News & Blog

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

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  I had been withdrawn and was frightened of people.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