Scottish Government Helping Boost Local Provision The SNP Government and COSLA have agreed £50 million in funding to local authorities over the next three years for the refurbishment of children’s play parks. The capital allocation to Angus Council over the period of 2023/24 to 2025/26
Unlocking Potential Graeme Dey marked this year’s Scottish Apprenticeship Week last week with a visit to Dundee & Angus College’s Arbroath Campus. There he met with young people undertaking Foundation Apprenticeships at the College. These programmes have been developed to help young people gain valuable,
Measures to Safeguard Education Measures to ensure that teacher and pupil support staff numbers as well as school hours are protected have been announced by Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville. The Scottish Government has committed to increasing teacher numbers by 3,500 during this Parliament. Since 2017/18,
Councils Set Out Ambitions to Help Young People Succeed Local authorities have published their plans for closing the poverty-related attainment gap. Councils across Scotland have set their own “stretch aims” for children and young peoples’ progress in literacy and numeracy levels, for senior phase qualifications
Young People Get Creative on Climate Issues 2nd November saw a pioneering climate literacy and skills development programme hold an event at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, with Graeme attending to speak with participating pupils from Carnoustie High School. The programme is run by business transformation
Every child and young person in Scotland is being encouraged to get involved in a National Discussion on education. Let’s Talk Scottish Education invites those aged three to 18 to share their ideas, views and experiences. Feedback from young people, as well as from parents, carers,
16,000 Workplace Opportunities Secured More than 16,000 young people across Scotland have been offered workplace opportunities through the Young Person’s Guarantee. Over 600 employers have signed up to the initiative, which aims to connect 16-24-year-olds with apprenticeships, work experience, volunteering, internships, enterprise opportunities and mentoring.
Keeping the Promise Vital funding to help transform family support services and reduce the number of children going into care has been announced. Local authorities will receive £32 million in Whole Family Wellbeing Funding for 2022-23, with a further £6 million available to support this
Free Activities, Childcare & Food to Help with Cost of Living Thousands of children from low-income families will benefit from free childcare, activities and healthy food as part of the Scottish Government’s £10 million Holiday Food & Childcare 2022 summer programme. Available to children and
Open for Funding! The Scottish Government have announced that £20 million in crime proceeds will fund community projects. The latest round of CashBack for Communities funding opens today, on 20th June. Community projects are set to receive up to £20 million over the next three