Aberdeen Youth Games
The Aberdeen Youth Games (AYG) engages thousands of primary school pupils with sport and promotes healthier living through coaching sessions and participation in an annual Festival of Sport. The Wood Foundation [...]
MCR Pathways
MCR Pathways is a schools-based mentoring system supporting disadvantaged secondary pupils at risk of disengaging with education. The Wood Foundation is proud to support its launch in the North-east of Scotland – [...]
YPI Scotland Leaders’ Conference 2017
Tuesday 28th November will see senior leaders from over 100 Scottish secondary schools converge on The Quincentenary Conference Centre at The Surgeon’s Hall in Edinburgh for the Youth & Philanthropy (YPI) Scotland Leaders’ Conference. [...]
STV Children’s Appeal
The STV Children’s Appeal addresses the stark issue of child poverty in Scotland and The Wood Foundation is proud to be a partner in these efforts. The Appeal [...]
Russell Anderson Development School
The Russell Anderson Development School (RADS) provides quality fitness and health coaching to primary schools in one of Aberdeen’s most deprived areas. The Wood Foundation is proud to work alongside [...]
Cash for Kids Mission Christmas
Cash for Kids is responsible for ensuring that young people living in poverty in the North-east of Scotland wake up with gifts on Christmas morning. The Wood Foundation is proud [...]
Volunteering Services Overseas (VSO) – Global Xchange (2008 – 2011)
Over the last six decades VSO has brought people together to fight poverty through the lasting power of volunteering. In 2008, VSO’s Global Xchange (GX) programme benefitted from a [...]
Project Trust – Global Citizenship (2008 – 2011)
In 2008 TWF invested £300,000 over a three-year period in Project Trust to develop a wider-reaching recruitment strategy and build operational capacity. Founded in 1967, Project Trust is [...]
Inspiring Scotland – 14:19 Fund (2008 – 2010)
Inspiring Scotland is a highly engaged venture philanthropy organisation designed and developed to transform Scotland’s charities and change lives. The organisation has a number of funds running concurrently, each of which [...]
Columba 1400 – Ambassador’s Leadership Academy (2008 – 2011)
TWF invested £156,000 over a three-year period to fund the delivery of six Ambassador’s Leadership Academy programmes in selected schools from the North East of Scotland. Working with school [...]