Our speaker this evening was Nicola Schelbert, Manager at the charity Support, Help & Integration in Perth.

Nicola is pictured receiving a cheque for £1000 on behalf of SHIP, and on the right is accompanied by Rotarian Bill Smith who was her host for the evening.

Nicola started working with children, as a child minder, about 12 years ago whilst her own children were still at pre-school age.   From that she moved to Fairview School as a Pupil Support Assistant, helping children with severe and complex needs with their daily challenges.

She progressed to become a Senior Social Care Officer running a life skills programme, the aim of which is to ensure those pupils leaving school have the appropriate abilities required for life after school.

In January of this year she left Fairview to manage SHIP where she is continuing to give social and life skills support to children and young people with complex needs.