We've developed new resources and are hosting a series of free interactive workshops that take a focused look at key topics like fundraising, strategy, evaluation and stakeholder management.
Read moreAn award of £450,000 from The Robertson Trust will enable Inspiring Scotland to expand intandem, the national mentoring programme for children and young people looked after at home, to include 8-14 year olds living in kinship care arrangements across Scotland.
Read moreCreative Communities showcase demonstrates how individual communities, facing barriers to engaging in culture, have formed their own unique creative activities.
Find out moreThis ground-breaking course, titled ‘Our Future Leaders,’ is now in its third cohort. It was developed by Inspiring Scotland and the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) to create a unique leadership course for people with learning disabilities, the only course of its kind in the whole of the UK.
Read moreWe believe Scotland’s voluntary sector has a transformative effect on the lives of those living in Scotland who otherwise may struggle to make the best of their lives due to life circumstances, poverty, or other disadvantages. Our aim is to amplify and strengthen the impact of organisations across civic society by helping them build their strength, resilience, and reach.
We do that through harnessing the power of private, public, and voluntary sectors. Since 2008 Inspiring Scotland has worked towards a Scotland where everyone, no matter where they live, or the circumstances they are born into, is given the chance to enjoy a happy, healthy life free from poverty or disadvantage.
Philanthropic funding is added to Scottish Government and Trust and Foundation money
Find out more£0m managed funding in 20/21
We provide tailored business development support and rigorously evaluate, to drive charities' ambition and long-term development goals
Find out more0 professional volunteers able to support charities alongside our dedicated staff.
Portfolio charities become stronger, more efficient, more accountacble and better governed
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The portfolio approach creates a collaborative network for sharing knowledge and experience
Find out more0 charities collaborating
Charities raise more funding, increase their scale, and reach more and more young people for longer
Find out more0+ people supported across Scotland.
We inspire people, communities, organisations and government to work together to drive social change and transform lives.
Read about the impact of our work across Scotland in our 2020/21 annual report.
Learn MoreWe identify and solve problems on a national scale, working together to get results.
Inspiring Scotland funds, designs and implements pioneering solutions addressing deep-rooted social problems.
Read MoreOur network of professional volunteers are a team of changemakers who offer their expertise to charities, helping them to build capacity and overcome problems.
Read MoreWe connect people, charities, organisations and volunteers to solve problems and bring about positive social change.
Read MoreChief Executive, Celia Tennant joins Scotland’s business leaders in an open letter to young people recognising the challenges of the last two years and our commitment to their future. We wanted to write to you in our role as Scotland’s business leaders and on behalf of our networks of thousands of Scottish employers to reassure
Read MoreSmall organisations working in rural and island communities play a key role in delivering local needs and priorities, but it can be hard work, and fundraising can feel like it’s never off the to-do list of volunteers, boards, and staff. This summer, Inspiring Scotland is hosting a series of online training sessions and 30-minute individual
Read MoreGrassroots community organisations play a central role in leading and creating vibrant rural places in Scotland. But we know that new or small-scale organisations can find it overwhelming to raise funds to deliver projects, build relationships with the right people, and strengthen an organisation from within. Great ideas start locally, which is why we’ve launched
Read MoreWe 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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