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Voices: The Cottage Family Centre
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is the Cottage Family Centre, a charity that provides a range of support to children and families around Kirkcaldy.
January 2024
Voices: Young Enterprise Scotland
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Young Enterprise Scotland, an East Renfrewshire based charity that supports young people aged 5-25 years to develop business knowledge, entrepreneurial skills and financial literacy through accredited training and practical experience across Scotland.
December 2022
Voices: Roxburgh & Berwickshire Citizens Advice Bureau
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Roxburgh & Berwickshire Citizens Advice Bureau who offer free, impartial and confidential advice on a range of topics, giving their local community the information they need to deal with any situation and improve their lives.
November 2022
Voices: Friends of Scottish Settlers
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is our Friends of Scottish Settlers, a charity working to welcome refugees and all newcomers to the Falkirk district.
November 2022
Voices: Clued Up
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is our Clued Up, a Kirkcaldy-based charity established to provide substance use support and information service to young people under 25 in Fife.
November 2022
Voices: Grampian Women's Aid
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Grampian Women's Aid, a charity providing specialist domestic abuse support services for women, children and young people in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
November 2022
Voices: Glasgow Council on Alcohol
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Glasgow Council on Alcohol, who were established to reduce the harm caused by alcohol and/or substance misuse through advice, information, counselling, support, prevention, education, and training to address inequalities and improve health and wellbeing.
October 2022
Voices: The Energy Advisory Service (TEAS)
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is The Energy Advisory Service (TEAS), a Stornoway based charity supporting people living in fuel poverty and extreme fuel poverty across the Western Isles.
October 2022
Voices: Broke Not Broken
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Broke Not Broken, an anti-poverty charity aimed at tackling the effects of poverty in Kinross-shire.
October 2022
Voices: Low Income Families Together (LIFT)
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Low-Income Families Together (LIFT), a community led support and advocacy service, offering a key working, family-focused support service model to tackle poverty in Edinburgh.
October 2022
Voices: Govan HELP
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Govan HELP, a charity that exists to build the resilience, confidence, and self-worth of children and their families through the provision of a range of early intervention services.
October 2021
Voices: Moving on Inverclyde
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Moving on Inverclyde, a Greenock based charity, established to support adults (18+) experiencing problematic drug and alcohol use and their families.
Voices: Geeza Break
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Geeza Break, a charity that provides family support and flexible respite services to parents with children aged 0-16 years, predominantly within the East/North East in Glasgow.
Internship reflections: Esther Itela
Robertson Scholar, Esther Itela, is a fourth-year student at Robert Gorden University studying Food, Nutrition, and Human Health. As part of #ChallengePoverty week, Esther shares her reflections on her summer internship with the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit, and what she learned about poverty in Scotland.
October 2021
Voices: Scottish Detainee Visitors
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations who are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Scottish Detainee Visitors, a charity providing crucial emotional and practical support to people in immigration detention in Scotland.
June 2021