Come along and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary and our volunteers on Volunteer Week with entertainment, awards, afternoon tea and birthday cake! the event is being held on the 5th of June 2019 in the Victoria Hall, Station Road, Ellon AB41 9AY at 12pm to 3pm. Starting way back in 1979, Lead Scotland volunteers […]
Posted: Monday, April 29th, 2019
“When I heard I was being nominated for the Award I felt such a lovely warm sunshine feeling. I had – in my previous life – many years ago in my career some achievements but because of my illness and years of pretty awful experiences that I’ve been through, this nomination means far more to […]
Posted: Monday, April 8th, 2019
Lead Scotland and the Open University in Scotland will roll out a series of regional workshops for Lead Scotland volunteers, staff and key partners to learn more about the free, informal learning resources provided by the Open University, this year. The workshops are intended to build capacity and increase the confidence of Lead volunteers, staff […]
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Come along and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary, have afternoon tea and learn something new, in this case staying safe online! the event is being held at the Best Western Inverness Palace Hotel & Spa in the Ness suite on the afternoon of the 24th April, 2019 in Inverness. Please register to tell us […]
Posted: Thursday, March 7th, 2019
Every day people contact our learning, befriending and helpline services looking for options and the right support to begin learning, volunteering, having a say and working within communities across Scotland. Please tell us what you would like us to be doing in 2023 by responding to our strategic planning survey. Answer as many questions as […]
Posted: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
Come along and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary, have afternoon tea and learn something new! In Fife the topic is participatory budgeting and we will be in St Brycedale Church, St Brycedale Ave, Kirkcaldy KY1 1ET on 28th March, 2019 between 1pm and 3pm. Register to tell us you are coming and share your […]
Posted: Friday, March 1st, 2019
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
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
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
We have recently published our annual review for 2016-2017 and are pleased to be able to share this with you. Here are some of our highlights from 2016/2017: 307 learners empowered to improve their lives through education and volunteering, which is a ten per cent increase from last year. When tracked six months after closure, […]
Posted: Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
Family learning for closing the attainment gap – practitioner voices event, Dundee University 26th May 2017 My question for attendees is: How well are we listening to, are involving and can evidence clear participation of parents with a disabled child and disabled parents in the drive to support their child’s education attainment?” I’m the Chair of the […]
Posted: Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
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
Our CEO, Emma Whitelock will be involved in a presentation and panel session, “Does e-learning address challenges of education systems worldwide?” at the international UNESCO conference “The challenge of the digital revolution for Non Government Organisations” being held on the 12th to 14th December in Paris. Every day more new e-learning opportunities become available across […]
Posted: Monday, December 12th, 2016
This quarter Amy, one of our Learning Coordinators, had the pleasure of working with a 50 year old gentleman with severe learning difficulties. The learner was at a low point in his life where he had little to do and felt he had been brushed off multiple times by other services throughout the city. The […]
Posted: Thursday, July 21st, 2016
Celebrating success with Emma Sinkins who achieved her Adult Achievement Award from NewBattle Abbey College recently are Learning Co-ordinator, Barbara Taylor (left) and Helen Henderson, Senior Day Centre Officer at Ellon Resource Centre (right). Smiles all round as they enjoyed some Scottish sunshine too! Emma is enjoying being involved in a number of volunteering opportunities […]
Posted: Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
Shirley got in touch with Lead via the Peer Team who bumped into Donna, our Learning Coordinator in the library. The Peer worker had found out by chance that Shirley had difficulty reading and writing. In her early 50’s now, she had hidden this from people since school, making excuses not to read. Only her […]
Posted: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
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
