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
Poverty, language and stigma: Talking down to poverty
The way we talk about big issues that affect us has a deep effect on stigma, particularly when our language reinforces negative stereotypes and embeds these issues as something inherent in the people they affect. In the context of poverty, this can have a debilitating effect, leading people to avoid seeking support, or worse to... Read More
Corra Foundation for Scotland welcomes new Trustees
Corra Foundation is delighted to welcome two new Trustees: Elaine McKean and Judith Turbyne. Corra Foundation Chair, Trevor Civval said: “Our new Trustees join at an exciting time, with the organisation recently celebrating the first anniversary of rebranding as Corra Foundation. They will bring invaluable skills and experience to help Corra Foundation deliver its ambitious... Read More
Reflecting on the Scottish conversation about civil society futures
Shelley Gray, Head of External Relations (Corra Foundation) (the Scottish conversation event took place on 28 August 2018, hosted by Corra Foundation in partnership with: Carnegie UK Trust, the Children’s Parliament, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Lankelly Chase, OSCR and SCVO) I’m writing this blog after my weekly visit to my Gran’s. In the 90 years my... Read More