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SACHD - Helping Families Across ScotlandMontrose BranchContact: Ivy Mackie:montrose@youngheart.info Welcome to the Montrose and district branch of SACHD. Our branch has been active since 1987/88. We are a small branch, with a core group of 5, who meet regularly, for friendly chats, suppers, and support as required. We have become firm friends, laughed, cried and shared every level of experience connected with raising a child with a heart disorder. The strength of our friendship is such that although 2 of our core group, now live out with the area, 1 of them overseas, we all make every effort to meet up approximately every 6-8weeks. We have a former member living in Sydney , Australia who keeps in touch and meets up with us when she is home in Scotland. We also have several members and supporters who get involved at Christmas time, assisting with selling Christmas cards to their friends and at an annual charities card fayre the we help organise. We are just ordinary families,trying to support families through their times of need. All families are welcome. We aim to raise awareness locally of the work of SACHD, and have found being part of a support group invaluable, especially in the tough times. Information sharing is
one of the great advantages gained from involvement in SACHD, and while
we cannot advise anyone medically, we can through our experience
signpost people to those equipped to give the information required. Being part of the association has also built our confidence in being
more pro active in our childrens care, by being better informed of
Although we have had no new members recently we would like to see new folk, to carry on the work locally, but would stress that no one is pressed to become fully fledged members if it's not for them.
We have over the years fundraised in many different ways-sponsored activities,stalls at local fairs, selling christmas cards, compiling recipe books, selling association goods, and have also had invited speakers such as social workers, health visitors, and dentists to come and share info with us. Now that most of our children are a adults, we focus on supper nights which we believe are legendary!
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