Scottish Government Ministers join celebration of PDI and FRIF funded projects
The Scottish Government Minister for Children and Young and People, Maree Todd, MSP, and Minister for Public Health, Sport & Wellbeing Joe FitzPatrick MSP visited the Adelphi Centre in Glasgow to celebrate the impact of Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI) and Family Recovery Initiative Fund (FRIF) projects. Corra Foundation’s Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI), Scottish Families affected... Read More
£14 million for children, young people, families, adult learners and communities
Continued funding of £14 million is being provided for 2019/20 through the extension year of the Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention & Adult Learning and Empowering Communities (CYPFEI/ALEC) Fund. This Fund provides core funding for 117 charities working to support children, families, adult learning and communities across Scotland. A wide range of organisations... Read More
A strategy for everyone, Corra Foundation welcomes the new Social Isolation and Loneliness strategy.
Ffyona Taylor, Policy and Events officer Earlier this year, Corra Foundation reflected on learning from across Henry Duncan Grants, Partnership Drugs Initiative, Fortify and the People in Place programme, drawing on collective insights to respond to the Social isolation and loneliness consultation. Emerging from the discussions it became clear that isolation and loneliness is not... Read More
Scotland’s Place Leadership Summit 21st November
Zoe Rush, Research Intern Corra Foundation, Place-based working project Corra Foundation and Scottish Towns Partnership recently convened Scotland’s ‘Place Leadership Summit’, supported by Scottish Government. The event brought together leaders from across Scotland to empower, inspire and challenge them to understand the importance of place in their lives and work, and embrace the Place Principle... Read More
Corra Foundation welcomes new alcohol and drugs strategy
Rowan Anderson, Manager (Partnership Drugs Initiative) This week was pretty momentous for me for two reasons; first because I got to give my first rumination as an Associate Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland (…OH HELLO IMPOSTOR SYNDROME!) and secondly, the new alcohol and drug strategy was launched, after eighteen months attending... Read More
“How fast is too fast? How slow is too slow?”
Carolyn Sawers, Deputy Chief Executive I remember being at a meeting a while ago discussing our People in Place programme that works alongside communities. We were talking about the desire to go at the pace of the community. The two-sided question that came to my mind then was: “how fast is too fast? But also,... Read More
#LetsChangeThat 2017 runners-up Glasgow Panthers share their story of Scotland’s First Win in Wheelchair Rugby 7’s
Chris Dempster, Glasgow Panthers “They’re all bigger than any of you, but your team has pace. Just keep the ball moving and you’ll have them”, the captain of the Welsh Team said with a smile. England had broken down just outside Dumfries and we’d started without them. The Welsh team had just beaten us in... Read More
Right to be heard – supporting charities to listen to children and young people in Scotland.
Helen McLellan, Manager of the Listening Fund At Corra Foundation, one of our key learnings to emerge over the past three years is that the most powerful way to create lasting change is through working alongside others, in partnership. That could be working with other funders to maximise impact, or working with individuals and communities... Read More
Anna Fowlie, Chief Exectutive at SCVO reflects on the Civil Society Futures Scottish Conversation
Anna Fowlie, Chief Executive of SCVO The recent Civil Society Futures event chimed with SCVO’s work on What’s a modern charity? Of course the term “charity” is shorthand for voluntary organisation because the terminology is so impenetrable. That’s a whole other conversation. There have been voluntary organisations for over a hundred years and the sector... Read More
Tackling climate change – £600k fund for projects in Malawi and Zambia
Communities in Malawi and Zambia are being helped to build their resilience to the effects of climate change. £600,000 is being awarded to Scottish-based organisations working with partners in the two countries under the Climate Justice Innovation Fund, which empowers communities to respond to a changing environment. Projects supported include training in ‘climate smart’ agricultural... Read More