A collaborative project across Edinburgh involving police officers, working alongside inspirational Peer Mentors and TYLAC volunteers, who use their lived experience of the criminal justice system, trauma, and adversity to make a real difference to the lives of young people. The team use their unique skillset to engage and work with vulnerable young-people aged 16–24 years old, and to provide a level of support which assists them to break the cycle of criminality and re-offending and to reducing the level of risk taking behaviour in their lives at that time. Through positive mentoring, empowerment and working in partnership with a range of organisations, these young people are supported and encouraged to make positive lifestyle changes, rebuild relationships and pick up their shattered lives and ultimately improve their outcomes.
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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