Celebrating Burns Night 2025 in Dunoon
Celebrating Burns Night in Dunoon In January, our Dunoon service had a fantastic afternoon celebrating Burns Night! Burns Night...
Carr Gomm Magazine: Winter 24/25 Edition is out now!
The Winter 24/25 edition of the Carr Gomm Magazine is now available to read on our website.
Carr Gomm awarded LGBT Charter
Carr Gomm is delighted to announce that we have passed the LGBT Charter at Foundation Level! The LGBT Charter, ran by LGBT Youth...
Carr Gomm’s Counselling Service Recognised by NCPS
NCPS Recognised Workplace Mental Health Support | Carr Gomm Counselling Service
A Continued Commitment: Carr Gomm Responds to National Care Service Developments
Government shifts focus to advisory reforms as National Care Service plans change.
Advocating for Change: Carr Gomm Meets with Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
On January 15th, we welcomed Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, to discuss pressing challenges facing the sector and explore potential solutions that could benefit both the people we support and our dedicated staff.
Carr Gomm in 2024: Highlights!
Discover Carr Gomm’s 2024 highlights, including key achievements in social care, staff awards, and international collaborations.
Time to Shine Staff Award Winners 2024!
At our AGM, we celebrated our staff with our Time to Shine Staff Awards! Our Time to Shine Staff Awards celebrate our staff and their...
Our Housing Support Christmas Tree at St. Conan’s Kirk
Oban Housing Support’s festive tree at St. Conan’s Kirk raised awareness about homelessness in a creative and meaningful way.
My experience as a relief worker in Glasgow
Working as a Relief worker in Carr Gomm's Glasgow Service, by Rosemary Hamilton My name is Rosemary; I retired a few years ago and...
Celebrating Maureen’s 23 Year Career Working in the Social Care Sector
Maureen is retiring after over two decades of working in the social care sector. Read about her career and the impact she made as a Support Practitioner at Carr Gomm.
A Moral Imperative: Carr Gomm Responds to National Care Service Delay
In a recent update, the Scottish Government announced a delay to the next stage of the National Care Service (NCS) Bill. Carr...
Coming Home Project: What does home mean for different people?
Carr Gomm's Coming Home Project - helping people identify what's important to them in a home. Carr Gomm is working with colleagues...
What is social care like in Sweden? A Peer Learning Visit to Hoganas
Carr Gomm staff attends Peer Learning Visit (PLV) to rural Sweden. The European Commission, through the European Social Network,...
Celebrating One Year of the Carr Gomm Staff Counselling Service
We are proud to have recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of launching our staff Counselling Service. This important service...
Attending the Healing Arts Scotland Conference 2024
Carr Gomm staff had the pleasure of attending this year's Healing Arts Scotland conference in Edinburgh Healing Arts Scotland is a...
Pushing for Real Change: Carr Gomm Hosts Jackie Baillie MSP
Jackie Baillie, MSP, visited Carr Gomm to discuss how to improve social care across Scotland. At Carr Gomm, we are constantly...
Free Event in Caithness: Discover Personal Assistant Roles in Social Care
Attend our free information sessions in Caithness or online to learn more about becoming a Personal Assistant or hiring one.
Welcoming Jonathan Smith to Carr Gomm
We are excited to welcome Jonathan Smith to Carr Gomm's Business Development Team! Our Business Development Team plays a vital role...
Dion’s Career Path: Embracing a Career in Social Care
Dion’s reflects on transitioning to a new career as a Support Practitioner.
Carr Gomm responds to the National Care Service
Carr Gomm and our Involvement Group have contributed our voice to the National Care Service draft Stage 2 amendments. In response...
Should we defund the NHS?
We’ve seen record investment in Scotland’s NHS. But ever-increasing numbers of people remain in hospital despite being clinically fit for...
Carr Gomm’s Global Ambassadors attend European Social Network (ESN) Conference
Carr Gomm attends the European Social Network (ESN) conference to share information about our innovative Glasgow Integrated Service....
Continuing to develop the National Care Service with Carr Gomm’s Involvement Group
Our National Involvement Group welcomed back Rachel McGruer, Deputy Director of Adult Social Care, Local Improvement and Transformation,...
Carr Gomm enhances digital skills for Support Practitioners
Carr Gomm is boosting Support Practitioners’ digital skills through a new Digital Skills & Inclusion Hub.
Feel Good Focus Group
Midlothian services host 'Feel Good Focus Group' in Loanhead In June, our Midlothian team hosted a fantastic Feel Good Focus Group...
Best Local Social Prescribing Team/Service
Carr Gomm is proud to be part of the Edinburgh Community Link Worker Network, recipient of the award for Best Local Social Prescribing...
2024 Global Leadership Exchange – Global Ambassador, John shares his expectations
The Global Leadership Exchange provides a platform for incredible networking opportunities, offering health and social care leaders the...
Carr Gomm welcomes CIF International Delegates
Sharing Carr Gomm's approach to social care with CIF International Delegates from across Europe. In May, Carr Gomm welcomed CIF...
Celebrating Carers Week 2024
Carers Week 2024 is celebrated from the 10th to the 16th of June, 2024. In the last year in Argyll & Bute, Carr Gomm's Community...
Disability Commissioner Consultation
Carr Gomm responded to the Proposed Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill in May 2024. Carr Gomm supports the general principle...
Carr Gomm is VR Learning Grant recipient
Carr Gomm has been chosen to participate in the 2024 Care Reality Health and Social Care Virtual Reality Learning Grant.
Becs Barker leads SDSS conference
Becs reflects on the SDSS National Voice conference and why it’s important to her and to Carr Gomm that we influence and be part of change...
Community Contacts delighted to receive funding
Carr Gomm's Community Contacts Project will receive funding from the Scottish Government’s Support in The Right Direction (SiRD) 2024-2027...
Carr Gomm’s Strategic Plan 2024-2027
Carr Gomm is delighted to announce our new Strategic Plan 2024-2027, which was published on the 5th of April at our Launch event. ...
International perspectives on Scotland’s National Care Service
How can other countries' social care systems influence Scotland's National Care Service? Scotland is not alone in the world as it...
Coming Home: Rian’s Inspiring Story
Coming Home: Rian's Story Rian is a young man from Edinburgh who has Autism and has always been described by doctors as ‘complex’....
7% pay rise for all Carr Gomm staff
Carr Gomm is supporting its staff with a pay rise of at least 7% for all workers.
Housing Support Stories: Graham’s Journey to His Own Home
Graham’s journey to his own home with Carr Gomm’s support.
ATLAS: Autism Learning Training and Support
Get to know Carr Gomm’s expert autism group – ATLAS
Why I’m getting involved in the National Care Service
Lucy, our Chief Exec, sat down with Charlotte from our National Involvement Group and Becs (Operations Manager) to discuss what the...
Support Stories: Celebrating 107 Years
Mr Dougall is supported by our Dunoon Mobile Homecare team
Ending the health and social care relay race
If you’ve not watched our feature on Darren McGarvey’s: The State We’re In, you can still catch it on BBC iPlayer. If you have watched it,...
Carr Gomm on the BBC
Carr Gomm features in a new three part, UK-wide BBC documentary – Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In. Carr Gomm welcomed Scottish rapper...
Welcoming Anne-Louise Hayden to Carr Gomm
Anne-Louise Hayden is appointed as Carr Gomm’s Senior Operations Manager for Rural Services.
Laura: My Autism Story (Part 2)
Step into the next chapter of Laura Jackson’s (Administration Officer for Dundee) Autism Story.
Denise Murdoch MBE retires
Denise Murdoch, our Senior Operations Manager for Argyll & Bute and Highland, is retiring after nearly 25 years of working at Carr Gomm.
Support in the Glasgow Area by Support Practitioner, Sheila
How Carr Gomm supports people with our Cassiltoun Service. "Cassiltoun service is a service that supports people to live in their own...