Tag: ScottishPower Foundation

Scottishpower Foundation Helps Charity Create Brighter Future For Disadvantaged People 

Stuart Mitchell

Disadvantaged people not in education, employment or training are set for a brighter future thanks to local charity The Lorna Young Foundation and support from the ScottishPower Foundation.   Thanks to funding from the Foundation, the charity will pilot its ‘Freeing Up Ethical Enterprise’ project, providing access to its Ethical Entrepreneurs ‘Not Just Us’ training resources for hundreds of disadvantaged people in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire who are not in education, employment or training.  The resources will give participants the chance to create their own social enterprises, learn business…

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£1m-Plus Funding Boost To Help UK Charities Transform Lives

Stuart Mitchell

UK charity projects to tackle food poverty, break down barriers for people with physical and learning disabilities, support better mental health and help people into jobs and training will be able to reach more people than ever before thanks to a funding boost of more than £1 million from the ScottishPower Foundation. A total of 19 of the UK’s most inspiring and innovative charities have been awarded £1.1 million from the Foundation’s 2022 funding allocation to drive positive change across England, Scotland and Wales and give people and communities the…

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The Museum of East Anglian Life brings together innovative sustainability artists to create new outdoor art trail

Stuart Mitchell

Eight exciting environmental artists are coming together to help the nation engage with nature – thanks to the ScottishPower Foundation. Selected by the Museum of East Anglian Life, soon to rebrand as the Food Museum, to create natural art installations that champion sustainability, the artists will create a riverside sculpture trail as part of the museum’s ‘River for All’ project. The Museum of East Anglian Life is rebranding as the Food Museum and as one of its first projects, the Foundation-funded ‘River for All’ will create the sculpture trail and…

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Hospice rallies with support of ScottishPower Foundation

Stuart Mitchell

A hospice at the heart of a Welsh community has continued providing essential services throughout the coronavirus pandemic thanks to the ScottishPower Foundation. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, Nightingale House Hospice was reliant on its popular retail stores, cafes and charity events to fund its inpatient ward, day-care and outpatient clinics, occupational therapy and bereavement support groups. Based in Wrexham, the hospice is an independent and voluntary organisation, providing free of charge palliative and end of life care to individuals and families from across north east Wales. However, when lockdown…

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