Our Positive Transitions service has been awarded a £248,000 grant from the National Lottery which will benefit over 1,200 young people through our projects.
We’re delighted to be one of the 224 organisations awarded a grant from The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland. The grant focused on people-led, strengths-based projects that are connected with local communities, supporting them to thrive.
This year, driven by demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, we expanded our services to meet the needs of people across Edinburgh and East Lothian. In particular, we have continued to expand in East Lothian, now delivering the full range of our projects over two localities.
Our Positive Transitions service supports both children and young people, and their parents, carers and families as well. Our projects aim to help them feel valued and understood, while also improving their self-esteem and peer relationships. By also supporting families, this holistic approach provides the knowledge and skills to assist young people in their educational journey, learning and growing together.
Now an established presence in 21 schools in Edinburgh and 11 schools in East Lothian, and with partnerships with 7 universities and Edinburgh College, it’s full steam ahead for this social innovation charity.
“In these uncertain times our priority is to ensure that National Lottery money continues to flow to charities, voluntary sector organisations and grassroots groups. I would like to congratulate People Know How on their award, theirs is an important project and will support people now and in the future when they can physically come back together to make great things happen in their community.”
With this National Lottery grant we aim to enhance and grow the service to support even more vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people and families. We will deliver a range of impactful activities which promote wellbeing and grow resilience. We aim to support every young person in the service to fulfil their potential.
Moving forward we want to take Positive Transitions even further, by using our learning to ensure positive transitions on a national level. That’s why we’ve partnered with the University of Edinburgh and are advertising for a PhD studentship that will facilitate a participatory action-research project on positive transitions. The findings of the project will be used to create a model of practice for similar projects beyond the Lothians, aiming to improve pupil transitions into secondary school across the UK.