Calman Trust (‘Calman’) is a young people’s service based in the Highlands that offers a range of support and learning opportunities to enable young people to manage the challenges that could hold them back in their transition to independent living and the world of work. Depending on their needs and choices, young people can progress from learning to travel independently to participation in structured fun and cookery classes, leading to supportive work experience, leading to a positive destination. At each stage there is the opportunity to achieve a recognised qualification, including a Modern Apprenticeship gained in their enterprises.
Inspiring Scotland invites tenders to undertake a locality needs assessment for services responding to violence against women and girls. Glasgow East Women’s Aid in Easterhouse recently ceased operating bringing to an end their domestic abuse service and delivery of community gender-based violence (GBV) services in the area. This leaves a gap in direct frontline service
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We recently brought together organisations to host an event looking at where kinship care currently is in Scotland and where it needs to be to support young people and their wider families to thrive. The kinship care landscape in Scotland “We need to do more for kinship carers and children” Since 2016, Inspiring
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Earlier this month, some of the Inspiring Scotland Thrive Outdoors team, alongside partners hosted a workshop at the Power of Sport and Physical Activity Conference. The conference, held at Easterhouse Community Hub, marked 10 years since the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and looked to celebrate the power of sport and physical activity for people to
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