Our vision
For a Scotland without poverty or disadvantage
We transform vital charities. We empower visionary leaders. We shape public policies. We believe in opportunity for everyone.
Since 2008, Inspiring Scotland has worked towards a Scotland where everyone, no matter who they are, no matter where they live, or the circumstances they are born into, has the chance to enjoy a happy, healthy life free from poverty or disadvantage. We do not accept the status quo and we are committed for as long as it takes, whatever it takes, to build a better Scotland.
Learn MoreÂŁ120m
of funds managed.
100,000s
of lives transformed.
350+
expert volunteers.
Delivering Impact
Inspiring Scotland to Away and Play
#AwayandPlay is a national campaign to get children all around Scotland playing outside.
Play is the foundation of a healthy, happy future for all of us, which is why we want to make play a fundamental part of growing up in Scotland.
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What we do
We design rigorous and innovative social solutions.
We identify and solve problems on a national scale, working together to get results.
Thematic funds
We build networks of people, charities and organisations, and fund, design and implement pioneering solutions address Scotland’s deep-rooted social problems.
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Our network of professional volunteers lends vital expert assistance to Scotland’s charities, helping them to build capacity and overcome problems.
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We solve problems. With our experience, we can help identify social issues, improve practice and maximise impact for charities and organisations.
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04.09.2018
Work begins to expand outdoor nurseries in eight local authorities
Inspiring Scotland’s Thrive Outdoors team has begun work with eight local authorities to encourage and support greater use of outdoor play and learning in the early years. Inspiring Scotland was awarded funding from Scottish Government earlier in 2018 to increase the delivery of outdoor play and learning opportunities as part of the expansion of the
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24.08.2018
Link Up receives lottery funding to support a new kind of community activism in two Scottish communities
Link Up, Inspiring Scotland’s pioneering community project led by local people, has been awarded funding from Big Lottery Fund Scotland’s Supporting Great Ideas Fund to help combat long-term poverty and disadvantage. The ÂŁ296,452 award will support Link Up in the Whitfield area of Dundee and Saltcoats in North Ayrshire to support more local people to
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25.07.2018
Care Inspectorate partners with Inspiring Scotland for outdoor nurseries guide
Inspiring Scotland has partnered with Care Inspectorate to produce a How-to guide for establishing outdoor nurseries in Scotland. Karen Quinn and Donna Conroy from Care Inspectorate will work alongside Inspiring Scotland’s Thrive Outdoors team for the rest of the year and will support development of the guide, focusing on how to ensure safe, high-quality
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We work together and get results.
We work with experts from the voluntary, public, private and academic sectors. Get in touch if you want to help us build a better Scotland.
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