ScottishPower Foundation 2022 Social Initiatives

Social Initiatives

Linkage Sensory Outreach Project

The Sensory Bus will visit 12 schools throughout Greater Lincolnshire to provide a sensory resource where it is most needed. Rural isolation makes it difficult for many families to access support for their children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), and sensory therapy is known to have many developmental and therapeutic benefits as well as improving feelings of well-being and happiness.

Visit the Linkage Community Trust website

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Reduced Inequalities

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Quality Education

The Lorna Young Foundation

Freeing Up Ethical Enterprise Training- NEETs and Not Just Us

Creating *free-to-all* access to our Ethical Entrepreneurs ('Not Just Us') training resources, which will be piloted with NEETs in Greater Manchester, within a community enterprise context. This will improve economic and employment chances of NEETs and foster local ethical and environmental responsibility. At the project end, the resources can then be used for free - by any marginalised UK group.

Visit the The Lorna Young Foundation website

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Cities and Communities

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Well-Being

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: No Poverty

Green Team (Edinburgh and Lothians)

Green Shoots

Green Shoots provides transformational opportunities for disadvantaged young people, to engage in positive activities in nature. Participants take vital steps to fulfilling their potential - increasing confidence, improving wellbeing and developing practical and social skills - whilst being inspired to appreciate and protect the natural environment.

Visit the Green Team(Edinburgh and Lothians)website

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Action

Street League

Levelling the playing field: providing a digital lifeline for young people across Scotland

Responding to the devastating impact of COVID-19, Levelling the Playing Field will work with vulnerable young people across Scotland who have left school with few or no qualifications. Through our award-winning sport and employability programme, we will provide 1,000 young people with the second chance they deserve to gain qualifications and move into sustained employment, education, or further training.

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Headway Swindon & District

One Step at a Time out of Mental Health

Our clients struggle with mental health and well-being following their brain injury. We want to improve this struggle for them one step at a time. Showing survivors there is a way to recover through bespoke brain injury therapy to improve outcomes, reduce isolation and suicidal ideations, and increase education and understanding within communities.

Visit the EHeadway Swindon & District website

Linkes (SCIO)

Linkes Community Food Project

Our innovative Community Food Project will empower people on the Lincoln estate to have a voice and develop local solutions to poverty and food resilience. We’ll build on our Food Hub pilot, to create a dedicated Community Food Hub on the high-rise estate providing access to healthy food and progressing growing opportunities, community events, increased biodiversity and meaningful volunteer roles.

Visit the Linkes (SCIO)website

Playlist for Life

Music Connects Communities

Our Help Point programme will support families living with dementia by expanding and supporting a UK-wide network of Help Points to reach people with dementia in their own communities and use music to improve their health, well-being, and social connections.

Visit the Playlist for Life website