As a leading social care charity with over 150 years experience, we have always been at the forefront of providing vital care and support to vulnerable children and adults’ living across Aberdeen and beyond. We support people through some of the most challenging times they have ever experienced and we help them to take control of their lives for a brighter and better future.
Every day we change lives by supporting a person’s physical, emotional, mental and social wellbeing through a wide range of health and social care services, such as residential services and community outreach programmes.
We support vulnerable children and adults’ who are living with a mental health diagnosis, complex additional learning and support needs, addiction (drugs and alcohol), loneliness and isolation and are living in extreme poverty.
Despite the tremendous challenges that a child or an adult can face, it is amazing to see that by providing the right support, care, experiences, and opportunities how much it can change a life.
Our extraordinary work has always depended on the generosity of our amazing supporters; every day the work that we do provides you with an opportunity to make a difference and help shape a life for a better future.
Across all of the services we provide, we promote equality, inclusion, diversity and support for BAME communities.
VSA - delivering the best of care so that people can live the best of lives since 1870.
The charity is founded upon values that reflect a desire to engage with and listen to the people who need and use our services, volunteers, partners and staff:
People who are in need of our services and support will be at the heart of our policies, planning and work.
We will work to provide the best care to meet the needs of people who use our services.
We will embrace, promote, and foster partnerships to deliver our services in the most inclusive way for individuals in our care.
We will respect and value the people we work with - those who need and use our services, partner organisations, volunteers and staff - treating them with kindness and dignity.
VSA, like all charities, is governed by a Board of Trustees (non-executive directors).
The Board of Trustees, led by the Chair, work with VSA's senior leadership team to provide strategic direction and guidance to the charity, and ensure the charity is fulfilling its mission.
Every vulnerable child and adult deserve an opportunity to get the help, care and support they need to realise their dreams and reach their full potential.
We work to change and improve the lives of children, young people, families, adults and people in their later years in life. We do this by supporting people from birth to end of life across a wide range of social care services.
people supported
different services
hours volunteered
inspector rate
fuel poverty grants distributed
mental wellbeing support calls made to unpaid carers
mental wellbeing counselling sessions provided digitally to adults
unpaid carers supported
adults supported residentially
school-based counselling sessions delivered virtually to 42 children aged between 8-18
From a person’s first breath through to their last, VSA has stood next to the people of Aberdeen for over 150 years offering care, support, and vital services to vulnerable people living in our communities as and when they needed it.
As times have changed, so has the way we have delivered our services, but always with one ambition; to give the people of Aberdeen and beyond the best of care to enable them to live the best of lives.
Today we are here for you, helping care for you or your vulnerable relatives and friends. The Coronavirus outbreak is one of the most challenging we have faced due to it’s highly contagious nature. Now more than ever VSA will need the support of the people of Aberdeen.
Every year Easter Anguston Farm welcomes over 20,000 visitors and as a charity, we do not charge any entry fee for the thousands of families who visit us each year; instead, we rely on your generous donations to enable us to provide free access to this fantastic facility so that all children and families can come and learn about the animals we care for, play in our parks and learn about our woodland conservation while taking in a visit to our enchanted fairy woods.
There is growing demand for mental wellbeing services, with 1 in 3 adults being diagnosed with a mental health condition in Aberdeen alone every year.
As Aberdeen’s largest and trusted provider of mental health services we are more than aware of the pressures this brings. As a result we have plans to build an ambitious purpose built mental wellbeing facility in the heart of Aberdeen to support adults aged 30+ on their journey to recovery.
Our annual report and accounts tell the story of our impact over the last year as well as bringing to life our continued dedication, passion and care in helping to change the lives of vulnerable children and adults' forever.
