The Wood Foundation is once again supporting the Northsound Cash for Kids Mission Christmas Appeal by contributing £15,000 to cover operational costs, ensuring all donations go to those who most need them in [...]
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. [...]
Local charities across Scotland have benefitted from £27,000 of grants awarded through STV Children’s Appeal partnership with the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Scotland (YPI). Managed in Scotland by The Wood [...]
Raising Aspirations in Science Education (RAiSE), a programme focused on igniting a passion for science in primary school pupils, has been expanded to 10 local authority areas across Scotland. The RAiSE [...]
The Wood Foundation Centre for Science and Technology at Robert Gordon’s College has been awarded the 2017 Education Business School Building Award recognising excellence and investment in education. Competing with five other [...]
Wednesday 21st June 2017 will see more than 1000 secondary school pupils from across Scotland converge on the Perth Concert Hall to celebrate an incredible year of the Youth & Philanthropy Initiative – [...]
Walkers Shortbread has joined forces with The Wood Foundation to launch the Youth & Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) Scotland at Speyside High School. Working in teams, the current S3 year group have developed a [...]
Sir Ian Wood, GBE, former Chairman and CEO of the Wood Group, and Chairman of The Wood Foundation, today received the London Scottish “Great London Scot Lifetime Achievement Award” in recognition of his achievements [...]
The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) in Scotland has announced that a total of £2 million has now been awarded to local grassroots charities since the programme was first introduced in Scotland by [...]
Key Highlights £70million of investments and commitments to date Leading philanthropist in tea industry in East Africa supporting 45,000 farmers and a 9,500 hectare new planting programme 195 secondary schools from across Scotland [...]
