Introducing ICAS Cares
SCABA has been reborn as ICAS Cares. The name and look may be new, but the charity’s purpose remains as relevant as it has been for the past 100 years.
Since 1919, the Scottish Chartered Accountant’s Benevolent Association (known as SCABA) has helped ICAS members, students and their families to overcome life’s many challenges. In preparation for another century of providing support through hard times, the charity has been modernised and rebranded.
SCABA was originally founded to aid ICAS members, and their widows and orphans, facing personal struggles after the First World War. Although these challenges have taken different forms over the years, CAs and their families continue to experience life-changing events every day, often when they least expect it.
Caring for the ICAS community remains the charity’s core mission to this day, hence its new name – ICAS Cares. This refreshed identity is the outcome of governance modernisation and the decision to become a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), creating a new charity number. And with an updated name and charity number, also comes an exciting new look.
Here for you through hard times
Despite these changes, the charitable purposes remain the same. ICAS Cares will continue to provide emotional, practical and financial support when it’s needed most. Whether its ill health, unemployment, debt or a relationship breakdown, the charity is here to help from the moment you step on the path to becoming a CA.
Board Chair, Ruth Adams CA said:
I feel honoured to be involved in continuing the 100-year legacy of SCABA with our new identity, ICAS Cares. The charity has helped many CAs over the years, and everything we do centres around easing the pressures that led them to us.
Charity Manager, Kirsty Gray CA added:
We’re still here to offer past, present and future ICAS members support with a non-judgemental and confidential ear, as well as access to a host of practical and financial aid.
It's your charity
ICAS Cares is here for you through hard times. Discover the help on offer and how to apply.
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