Steven is a Performance and Impact Advisor with the Equality and Human Rights Fund. He has a long history of working with and in the third sector. He worked in Scottish Government Third Sector Unit and the National Lottery Community Fund and then for almost 19 years led Evaluation Support Scotland – a third sector organisation that supports the third sector and funders to measure and explain their impact. He has volunteered for a number of third sector organisations including an ethnic minority befriending project and he has sat on boards including the Association of Chief Officers of Voluntary Organisations and Eczema Outreach Support. In his spare time Steven enjoys running, swimming and going to concerts – though not all at the same time!
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
Read MoreMore 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
Read MoreMore 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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