SACHD - Helping Families Across Scotland

Montrose Branch

Contact:
Ivy Mackie
E-mail: montrose@youngheart.info

Welcome to the Montrose Branch of SACHD!

Come on in!

We specialise in friendly chats, lovely suppers and the best and strongest shoulders to cry on!

In addition, we try to ensure that the work of SACHD continues by doing our little humble bit of fundraising and raising awareness of what the Association can, and does, achieve.

Our only request is that you take us as you find us – just ordinary Mums trying to do our bit for our own children, and the children of future generations.

We all met many years ago – two decades approx! During that time we have laughed, cried, and shared every level of experience connected with raising a child with a heart disorder.

Over the years we have fundraised in many different ways - from sponsored activities, stalls at local fairs/shows, selling Christmas Cards, compiling recipe books , selling the association goods, and have also invited speakers to share support and ideas. We also support each other by chats, group meetings and social events – our supper nights are legendary!

Two of our children ( young adults now), who were born with heart disorders, have become actively involved in Bravehearts , a group specifically for young adults who have grown up with a heart disorder.

Our commitment to the association, and to our own little group, has been to do what we can, when we can, and never to let each other down. Each of us can vouch for the empathy and care that we show to each other and to children and parents further afield. We will do our best to comfort, support and help find answers to the many difficult questions being a parent of a child with a heart disorder brings.

Please contact us for any information – or just a friendly chat!

July 07 latest news

Montrose branch has been fairly quiet over the summer so far. We continue to meet regularly, mainly to socialise as there are no new members in our group.

Our teenagers / young adults are well at present, with one of them perhaps going for surgery in the next year sometime.

The highlight of July has been catching up with a previous member who is home from Australia for six weeks holidays. Mandy was a very committed member in the branch when she lived in Montrose, and as she is Elliot's Godmother, we maintain a regular contact.

Elliot has just returned from visiting her in Australia. Elliot and Stewart are both busy working, with Elliot having recently completed his training as a butcher and Stewart continuing in Tesco, while he awaits his developing musical taking off. Watch this space! Natalie has just entered her second year of studies at university in Aberdeen. So as you can see they are all making progress.

Us mums continue to keep the branch going in the hope that some new families will join us and take over the reigns, well we can live in hope!