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14th February 2022

Promise Partnership: Reflections from the Decision Makers Panel

  Corra runs The Promise Partnership on behalf of The Scottish Government, offering funding and support to organisations and collaborations to #KeepThePromise. An integral part of the process is the…
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24th August 2020

Corra Foundation’s response to The Town Centre Expert Review Group

How to revitalise town centres in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic Corra Foundation’s response to The Town Centre Expert Review Group call for evidence: Download the full response from…
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13th August 2020

Insight Briefing: Listening to communities and third sector groups

Download a copy of the Insight Briefing here.   
Learning and Reflections
22nd July 2020

Reflections on three Coronavirus funding collaborations

This blog was originally shared by ACF (Association of Charitable Foundations) where Carolyn Sawers, Deputy Chief Executive of Corra Foundation summarises the response to coronavirus in Scotland. The community and…
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7th July 2020

Resilience is harder

Part of my lockdown routine has been reading the New Yorker. An article by Siddhartha Mukherjee about coronavirus and the US healthcare system stood out. It starts with a story…
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6th July 2020

Lasting Difference

As any fan of the BBC’s Repair Shop knows, the things that stand the test of time aren’t those that are the most solidly built. They’re those that have been…
Learning and Reflections
1st June 2020

Corra’s response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery

Scottish Government have established an Advisory Group on Economic Recovery and called for views on how to mitigate the long-term economic impacts of Covid-19. The Advisory Group will share its…
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27th May 2020

(Digital) Connections are Key

Adjusting to the new normal takes time, but it feels like now we’re getting into a stride, that we are almost getting used to all this weirdness. I find days…
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22nd May 2020

Participation and new normals

#ParticipatoryScotland is the development of a series of initiatives which are based on the Every One, Every Day model in Barking and Dagenham. They offer people living and working in…
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15th May 2020

Thinking about the future in an uncertain present

#ParticipatoryScotland is the development of a series of initiatives which are based on the Every One, Every Day model in Barking and Dagenham. They offer people living and working in…
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6th May 2020

The Coronavirus Storm

The great and the good are starting to convene to help figure out what sort of country Scotland could - and should - be after the coronavirus storm. As the commissions,…