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Kaylie Allen - Inspiring Scotland

Senior Leadership

Director of Funds

Kaylie Allen

Kaylie Allen

Kaylie has worked with funding bodies, charities and vulnerable communities for more than 15 years and is driven by a deep desire to create lasting social change.

Her experience in developing, establishing and managing innovative funding models, and assessing funding proposals and business plans, is of huge value to our supported organisations, helping them to become more efficient and sustainable.

Kaylie is a strong advocate of the importance of rigorous evaluation and impact measurement in the voluntary sector so charities can continuously improve and better help the people they work with.

Kaylie has worked across a number of Inspiring Scotland’s funds and contributes to several charities, both as a board member and as an active volunteer.

Successful community groups selected to develop local nature restoration projects
25.09.2024

Successful community groups selected to develop local nature restoration projects

The first 14 projects supported by the Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund will kick start their local nature restoration projects this month. Ecological surveys, wetland restoration, pond excavations, peatland restoration and biodiversity surveys are just some of the projects that will benefit from the £146,000 of funding. Additionally, each project will receive £1,500 to be spent on

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First Minister marks mid-point of 10 ten-year youth employability fund
28.08.2024

First Minister marks mid-point of 10 ten-year youth employability fund

(Tuesday 26th August) the First Minister and Minister for Higher and Further Education Graeme Dey, joined Inspiring Scotland to launch the mid-point impact report of its 10-year youth employment fund. The fund, Our Future Now (OFN), delivered by charity Inspiring Scotland is focused on supporting the bedrock of circa 40,000 young people in Scotland that

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New Equally Safe Delivery Plan launches
14.08.2024

New Equally Safe Delivery Plan launches

Minister for Equalities Kaukab Stewart and COSLA ‘s Community Wellbeing Spokesperson Councillor Maureen Chalmers launched the latest Equally Safe Delivery Plan yesterday (Tuesday 13 August 2024) at an event hosted by Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis Centre.  Inspiring Scotland manages the Delivering Equally Safe fund on behalf of the Scottish Government, which supports third sector

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