Join our Sensory Awareness (Sight Loss and Deaf Awareness) Training to get a better understanding of the practical and emotional impact of sight loss, hearing loss, Deafness and deafblindness, and how you might communicate with and support someone who is living with a significant sensory impairment. The training takes place in two parts. The first […]
An Hour a Week, a Lifetime of Impact: Volunteer to Mentor a Young Person in Your Community with MCR Pathways Are you looking for an opportunity to give back and make a difference in your community? Join MCR Pathways for a virtual information session to learn how mentoring is transforming young people's lives and how […]
Kindly sponsored by Burness Paul Mel's Union Street Mile on Saturday 31st August @ Union Street, Aberdeen in association with Celebrate Aberdeen. New route for 2024 only will start on Union Street at Holburn Junction, turn left along Union Terrace, right past HMT, down and up Schoolhill, right past Marischal College and finish on Broad […]
Join Aberlour Futures for our exciting and interactive in person Play based Learning workshops: Spark Children’s Creativity using Visual Arts and Unleash the Learning of Play Outdoors on Saturday the 31st of August from 10am-1pm at Robert Gordons College. The practical workshops will help you develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to spark and unleash children’s creativity and […]
A celebration of the third sector in Aberdeen. Join us on Saturday, August 31st as we parade down Union Street and celebrate all things Aberdeen. Run by volunteers for volunteers, Celebrate Aberdeen aims to bring together our local community, while shining a spotlight on some of the amazing people who deserve to have their efforts […]
This session will be led by the Just Enterprise partner Impact Hub Inverness team and will cover the following aspects of roles & responsibilities for directors & trustees: Legal obligations Specific officer bearer roles and their practical implications Broader implications that should be taken into account when running a charity There will also be an […]
"Today over 100,000 children and adults use Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or as a way to support speech. In addition to children and adults with communication and learning difficulties and the community around them – for example, teachers, health professionals, friends, public service bodies etc. Makaton is increasingly […]
Interested in the Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund? Have an idea for a project but unsure if it fits? Need to know where you can apply from or what sort of organisation you need to be? Want to understand what participatory budgeting means? Whether you're a new organisation or well established, if you're thinking of […]
Families Outside's training modules are for any professional who wants to improve their understanding and confidence when supporting families affected by imprisonment in their own role. All of our modules will aim to meet the following objectives: Understand the impact imprisonment has on the whole family in order to reduce stigma and social isolation Improve […]
Social Investment. What is it? Is it for us? What options are there? What are the key considerations? What’s involved? Is your organisation looking to expand and grow? Would you like to understand more about social investment and determine if it is suitable for you? Delivered by investment specialists, Social Investment Scotland, this one hour […]
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules. Some are excluded from income-related benefits like universal credit and instead the local authority is responsible for supporting them. Some are entitled to a ‘care-experienced bursary’. This course looks at the special benefit rules for this […]
If you need to get a universal credit or other DWP benefit decision changed, this course aims to gives you the essential knowledge to do it. To successfully and effectively change or challenge a decision, knowing when you can do this and what to ask for can make all the difference. This might be a […]
