A Year Like No Other – C-Change Annual Report 2020-2021
We are delighted to release our annual report 2020-2021 titled ‘A Year Like No Other’ Our report is a mix of both Video and Audio + PDF version to view and download We thought it was important to acknowledge that the year 2020/2021 was nothing like any other we have experienced. The impact of a global pandemic was not something we had planned for. We had to adapt and change as circumstances evolved rapidly around us. And so, in recognition that it was not business as usual, we have produced a not business as usual annual report. Instead this report takes the form of a reflection, appreciation and offer of thanks for all those who helped us make it through the most difficult time.
We are delighted to release our annual report 2020-2021 titled ‘A Year Like No Other’
Our report is a mix of both Video and Audio
+ PDF version to view and download
We thought it was important to acknowledge that the year 2020/2021 was nothing like any other we have experienced. The impact of a global pandemic was not something we had planned for. We had to adapt and change as circumstances evolved rapidly around us.
And so, in recognition that it was not business as usual, we have produced a not business as usual annual report. Instead this report takes the form of a reflection, appreciation and offer of thanks for all those who helped us make it through the most difficult time.
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Thanks And Recognition
To The People We Work For
Kieran’s Story
By Kieran N and Ross Dougall
If he wasn’t so shy at times, Kieran would tell you himself that over the last year with lockdown
restrictions, it did get a bit boring, a bit repetitive.
But we were all experiencing it together. For Kieran himself, he maybe didn’t realise it, but
through Lockdown he really flourished.
When restrictions started to ease, he started volunteering for Scottish Canals by doing
gardening work, graffiti removal and litter picking. By doing this, Kieran’s confidence grew as
well as his network of people.
He went out cycling and running with his team member Louise and was really encouraged to
keep active. Even doing workouts indoors - it was amazing to see how engaged he was with it.
To keep busy we also supported Kieran to do things he hadn’t done before. He created his own
cookbook and recorded short videos to share online. As I said, he can be a bit shy, so although
he wasn’t always in the videos, he was definitely directing them.
Lockdown really gave Kieran time to develop new skills. As well as cookery, he also became a DJ
and that came about from the Zoom (online) C-Change Christmas party. Kieran was slagging off
the music and he was given a challenge to put his money where his mouth is, so to speak, and he
did... A few weeks later, as we went into lockdown again, Kieran was the DJ at the first Zoom
‘Feel-good Friday’ get-together. It was a huge success and he got such a buzz from it. Because
of that, he was invited to DJ at a Dates-n-Mates event, which, on the back of the team having
supported him to apply for funding to buy his own DJ equipment, he was a roaring success.
As his confidence grew, so too did his willingness to get involved with other things, like popping
into online meetings and forums.
Kieran also used video calling to keep in touch with his family - which is really
important to him. It’s been a real honour for all the team to be part of Kieran’s life in
‘a year like no other’ and we have all said that although we are here to support
Kieran, he’s definitely supported us too. Keeping us going, getting through the last
year together, and for that we are thankful.
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