Through The Wood Foundation’s Excelerate investment, a network of Oracy Leads in partner schools will receive immersive professional learning to develop and implement whole-school oracy plans and cascade learning. Up [...]
A report detailing the impact of Raising Aspirations in Science Education (RAiSE) in the 2020/21 academic year has been released. It highlights the positive impact that the programme and its [...]
The Wood Foundation Africa has released a 2020/21 annual overview regarding two of its tea greenfield development programmes taking place within Nyaruguru and Karongi districts in Rwanda. Covering the period [...]
Secondary school students from throughout Scotland have been responsible for a vital funding boost of £660,000 to local charities through their involvement in the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI). More [...]
The Wood Foundation has promoted Georgea Hughes to the position of Programmes Director. Georgea has worked with The Wood Foundation for 13 years, joining shortly after its inception, and has [...]
As the academic year draws to a close, we have a chance to recognise the incredible impact educators have on the lives of our young people and communities. Our UK [...]
Ali MacLachlan was invited to present at the Chartered Institute of Fundraising Scotland’s grassroots community fundraising conference to more than 80 delegates, profiling our YPI programme and the opportunities arising from youth advocacy [...]
The Wood Foundation’s Excelerate network is set to welcome seven additional North-east schools in the 2021/22 academic year. They will join the first cohort of schools – Banff, Alford, Portlethen, [...]
The Wood Foundation has hosted an online celebration to shine a light on the vital role young people have continued to play in Scotland’s communities during a challenging year. Through [...]
The Wood Foundation’s UK Director, Ali MacLachlan, has been appointed as Chair of the Scottish Grantmakers' network. She shares her ambitions for the collective as a force for change, a forum for challenge [...]
