Engaging Partners
Building partnerships
YPI encourages and supports schools to connect with their local communities to enable the impactful, contextualised delivery of the programme.
Engagement can take many forms – from mentoring and judging, to a funding contribution. Explore the synergies between your community and YPI, as well as the skills and assets it affords to support a strengthened YPI experience.
School Partnership Funding
From the fourth year of programme delivery, schools take responsibility for a minority portion of the YPI Grant. Recognising the continued constraints of the 2021/22 academic year, this contribution has been reduced to £250. School Partnership Funding provides an enhanced level of programme ownership within schools, and cements YPI as a core feature of community engagement.
School Partnership Funding supports the sustainability and growth of YPI. It also is an opportunity designed to allow schools to continually focus on school-wide embedding, partnership working and added value. Typically, SLT take responsibility for this aspect of the programme.
Fundraising avenues include:
| . | Embedding YPI as part of school ethos and culture linking it school-wide fundraising and targeted local giving |
| . | School business partnerships |
| . | Building a component of enterprise activity into YPI planning and delivery, as part of the programme or to be explored as a pre-cursor for younger students or YPI alumni |
| . | Brokering partnerships with school parent council or local community groups including Rotary Club and Round Table |
Our participating schools
See which other schools in your region are undertaking YPI through our interactive map.
Funding Partners
Working with likeminded partners supports the sustainability of YPI as we grow the opportunity throughout Scotland.
YPI provides funders the opportunity to direct much-needed resources to local charities, while supporting young people with a unique experience and developing relationships with school communities.
Partners often form part of judging panels at finals and can get involved with mentorship and development opportunities.
National Partner of YPI in Scotland
Launched in 2011 the STV Children’s Appeal is committed to helping children and young people affected by poverty in Scotland.
The money raised by the STV Children’s Appeal helps make a real difference in the lives of Scotland’s children and young people by providing practical help like food and warm clothes; creating opportunities for training and employability; and enabling social and emotional support for those who need it most.
In the last six years the Appeal has raised £13.7 million, making 722 big and small awards across all 32 local authority areas in Scotland, providing much needed support to over 62,000 children. The STV Children’s Appeal has been a national partner of YPI since 2012.
Principal Funder of YPI in Aberdeen and Edinburgh
At abrdn we empower our clients to plan, save and invest for their futures. Through expertise, insight and collaboration – along with a drive to make a positive impact on the future world – we aim to enable our clients to be better investors.
We’re a global investment manager, and we’re also active in the UK adviser and direct-to-consumer market. We manage and administer £532 billion of assets for our clients, and we have over 1 million shareholders. (Figures as at 30 June 2021)
abrdn has been the Principal Funder of YPI in Edinburgh since 2018 and in 2021 we extended our support to become the Principal Funder in Aberdeen.
Principal Funder of YPI in Ayrshire
QTS is one of the country’s leading railway contractors with clients including Network Rail, British Gas, Scottish Water, Scot Rail, London Underground and numerous local authorities.
Founded by Managing Director, Alan McLeish, this multi-discipline railway contractor provides specialist services in Vegetation Management, Drainage Services, Fencing, Training, Civil Engineering, Earthworks, Geotechnical Services, Industrial Rope Access and Specialist Plant Fleet Hire.
The company believes that an inclusive culture must be encouraged, both in its own people and the wider community that they work in. This is one of the underlying reasons that QTS has become involved with YPI. QTS look forward to actively supporting, and grant funding, programme activity across our Ayrshire secondary school cohort.
Principal Funder of YPI in Dundee and Angus
Northwood Charitable Trust, is the philanthropic foundation set up by the Thomson family in Dundee.
It is a Scottish registered charity which makes grants, donations or gifts to charities and organisations across Scotland but predominantly within the Dundee and Tayside area.
Northwood established a relationship with YPI in the 2017/18 academic year and provides grant funding across our Dundee secondary school cohort.
Principal Funder of YPI in Dumfries and Galloway
The Holywood Trust is a charitable organisation which aims to help young people in Dumfries and Galloway.
It gives grants to individuals and organisations, creating opportunities for young people in the region. The trust helps young people (primarily aged between 15 and 25) throughout Dumfries and Galloway fulfil their potential in cultural, educational and social aspects of their lives.
The Holywood Trust became a partner of YPI in 2017/18 actively supporting and grant funding programme activity across our Dumfries and Galloway secondary school cohort.
Principal Funder of YPI in Aberdeenshire
BP is one of the UK’s largest companies and operates in more than 70 countries worldwide. We provide fuel and power for heat, light and transportation. We are working hard to help meet the world’s need for more energy while lowering carbon emissions.
BP has been a leading operator in the UK since the mid-1960s when North Sea oil and gas exploration and production began. To date, we have invested more than £40 billion in the North Sea and produced over five billion barrels of oil and gas.
The North Sea is a growth region for BP with ambitions to double daily production by 2020 and an exciting set of future investment and renewal opportunities. In recent years, we have been delivering a strategy to focus our portfolio, maximise value from our producing assets and invest for the future. BP is one of the UK’s largest companies and operates in more than 70 countries worldwide. We provide fuel and power for heat, light and transportation. We are working hard to help meet the world’s need for more energy while lowering carbon emissions.
We passionately believe in supporting activities that strengthen the skills and abilities of people in the communities where we do business. Our programme focuses on participating in and contributing to education partnerships; making arts and culture accessible to all; and helping to enhance the quality of life in the locations in which we operate.
Community Partner of YPI in Glasgow
Scottish Equity Partner (SEP) is the award-winning venture capital firm behind some of Europe’s most innovative high growth companies and has one of the longest and strongest venture capital track records in Europe having invested in over 150 companies over the last 20 years.
It gives grants to individuals and organisations, creating opportunities for young people in the region. The trust helps young people (primarily aged between 15 and 25) throughout Dumfries and Galloway fulfil their potential in cultural, educational and social aspects of their lives.
SEP has supported YPI since 2017/18 and look forward to actively supporting, and grant funding, programme activity across our Glasgow secondary school cohort.
Community Partner of YPI Scotland
CalMac is the main ferry operator on the west coast of Scotland. Its 33 strong fleet operates 26 routes to 50 ports and slipways from Campbeltown in the south to Ullapool in the north.
Last year it carried more than 5.4 million passengers and more than 1.3 million vehicles. It is a life-line service for island economies, both bringing spending tourists in, and goods out to mainland markets.
As CalMac is so deeply ingrained in the communities it supports we believe we have a commitment to future generations through building greater economic, social and environmental sustainability.
Supporting YPI allows CalMac to make positive impacts by empowering young people to make a real difference in our coastal communities.
Community Partner of YPI in West Lothian
Baillie Gifford is an investment management firm with offices in New York, Hong Kong and London in addition to its headquarters in Edinburgh.
Baillie Gifford is a private partnership, and it’s through this ownership structure that they can keep their efforts focused entirely on their clients and their investments.
Baillie Gifford is a Community Partner of YPI in West Lothian. Its support of the programme commenced in the 2019-20 academic year.
Community Partner of YPI in Scotland
Artemis is a leading UK-based fund manager, offering a range of funds which invest in the UK, Europe, the US and around the world.
As a dedicated, active investment house, they specialise in investment management for both retail and institutional investors.
Artemis is deeply aware of their broader responsibility to society and aspires to make a positive difference to the environment and communities in which we work and live.
Artemis encourages employees’ participation in a number of initiatives and has a Charitable Foundation which supports a broad range of causes. The Artemis Charitable Foundation has been a Community Partner of YPI since 2011.
Community Partner of YPI in Midlothian
Set up in the 1960s in Newhall, at the borders of Midlothian and Tweeddale, The Orcome Trust supports projects and applications which have significance for the local area and communities.
The Orcome Trust is a small organisation with trustees selected from the local community. It has supported YPI in Midlothian as a Community Partner since 2013.
Community Partner of YPI in Highland
The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle is an exclusive private members club located in the beautiful Scottish Highlands.
There, in a Scottish-Baronial sandstone castle nestled amongst the estate’s 8,000 acres of gardens, woodlands and moors, members enjoy what former proprietor Andrew Carnegie – one of the wealthiest industrialists of the Victorian era and also one of history’s greatest philanthropists – rightly termed ‘Heaven on Earth’.
What draws members to Skibo is not just the beautiful surroundings, historic setting, world- class golf, excellent food, house-party atmosphere and luxurious facilities, but also the exceptional people who work there. Renowned internationally but powered locally, The Carnegie Club recognises the importance of supporting its surrounding communities, and is proud to partner with YPI Scotland.
Community Partner of YPI in Moray
Walkers Shortbread was established over a hundred years ago in Aberlour, Speyside, Scotland.
Still an independent family concern to this day, the company is headed by the founder’s grandchildren and great grandchildren, who faithfully maintain the tradition of producing ‘The World’s Finest Shortbread’, biscuits, cakes, oatcakes and meringues to original recipes using only the best possible ingredients – a policy that has earned Walkers a global reputation for quality and excellence.
Walkers has provided direct support, and grant funding, for schools in the Speyside area since 2016.
Community Partners of YPI in Perth & Kinross
In Perth & Kinross, The Wood Foundation has nurtured a unique partnership approach with three local Charitable Trusts to support the continued development of YPI across the region.
The Thomson Charitable Trust objectives are to support charitable purposes which include those connected with music, the arts, sport, education and other spheres. Their support of YPI will concentrate on our Perthshire schools.
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We work closely with a number of national partners to amplify the impact, reach, and potential of YPI.
Through our national partnership with Young Scot, we recognise and celebrate the contribution young people make through YPI to communities across Scotland. Students participating in YPI will receive 2000 points. Young Scot Rewards supports young people to participate in positive activities which contribute to their personal development and communities. More details in our ‘Leading YPI in your school’ guidance.
We are a strategic partner of the Awards Network where we collaborate and share learning with fellow school enrichment partners.
We support the #iwill campaign and sit on its Scottish advisory board. We have a shared belief in the power and importance of youth social action, working together to increase and amplify opportunities for youth voice nationally.
Our work with eSgoil is ensures that YPI remains an accessible and equitable opportunity for all young people in Scotland, irrespective of rurality or other perceived barriers to engagement. Current activity is focused on remote support and delivery principles.
Our team has worked closely with SCVO. Notably, our co-designed third sector guide brings to life the impact of the sector and the pathways it affords young people.
“For us, working alongside The Wood Foundation to deliver the YPI programme in Ayrshire has been a tremendous experience. Not only are we getting the chance to help some of the region’s most vulnerable people through the charities, we’re also able to invest our time into helping the young people in our community become more active citizens.”
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