29/09/2026
Sometimes the nicest things happen because someone just decides to do them.
Andrew Dodds Autocare got talking to the women who come into the garage, and heard the same thing again and again. Cars feel like someone else's world. Too much jargon, too easy to feel daft asking. So they decided to do something about it, and they are opening their doors for a night.
EmpowHer '26 is on Wednesday 4 November, 6pm to 10pm. Car care workshops with Andrew and the team, so you leave knowing how to change a tyre and check your own oil. Stalls from women running their own businesses here in Ayrshire. Mocktails, nibbles, and Ali Wright from Now Ayrshire Radio keeping everyone right.
It is free to come along. There is a raffle on the night, and CarolAnne and the team have chosen us as the charity it goes to. That means the bit of money raised in a garage in Heathfield on a Wednesday in November ends up as gifts and support for children, young people and vulnerable adults across South West Scotland this Christmas.
They have paid for the whole night themselves, and they are handing us every penny of what is raised. We did not ask. They offered. That is the sort of thing that keeps a wee charity like ours going.
Spaces are limited, so book ahead at adautocare.co.uk/empowher
Thank you CarolAnne, Andrew and everyone at AD Autocare. Ayrshire looks after its own.
EmpowHer '26 is organised and run by AD Autocare. Proceeds raised on the night are donated to the Night Before Christmas Campaign. Admission is free.
Night Before Christmas Campaign, known as NBCC, is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Scottish Charity Number SC047995. Regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator, OSCR.