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Highland Youth Social Action Groups Ignite Change with Inspiring Projects
After 18 weeks of hard work, the groups from Inverness, Alness, and Tain proudly unveiled their incredible Youth Social Action projects at Eden Court, Inverness. Families, teachers, and other guests gathered for an evening event filled with lived experience, creativity, community spirit, and meaningful impact. Self Care Soothe boxes Inverness High School, Millburn Academy and …
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Laying the Groundwork for a Bright Future
We are delighted to receive funding from #YoungStart for Growing2gether Community which gives them access to new skills and training. This will also enable young people a long-term development pathway, improving their mental and emotional well-being, creating better connections not just to each other, but also their community. Lorelei first joined our Growing2gether Nursery mentoring …
Inspiring Ecovillage Adventures for Highland and Moray Schools: A Journey into Sustainability and Action!
Growing2gether recently hosted four school who came to visit the Park Ecovillage, Findhorn. Pupils came from our local schools Forres and Elgin Academy as well as from the Highlands, Alness Academy and Tain Royal Academy. During the tours, the young people explored the inspiring and innovative Park Ecovillage, discovering fascinating places like Cullerne Garden. Here, …
Higher mental health outcomes for boys
We are delighted that the mental health outcomes for boys in our recent cohorts is higher than the percentage across all genders. Thank you to Movember for funding our work. “Being on Growing2gether has helped me because when I am in a difficult situation, I can think back to this and find a way to …
Youth Social Action Groups’ film ‘Stereotypes of Young People’
Watch and share: https://bit.ly/Stereotypesfilm2024 After 18 months of hard work and growth, students from Inverness Royal Academy, Tain Royal Academy, and Millburn Academy are thrilled to unveil their film ‘Stereotypes of Young People’! The excitement peaked in February at the exclusive premiere event at Eden Court, marking a resounding success for our Youth Social Action …
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Peer review of Growing2gether
In December 2024 we published a report on ‘Exploring the Efficacy of Growing2gether on Mental Health, Education and Behavioural Outcome (2017-2023) ‘ and we asked Highland Councils Educational Psychology team if they would peer review the report. The peer review includes comments from the team and we are grateful to Bernadatte Cairns, and her team …
Inverness High School visits to The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn
In January we held our first of many school eco visits to The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn. 15 young people in S3 from Inverness High school joined us for the day to learn about what an ecovillage is and how they can become more aware of living sustainably in their own community. Our aim of these …
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We are delighted to announce our new Co-CEOs
Growing2gether is pleased to announce that Diana Whitmore, the charity’s founder/CEO, and Gavin Morgan, our Operations Director, are joining forces to become Co-Chief Executive of Growing2gether. Diana and Gavin have worked closely together for nearly a year, strengthening the charity and increasing reach to more young people facing disadvantage through our innovative Growing2gether nursery mentoring …
Mentoring – a gift that keeps on giving
Young or old, we all have something to teach and something to learn. That’s the magic of Growing2gether…young people, who face challenges in life, mentoring children who need their support. Thanks to everyone who supports us, a moment of mentorship can lead to a lifetime of impact. This year, we have given the gift of …
Meeting with the Scottish Government
On Tuesday 7th November, 2023, we had the opportunity to meet with Maggie Fallon (Head of Children, Young People and Families Unit on Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing) and her team at The Scottish Government. Diana Whitmore, CEO, and Gavin Morgan, Operations Director, provided Maggie and her team with an update on the Growing2gether programme …
Other News
1stMay 2020 – Press Release. Young Start awards over £78,000 to Growing2gether. Read more here.
8th August 2019 - Working with Disengaged Young People. Read more here.
2nd July 2019 – Film by Inverness pupils puts spotlight on teen pregnancy! Read more here.
24th June 2019 - Young People Making a Difference in their Community. Read more here
10th May 2019 – Moray Charity Shortlisted for National Award! Read more here.
3rd May 2019 – Growing2gether nominated for a Scottish Charity Award! Read more here.
30th April 2019 - Vote for Growing2gether! Read more here.
13th March 2019 - Growing2gether receive funding from The National Lottery Community Fund! Read more here.
15th February 2019 - Campbell Unveils £2M for Highland Group Projects. Read more here.
14th February 2019 – Cabinet Secretary, Aileen Campbell visits one of the Growing2gether projects to unveil new funding! Read more here.
28th February 2017 - A Day in the Growing2gether Programme. Read more here.
26th October 2016 - We are Expanding! Read more here.