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Celebrating our Partnership with Highlife Highland
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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Calling for Kiltwalk Sponsorship!
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 …
Growing2gether Impact report 2022/23
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 …
Vacancy Dundee and Aberdeen Programme Manager
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 …
Independent Scottish Charity recruiting Trustees
We have recently formed as an independent SCIO 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 …
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World Mental Health Day – leading the way in Scottish boy’s mental health
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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Honouring Queen Elizabeth II’s incredible Life of Service
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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Young People Highlighting the Loneliness of the Elderly
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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Recent Funders to Support Our Expansion!
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 …
Young People Making a Difference in their Community: Our Latest Growing In The Community Projects
From February to June 2021, young people from across the Highlands participated in three youth-led Growing2gether In the Community (ITC) programmes where they created and delivered community projects related to Covid-19. In addition, three Young Leaders were recruited to assist in the delivery of the youth-led programmes. They were supported by the Facilitators and were …
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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.