Posts by Freya
Chief Executive for Outside the Box
Chief Executive for Outside the Box Due to the retirement of our current Chief Executive, we are looking to recruit a new Chief Executive. Salary: £49,748 (25/26 pay rise not added on) Hours of work: Full-time 35 hours per week with occasional weekend and evening events Location: Home working/hybrid Glasgow, with travel within Scotland Annual…
Read MoreCorra Third Sector Fund Conference
Corra Third Sector Fund Conference Our team delivered two interactive workshops on Innovation and Ideas at Corra’s recent CYPFEIF & ALEC Fund and CYPFAL Third Sector Fund Conference. With the funding environment becoming more challenging, we talked about our approaches to nurturing innovation and ideas at Outside the Box, discussing examples of recent projects, funding…
Read MoreA week with Moments of Freedom
A week with Moments of Freedom The women of Moments of Freedom had a busy week last week. Starting off in Clydebank Library they were presented their Food Hygiene certificates by Marie McNair MSP. The women showed off their new skills by cooking lots of amazing recipes for guests to enjoy for lunch. The group…
Read MoreSCVO The Gathering 2025
SCVO The Gathering 2025 Our team ran an interactive workshop at SCVO’s The Gathering event on Wednesday 5th February which focussed on our Climate Chat work in communities across Scotland. Climate change affects everyone, but we don’t always know what to do or how our everyday actions stack up to make a difference. Last year,…
Read MoreOutside the Box 2024
Outside the Box 2024 As we near the end of 2024 we would like to reflect back on the projects and people we have worked with over the last 12 months. But before we share our 2024 project summaries, we are excited to announce that we are hosting an event at the SCVO Gathering in…
Read MoreBorders Buddies Case Study
Borders Buddies Case Study – “My life in the mills” “I was just feeling a bit fed up, I didn’t see many people and all I had was my garden”. That sums up how J was feeling 6 months ago when the NHS Wellbeing Adviser told her about Borders Buddies. At first J was sceptical,…
Read MoreMoments of Freedom and Clydesider Magazine
Moments of Freedom and Clydesider Magazine The women of Moments of Freedom partnered with the Clydesider Magazine earlier this year to work on creating a new resource to help welcome other New Scots to their communities. The woman met with Caroline from the Clydesider every week before the summer holidays to work on different art…
Read MoreHow to do a climate audit
How to do a climate audit for your group or organisation We know that individuals and communities cannot fix the climate emergency alone because it also needs businesses, industry, national and local governments to take action. However, we can still help by taking our own small and everyday actions, and by pressuring our politicians and services to…
Read MoreScotland’s Climate Week 2024
Scotland’s Climate Week 2024 Earlier this year, we were excited to receive funding from the Scottish Government’s Climate Engagement Fund to support our Climate Chat project. The project focused on engaging with communities of interest and equalities groups in meaningful discussions and activities around climate action. Through these engagement activities, we not only supported marginalised…
Read MoreLGBTQI+ community human rights training
LGBTQI+ community human rights training We are hosting an interactive online training, to share an introduction to the human rights and legal rights we have as LGBTQI+ people in Scotland. The first part of the training will share information about the law and rights, and then there’ll be time for a community discussion about human…
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