01/06/communications-are-back-with-acold/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:22:21 +0000 Ross http://www.scotscare.com/blog/?p=79 Hi, I am now back in the office after a long Christmas and New Year break-with a horrible cold! Partying in Madrid for a week apparently also has it’s downsides but i am now working on new events for communications for 2009. Next Tuesday (12th) is the opening night of an art show at the Royal Commonwealth Society which we are pleased to sponsor. The show will run throughout January and is open to the public, if you would like to attend the opening night, please email me on ross@scotscare.com.

I’ll keep you updated on my cold and more communications in a couple of weeks.

Ross

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