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Youth Work in Sport
The programme aimed to create a better understanding of what works when using sport to engage young people, particularly those considered ‘hard to reach’. It was also hoped that the programme would provide practical learning for other organisations seeking to deliver this kind of work. This micro-site draws together the key learning from the programme and suggests approaches that clubs and organisations using sport may want to think about if they are seeking to involve young people in their work.
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Issue 6 (final) – Kairos: co-producing a community-led, inclusive women’s space
This is the sixth, and final, in a series of thematic summaries in which we share what we have heard and learned from the people that have taken part in our Women’s Centre Programme.
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The Poverty-related Attainment Gap: Evidence Review
Towards the end of 2020, we commissioned Poverty Alliance to carry out an evidence review of the poverty-related attainment gap in Scotland.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Over £1.6M awarded to organisations across Scotland in November
We are delighted to announce our funding recipients from November 2022. 65 organisations received just over £1.6M to support their work to alleviate poverty and trauma across Scotland.
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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.
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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.
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Over £1.4M awarded to organisations across Scotland in September
We are delighted to announce our funding recipients from September 2022. 49 organisations received just over £1.4M to support their work to alleviate poverty and trauma across Scotland.
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Cost of living crisis commitments from Scottish Funders
This statement has been coordinated by The Scotland Funders’ Forum.