“What is becoming increasingly clear is that there will be no switch that will flick life back to normal. The repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis will be long-lasting, era-defining and significant, reaching into [...]
A fund which gives young people responsibility for grant making to support efforts tackling the impact of COVID-19 has been launched by The Wood Foundation. Your Community Fund, which is [...]
“These are unprecedented times and I am incredibly proud of how our team is rising to the challenge to support the vital work of The Wood Foundation,” Ali MacLachlan, UK Director of The [...]
Primary Science Development Officers (PSDOs) from across Scotland spent two days in South Ayrshire exploring the intrinsic link between outdoor learning and STEM. Raising Aspirations in Science Education (RAiSE), a [...]
The Wood Foundation was recently accredited by the General Teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS) as a provider of professional learning. We are committed to providing opportunities which promote critical enquiry and innovation. [...]
The Wood Foundation Africa hosted the Permanent Secretary of the UK Department for International Development (DfID) Matthew Rycroft at its greenfield development site in Nyaruguru District in the southern province of Rwanda. [...]
A programme which empowers teachers with the confidence and skills to deliver inspiring and motivating STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) lessons to primary pupils has launched in Clackmannanshire and North Lanarkshire. [...]
The recent report from Volunteer Scotland examining the impact volunteering has on the health and wellbeing of society makes for thought-provoking reading. In line with an ageing population, older people [...]
A professional and personal development programme which has provided a career-defining and life-changing opportunity to more than 100 Scotland-based education practitioners is inviting applications for its next cohort. The Wood [...]
The Wood Foundation’s Chairman, Sir Ian Wood KT GBE, was honoured at a ceremony in New York by the Carnegie family of institutions. Sir Ian was the only philanthropist from outside of the [...]
