Publications

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Our literature and policy review of poverty and trauma in Scotland shows what has informed our new strategy for 2020-2030 and how this has shaped our thinking in this area.

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Our two-page summary provides an overview of Social Bridging Finance, a new grant funding model being developed by The Robertson Trust.

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Our Social Bridging Finance pilot aims to build knowledge around an alternative funding model which brings together a working partnership of public sector, third sector and independent funders.

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The Robertson Trust in partnership with the Life Changes Trust and the STV Appeal, began working with the MCR Foundation and MCR Pathways in 2015 to support the expansion of its mentoring programme for care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in Glasgow beyond the initial pilot schools.

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The Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ) and the University of Strathclyde were commissioned by The Robertson Trust in 2015 to undertake an exploration of the development of women’s spaces. The latest reports are now available to download.

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Systems change work is difficult, time consuming, frustrating and messy. There are no rules to follow and the processes and outcomes are uncertain. It is a difficult space within which to work and a huge degree of patience is required.

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