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 …
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 …
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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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 …
World Mental Health Day – leading the way in Scottish boy’s mental health Read More »
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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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 …
Young People Highlighting the Loneliness of the Elderly Read More »
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 …
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 …
Our new poster is now up in Highland schools. Maybe your school has young people who could benefit from Growing2gether programmes and would like a poster too? To get one sent out please contact Duncan Wilson on 07840 159 814 or email: duncan.wilson@ecologia.org.uk. This poster is thanks to a collaborative effort between our young people …
Our New Website is LIVE! www.growing2gether.org.uk Dear Friends, Our Growing2gether programmes have been well received by Highland young people and schools. We have changed the lives of over 1000 young people since 2017 and are celebrating this success by launching our very own website. You can read more about our impact in the words …
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