Sam brings more than 30 years’ business development and organisational acumen to managing Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities programme.
With experience at executive level and across a variety of banking industry disciplines, Sam has adapted his commercial knowledge and ability garnered at RBS and Lloyds TSB to the voluntary sector to help CashBack-supported organisations dramatically develop efficiency, capacity and impact.
His experience in relationship building and managing multiple projects simultaneously has helped to foster a fruitful collaborative environment within the programme – contributing to its continued success in investing in Scotland’s young people and tackling inequalities.
Today (30 April 2025), the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) fund team published a report sharing insights from four years of managing funding to support parents’ and infants’ mental health and wellbeing across Scotland. Inspiring Scotland managed £3.8 million of Scottish Government funding through the PIMH Fund between October 2020 and September 2024. This
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More funding has been announced for the Scottish Government’s Autistic Adult Support Fund and is available to third sector organisations providing services to autistic adults – promoting wellbeing and helping them to understand what neurodivergence means for them. Since 2023, the Scottish Government has allocated £1.5 million to 15 organisations, including those helping autistic adults
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More funding has been announced for the Scottish Government’s Autistic Adult Support Fund and is available to third sector organisations providing services to autistic adults – promoting wellbeing and helping them to understand what neurodivergence means for them. Since 2023, the Scottish Government has allocated £1.5 million to 15 organisations, including those helping autistic adults
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