Kirrie Connections

26/10/2026

Kirrie Connections are delighted that Garfield Weston Foundation have offered a further 2 years funding to support our running costs. It is the support from the foundation and all of our funders including Angus Health and Social Care Partnership, The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland, NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation, Kinnordy Estate and Dr Margaret McKiddie that we can continue to provide the support to all of our Meeting Centre members and their families that make a meaningful difference to the lives of everyone in our Community living with dementia, thank you 👏

16/10/2026

Oh there's definitely a nip in the air today 🥶 Still the homemade soup and the banter means its never cold in Kirrie Connections. Its been a bit quieter this week as Kirsty and Eddie have been on their holidays 😂 we missed them really 😉 We curled, we baked, we golfed with Sporting Memories and Kenny and Alan worked on the new designs for the Xmas sale. Whilst it was a week saying goodbye to one of our very special members, the lovely Mr George Forrest, we welcomed in a couple of new members who we hope will become a part of our very special Meeting Centre. Oh and if anyone is doing a clear out we are taking donations of raffle and tombola prizes for our Xmas Sale evening so pop in any unwanted gifts, bottles of w**e, vodka, gin, we're not fussy really - preferably unopened 😂 Thank you and have a lovely weekend 🥰

15/10/2026

Really useful guide, if you have any questions please feel free to get in touch for information, support and advice

Are you an unpaid family carer who supports someone living with dementia with their personal care? Do you need advice around legal and financial issues in relation to this? You can access our free booklet here:https://caringhelp.on.worc.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/L4-Legal-and-financial-issues.pdf

13/10/2026

We are still looking for volunteer drivers, please note that all transport will be for people with relatively good mobility, walking aids but no wheelchair users, thank you 😉
🚗 Volunteer Drivers Wanted! 🚗
Kirrie Connections is looking for friendly, reliable volunteer drivers to help our members get to Kirrie Connections and home again
If you have:
✅ A full driving licence
✅ Your own car
✅ A little spare time
✅ A passion for helping your local community..we'd love to hear from you!
As a volunteer driver, you'll help pick up and drop off our members, making a real difference by reducing isolation and helping people stay connected.
Whether you can spare a few hours a week or just occasionally, your time can have a huge impact.
📞 Get in touch with Kirrie Connections today to find out more about becoming a volunteer driver.
💙 Help us keep our community connected—one journey at a time!
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09/10/2026

It was a very special week for Kenny, 82 years young and still working as hard as ever so we thought we would have fish and chips (his favourite) in his honour. Thank you to Airlie Arms Hotel & Restaurant for preparing the delicious treat 😋 Kenny was straight back to work in the garden but we did buy him a new boiler suit for his efforts 😉😄 Work is gathering pace on our Christmas Fayre goodies, its like Santa's Workshop in here 🧑‍🎄 Don't miss out on the wonderful array of gifts and treats available at our Xmas Sale on November 27th from 5pm - 8pm. Our members work very hard on their creative designs and its the best place to start your Xmas Shopping with exclusive handmade gifts 😉 We finished the week with the wonderful music of Neil Gibbons 💃🎶🎷

02/10/2026

And just like that its October!!!, that will be the nights fair drawin in now and Summer but a distant memory 😎 It wont stop the fun and games though and this week as we head towards Autumn we have readied the garden for the new season, used up the last of the wonderful Summer Fruits to make a fruit salad, thank you Kirriemuir Food Hub for the delicious pineapples, got our big pants on, played Tin Can Alley and throw the coathanger (was meant to be wellie throwing but that's another story) 🤣 We ventured out to Forfar Driving Range, well it is the Dunhill Links season, on what is our last funded trip thanks to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks for the support this year which has seen us go far and wide. We grabbed what's left of the sun, made some amazing bat boxes in the workshop and even had time to squeeze in a birthday Celebration for Ewan who missed it because he was feeling under the weather but we sent a video and ate the cake anyway 🤣🤣 Get well soon Euan. Pauline and Mary are also under the weather so we hope you all get well soon 🥰 The week was rounded off with John Young providing our live music entertainment taking us all into the weekend, whew 😅

27/09/2026

What a busy week! We celebrated Norma's birthday 🎂, we played games, we danced & we sang. To end off the week we had a day of farming memories, complete with milk the cow 🐮, put the horns on the bull, feed the rabbit 🐰 a carrot 🥕 & a chicken even came to visit 🐔, thanks Elspeth. Unfortunately we ran out of time for the welly toss 🤷‍♀️ but there's always next time 😁

22/09/2026

A whiz of a week again ending with a fantastic visit from Montrose Connections, Meeting Centre & Weekday Wow Factor. Lots of singing, dancing & laughter 😄

14/09/2026

It was all about the hand/eye coordination last week and inspired by the Arts festival a wee bit of watercolour painting from the aspiring artists among us - ooh and some delicious apple crumble 😋
There is another chance to admire our sculpture too, its in Gallery 128, the telephone box gallery at the corner of Marywell Brae thanks to Maureen Gallus Glass for her help with this 😉 Let us know what you all think 😍

07/09/2026

Another week of happy faces! We loved the visit from JM Owls who brought Nono along to see us 🦉, it was also Chic's birthday so we had to celebrate with a cake 🍰. We got involved with games using tooters & ping-pong balls along with rounds of hand speed challenge & hover football ⚽. To round off the week we danced our wee socks off to some lovely music played by John Young 😊