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So, What Happens Next? Hard Edges Scotland

Launched in 2019, Hard Edges Scotland brought together a range of quantitative and qualitative data, stories and experiences to help understand Scotland through the lens of five key indicators of disadvantage – homelessness; substance dependency; offending; mental health and domestic violence. Following the publication of the report, a micro-grants programme was launched to encourage others to talk about the report and the issues it raised for them, culminating in an event in February 2020 which allow people to meet and talk about how system change could and should be possible.
November 2020

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So, What Happens Next? Hard Edges Scotland

Launched in 2019, Hard Edges Scotland brought together a range of quantitative and qualitative data, stories and experiences to help understand Scotland through the lens of five key indicators of disadvantage – homelessness; substance dependency; offending; mental health and domestic violence. Following the publication of the report, a micro-grants programme was launched to encourage others to talk about the report and the issues it raised for them, culminating in an event in February 2020 which allow people to meet and talk about how system change could and should be possible.

PDF 3 MB November 2020

Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund - Year two summary

In 2017, the Robertson Trust approved a £120,000 award to Youth Scotland to help provide resources to extend support for universal youth work in rural communities.

PDF 710.3 KB October 2020

Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund - Year one Summary

The Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund has been a real success and demonstrates the impact that small amounts of funding can have when youth groups are able to meet their own identified needs.

PDF 557 KB October 2020

Seeing and Shifting the Roots of Opinion

This report presents findings from a project sponsored by and conducted in close partnership with The Robertson Trust, Life Changes Trust and CELCIS.

PDF 1.3 MB October 2020

Hard Edges Scotland

Commissioned by Lankelly Chase and The Robertson Trust and authored by Heriot-Watt University, Hard Edges Scotland also details the challenges that charitable services and the public sector are facing. In particular, the report illustrates the mismatch between the multiple disadvantages people face and the fact that services are often set up to address ‘single issues’. (Picture credit: Michael Jones)

PDF 6 MB September 2020

Each and Every Child - Slipping Through The Cracks

How do public perceptions differ from that of the care sector when thinking about children's care in Scotland?

PDF 580 KB October 2020