Our aim is to bring communities together through volunteering. We work with young people across our three teams who have become disengaged with school who would benefit from exploring different perspectives and activities.
We work closely with many fantastic charities to ensure that placements are suitable for the young person and provide them with the best chance of discovering something meaningful to them and help them to define their space in the community.
We currently run two projects in Edinburgh and one project in Dumfries & Galloway.
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One of our projects in Edinburgh consists of working in a mainstream school where we work with both attending and non-attending young people to give them a supported volunteering opportunity away from the school environment and help them to find a space in the community.
Another side of our project in Edinburgh works with young people from a care-experienced background. Working alongside each young person for a longer period to help build resilience and provide each young person a strong foundation through volunteering in the community.
In Dumfries and Galloway North West Community Campus, Brighter Futures provides volunteering opportunities for young people who are struggling to access the curriculum. This project mainly works with non-attenders or those who are struggling with attendance to give them opportunities outside of the school environment.
