FCA Association

EN On 8th of July 2023, one of our fantastic VPs – Radek – went into Edinburgh. There he met with the members of Bike Jamboree, a few groups of Polish scouts, our friends from the Szkoła bez Granic im. Niedźwiedzia Wojtka and quite a few Polish government officials. The occasion was the end of…

EN Through our newly found cooperation with Unicorn markets, an organization that is responsible for running the Bathgate car boot market, we have decided to make a small promotional event for our organization. It was absolutely lovely, we have met a lot of people, made new friends and most of all – had loads of…

EN On the 20th of June 2023, in the French Institute, our representative – Kasia – met with a few Polish Government officials. The meeting was organized to promote a book about Dr Jan Jonston (1603-1675), Polish physician, ethicist, philosopher and natural scientist, of Scottish descent. The ceremony also included decorating Poles living in Scotland…

EN Thanks to our recent cooperation with the group – Na szlaku z sercem w plecaku – we had the opportunity to test out our new group integration device. A home smoking machine. Our representative Przemek – took the longer trip to Galloway to help to spice up the hike and overnight camping a bit.…

EN FCA Association was approached by a wonderful guy – Wojtek just recently. He said – hey – would you like to support a great cause? Would you like to help orphanages in Poland? Without much thinking we said yes! This is how we started to support Złombol. What is Złombol?https://zlombol.pl/rajd-zlombol/o-wyjezdzie-zlombol-2023-nazare The most important GOAL…

EN On Saturday, the 20th of May 2023, we were onto our next volunteering adventure. Cooperating with the Wotjek The Bear Without Boundaries School, we were helping to celebrate the first Wojtek the Bear day. We met at the Bathgate train station around 8:45 am to get on a train. Then onto Edinburgh Waverley and…

As of 2nd of May 2023, we have rented the rooms for our regular member and trustee meetings in the Bathgate Partnership Centre. To our great surprise, the centre offered us first 3 months without charge to support our cause. Our public thank you letter to the centre is attached below.

As of today, we are officially in the process of incorporation into an SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation). Our new partners – CEMVO Scotland are absolutely fantastic. A Big Thank You!