Hot Chocolate Trust is a city centre youth work organisation in Dundee supporting 300-400 young people each year with their journeys into adulthood. We blend responsive, holistic youth work with specialist work and resourcing (e.g. creative arts, education, employment and training support, activism) to maximize young people’s participation, agency, responsibility and outcomes.
Our Future Now Fund investment supports flexible youth work which helps each young person build the confidence, support and opportunities they need to move into and through positive destinations in education, employment and training.
“[My mentor] made me believe in myself again” Over the summer, 12 tech gurus from financial firm Morgan Stanley were matched with those who work in the third sector in Scotland to embark on a six month mentoring programme through Inspiring Scotland’s Specialist Volunteer Network. Morgan Stanley is a global leader in financial services and
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The annual report provides an overview of the work undertaken to deliver on our strategic priorities and mission to improve the lives of people across Scotland. Last year Inspiring Scotland managed 16 funding programmes delivering to our strategic priorities ‘Improving Life Chances for Children and Young People’ and ‘Flourishing Lives’. We managed over £46m of
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Monday 25 November, Minister for Equalities, Kaukab Stewart marked the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence by sharing Delivering Equally Safe’s latest six month Impact Report at a visit to funded project Monklands Women’s Aid. Monklands Women’s Aid supported 331 women and 109 children and young people in the six month period through
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