Honouring over a decade of connection and innovation as PKH hands its most valued work to organisations ready to carry the mission into the future.
On 4 June 2026, People Know How was formally dissolved as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), bringing to a close an extraordinary chapter of community led innovation, relational working and social impact.
This milestone follows our “Passing the Baton” event on 16 June 2025, when partners, volunteers, colleagues and supporters gathered at Norton Park Conference Centre, in Edinburgh, to celebrate thirteen years of People Know How’s work and mark the transition of key assets and projects to trusted organisations who will carry them forward.
While the closure process took longer than anticipated, we were determined to ensure every governance requirement and legal responsibility was completed thoroughly and properly. We are pleased and content that this process is now complete.
A Legacy of Impact, Community and Connection
- More than 600 volunteers, interns and students contributing over 115,000 hours
- More than 12,500 people supported to become digitally included
- More than 4,000 children supported through key school transitions
- More than 5,000 refurbished devices distributed during the pandemic
- Partnerships with dozens of organisations in projects, research and community building initiatives
Passing the Baton
Children First received £35,000 to further develop school transitions work and continue supporting children and families through key milestones.
Polwarth Parish Church received the All Aboard canal boat and its dedicated volunteer team, securing the future of this much loved community project.
Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations' Council received £33,406 to develop digital inclusion strategically across the city, along with the remaining six year rent free lease at Straits Meadow.
Looking Ahead
At the Passing the Baton event, founder Glenn Liddall reflected on the opportunities and challenges facing communities and the third sector over the next fifteen years: deeper digital integration, rising inequality, climate pressures, demographic change and the growing importance of collaboration.
A legacy that lives on
Although People Know How has now formally closed, its legacy lives on.
It lives on in the organisations now carrying the baton. It lives on in the staff, volunteers, students and interns who contributed so much. It lives on in the thousands of people and communities whose lives were touched through connection, support and opportunity.
To everyone who played a part in the People Know How story - thank you.
The baton has been passed.
With gratitude,
Glenn Liddall
Founder & Chief Executive
People Know How (2012–2026)