Growing2gether Mentoring is a 16 – 18-week programme that gives young people the skills to address underlying issues that can lead to becoming disengaged; such as low self-esteem, low aspiration and educational attainment. We are now recruiting facilitators to deliver the programme in Dundee and Aberdeen. This includes; ● One afternoon a week working with […]
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The purpose of this report is to celebrate the five-year partnership between High Life Highland and Growing2gether. The partnership began in 2019 and has blossomed from there, enhancing the work of both organisations. Our respect for the youth work that High Life Highland does is immense and we have learned well from each other. To
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Caitlyn from our Youth Participation Board and Craig, our Boys Coordinator, will be donning their kilts and walking the Aberdeen Kiltwalk on Sunday 4th June to raise funds to support the work of Growing2gether and the young people and children we support. You can pledge your support to Craig and Caitlin. All donations received go
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Thanks to our supporters for another year of outstanding results! “Growing2gether has really taught me how to overcome challenges and problems”. – Growing2gether participant Between January 2022 – 2023 we have been helping young people who feel disconnected from education and society gain confidence and self-belief. Our programmes use positive psychology to build self-awareness, personal
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These are really exciting times for Growing2gether as we are expanding our reach by nearly 50%. As a part time Programme Manager, you will oversee our work in Dundee and Aberdeen, as well as be trained to deliver Growing2gether. There is scope for this contracted post to expand into a full-time salaried post. You will
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We are an independent SCIO SC051919 and are seeking new Trustees to support our ambition to build the mental health and life skills of more young people across Scotland. We aim to place young people at the centre of our mission, so we are ensuring that we include young people with lived experience as Trustees
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Growing2gether is the only Scottish youth intervention to have been selected to be part of a men’s and boy’s global mental health initiative championed by Movember. Since 2003, Movember has funded more than 1,250 men’s health projects globally, challenging the status quo, shaking up men’s health research and transforming the way health services reach and
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We at Growing2gether, want to both acknowledge and to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s incredible life of service to her country and to those less fortunate. It is with deep respect and admiration that we honour her reign and the amazing contribution her life represents to the world – of generosity of Spirit, of Good Will
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Six young people from Tain Royal Academy participated in the Growing2gether programme In The Community Tain. The group expressed an interest in wanting to “make a difference to the people of Tain in some way“ and “wanting to help others.” The project focused on the elderly population of Tain and central to this was the
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Our Growing2gether programmes are coming to a close and our young people are really engaged and making a huge difference. During January, we are finishing delivering Growing2gether in seven Highland schools, despite challenges due to the pandemic. Where we can, our young people have returned to mentoring children in the nurseries. We continue to build
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