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Lead Scotland AGM 2018
In the week when the new national living wage rate was announced and people were shouting “time for change” on international volunteer managers day we held our AGM, in the very beautiful Perth North Church, an accessible and welcoming venue. We’ve had a good year reaching more learners, befriendees, helpline callers and supporters so the […]
Posted: Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
Living Wage Employer Accreditation
Lead Scotland is very pleased to have become an accredited Living Wage Employer. This means that Lead Scotland voluntarily pays the living wage to all its employees and sub-contractors. The minimum wage, as set by the Government, is at present £7.83 an hour whereas the living wage, the amount calculated on what employees and their families require […]
Posted: Friday, September 14th, 2018
Looking back to 2017-18, looking forward to 2018-19
Our three strategic goals for 2016 to 2019: to reach more people who can benefit from our services, to extend our national coverage and to diversify our income streams. Lead Scotland 2017-18 review by Emma Whitelock We reached more people We’ve exceeded our target by supporting 342 disabled people and carers compared with 307 […]
Posted: Monday, August 13th, 2018
Looking back to 2017-18, looking forward to 2018-19
Our 3 strategic goals are to reach more people who can benefit from our services, extend our national coverage and to be sustainable. Lead Scotland 2017-18 review by Emma Whitelock We reached more people We’ve exceeded our target by supporting 342 disabled people and carers compared with 307 people in 2016-17. To dig a […]
Posted: Friday, August 10th, 2018
Lead Scotland continues vital provision of learning opportunities in Moray
Following a highly successful first year of work in Moray, supported by The Robertson Trust, Lead Scotland is excited to announce that this work will be further supported by the trust for the next two years. In its first year this project supported disabled people, carers and others experiencing exclusion from education to participate in […]
Posted: Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
New Digital Progression Project
LEAD SCOTLAND EXPANDS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND Following this afternoon’s announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government Aileen Campbell MSP, Lead Scotland is excited to launch a significant new project in the North of Scotland. The Digital Progression Project is part financed by the European Social Fund and Scottish […]
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2018
Blog post – Tick the box!
Disabled. It’s a loaded word, and it’s not one all disabled people identify with. But ultimately, if you want to get off to a good start at college or university, it can pay to make peace with that word and tick the disability box on your application form. In my job running a helpline for […]
Posted: Friday, July 6th, 2018
Minimum age to volunteer with Lead Scotland now 16 years old
2018 is the Year of Young People and to coincide with Volunteers Week on the 1st of June to the 7th of June, Lead Scotland is proud to announce that we have lowered the age limit someone can volunteer with us, from 18 to 16 years old. CEO Emma Whitelock has said, “Lowering the minimum […]
Posted: Friday, July 6th, 2018
Minimum age to volunteer has just been lowered!
2018 is the Year of Young People and to coincide with Volunteers Week on the 1st of June to the 7th of June, Lead Scotland is proud to announce that we have lowered the age limit someone can volunteer with us, from 18 to 16 years old. CEO Emma Whitelock has said, “Lowering the minimum […]
Posted: Friday, June 1st, 2018
Lead becoming an SQA Centre
Some learners and volunteers have been telling us that they would like more opportunities to gain accreditation with Lead. In 2018 Lead Scotland will become an SQA Centre which allow us to meet this demand. We won’t have our own physical centre, but we will be able to flexibly deliver accredited learning to individual learners […]
Posted: Thursday, December 7th, 2017
Lead Scotland AGM 2017
If exceeding our learners targets by 10% and taking helpline calls from 22 local authority areas, up from 17 last year, is a good year then we’ve had one! Check out our Annual Impact Review and Accounts. We were delighted that over 40 members and guests came to our AGM this year to take […]
Posted: Friday, October 27th, 2017
Post School learning choices in Scotland
This has been a very popular guide since we produced it in early August 2017. This detailed guide describes the different learning options after school including community learning, training and further education at college. The guide also covers educational support, funding and benefits for disabled learners and carers. You can find this and all our […]
Posted: Friday, August 18th, 2017
Opportunities for Volunteers
We have many different types of volunteer roles that support disabled learners and carers. We have local projects in areas such as Perth, Dundee, North Lanarkshire, Fife, Inverness, Moray and Edinburgh along with roles that also support to the wider organisation. For more information and to see how you can get involved please contact Gail […]
Posted: Monday, June 19th, 2017
Volunteers required in Fife
We require volunteers for our Fife Learning Project Call Dawn on Telephone: 01333 360672 or Mobile: 07768 916460, alternatively you can email Learning Coordinator Dawn at drobb@lead.org.uk Would you like to make a difference to others and develop your own skills at the same time? Volunteers can help by sharing their skills! We support disabled people […]
Posted: Monday, June 19th, 2017
Adult Achievement Awards
The Adult Achievement Award gives credit to adults for their learning in a variety of contexts: community; home; college; volunteering; prison; leisure interests; workplace. In all of the levels of the award, learners will be asked to: record learning currently undertaken or undertaken in the past year reflect on learning identify strengths and areas for […]
Posted: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
What a year that was! Looking ahead to 2017-18
“With the right support and understanding I am able to achieve things.” (learner) In 2016-17 our dedicated team of staff and volunteers engaged and supported 291 learners to work towards 279 courses. Most of our work is one to one and small groups which has enabled people to flourish. Two thirds of learners started the action […]
Posted: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017
2016 at a Glance
Thanks to Jim Byrne Associates for putting together the following infographic for us to highlight all the great work which has been happening in the past year.
Posted: Friday, January 20th, 2017
Lead’s CEO at 2016 UNESCO conference, Paris
I had the enormous privilege of giving a presentation and being part of a panel session on the subject of, “Does e-learning address challenges of education systems worldwide?” at the 2016 International UNESCO conference, “The challenge of the digital revolution for Non Government Organisations (NGOs)”. Check out the conference programme for 12th to 14th December in Paris and tweets #ICNGO2016. One […]
Posted: Thursday, December 15th, 2016
New Fundraising Pack!
Hi it’s Amy here, one of the Fundraising Interns! Over the past week or so I have been creating (and redrafting and redrafting…) a Fundraising Pack to make it easier for people to raise money for Lead Scotland. The pack details some ideas as to how to raise money for Lead, as well as providing […]
Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2016
Lead’s 5th National Conference
Dame Anne Begg chaired Lead Scotland’s 5th national conference held on 9th June 2016, Perth UHI, which was attended by 100 cross sector delegates from as far as the Western Isles and the Midlands. We were delighted to have our conference opened with an encouraging speech by Shirley Anne Sommerville, MSP, the new minister for […]
Posted: Thursday, June 16th, 2016
