Beeslack pupils share their experience – podcast

Beeslack High School’s YPI Lead Teacher Morag Carrie has interviewed Murray and Peter from the 2022 […]

From YPI charity to employer – Leigh’s story

Leigh Boyd did YPI in 2014 when she was an S2 pupil at Arran High School. […]

#whyYPI – the approach at Leith Academy

Nadia Steele is the Lead Teacher for YPI at Leith Academy. Leith embodies a whole-school approach […]

#whyYPI – the skills agenda

YPI gives young people the platform to be advocates for their communities. The time and space […]

How to: Charity engagement

The first webinar in our ‘How to’ series focussed on the value, impact, and practical guidance […]

Lynsey Brosnan, YPI Development Lead, reflects on our Tayside professional learning event.

“This was our first in-person shared learning session for almost three years. There was a noticeable […]

Royal High School students secure funding for dementia garden

Students at Royal High School secured £3000 for the Forget Me Not dementia charity through their […]

Girvan Academy students secure funds for Children 1st

Students from Girvan Academy secured £3000 to support families facing food poverty in South Ayrshire. The […]

Hutchesons’ Grammar pupils secure funds for local charity

Students at Hutchesons’ Grammar School secured £3000 for families dealing with addiction issues in the local […]

Morgan Academy students secure funds for local charities

Senior students at Dundee’s Morgan Academy have secured £4500 for local charities through the Youth and […]

YPI Impact Week

Monday, 13th to Friday 17th June 2022 #WhyYPI YPI Impact Week is an opportunity to celebrate […]

CalMac empowers #generationchange to make a difference

Students at Castlebay Community School have secured £3000 for the Uist and Barra Foodbank through the […]

Why YPI – skills development

The Wood Foundation introduced YPI in Scotland in 2008. Since then it has engaged more than […]

Why YPI – empowering #generationchange

The driving objective of YPI is to empower young people, #generationchange, with the platform to make […]

Celebrating the value of our volunteers this Volunteers’ Week

Jonathan Christie is Deputy UK Director of The Wood Foundation and comments on the community response […]

“What the first half of the academic year teaches us all about our young people”

Analysis and comment of YPI findings in the first half of the 2019/20 term by Mel Liddell, […]

Drumchapel High School: Enabling young people to make a difference

When Rebecca Dobson joined Drumchapel High School three years ago there was no Wider Achievement programme […]

Finding Your Feet

To date Finding Your Feet has received two YPI grants, the first from Paisley Grammar School […]