Part of Organised Outdoor Community Play Fund
Dumfries YMCA is a non-profit charity focusing on youth development. Their vision is of an inclusive youth movement transforming communities so that all young people can belong, contribute and thrive.
Dumfries YMCA youth workers have been providing youth services to the area for 10 years. In 2019 the Association achieved the dream of taking ownership of a large vacant former school, move all of their services there and started creating a community hub specifically to support families, children and young people.
They actively look for opportunities to make a transformative impact on young lives in the communities where they work, and believe that every person is of equal value.
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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Read MoreEarlier 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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