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I’m about 80-85% back to who I used to be
“I feel like I’m part of the world again. Amy came into my life at exactly the right point. I had been withdrawn and was frightened of people. I had become anxious and experienced agoraphobia. The home visit was really important. I would have had a lot of anxiety about going outside to meet anyone. […]
Posted: Friday, April 15th, 2016
Lead Scotland’s National Conference 2016
Are We There Yet? Thursday 9th June 2016Improving lifelong and life wide learning journeys for disabled peopleThis Conference was kindly supported by Scottish Government and Perth College UHI.The Situation:The last decade has seen steadily increasing numbers of disabled people in Scotland requiring lifelong and life wide learning opportunities, in order to work, volunteer and sustain […]
Posted: Friday, April 1st, 2016
Investing in Volunteers as Learners
Our 2015 Volunteer Impact Survey (36.5% return) showed that over half of our volunteers are seeking accreditation through volunteering. Over three quarters of our volunteers are keen to access other organisations’ training opportunities as well as Lead’s own training. “I have moved into employment, then onto College as a result of my volunteering experience,” one […]
Posted: Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
Fraserburgh learners
A group of six adult learners improved their literacy and numeracy skills over 10 weeks supported by Barbara, our Moray Learning Co-ordinator and two volunteers. “I have enjoyed coming to the group. I am more confident in using numbers and writing things down. I was able to recognize all the coins and I was able to […]
Posted: Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
