Very happy to be here representing @corra.scot at the SHAAP/Scottish Families event today: Cultivating Cultural Recovery Pathways for Black and Asian Communities in Scotland.

Our Applicant and Grant Holder Survey 2025 is now open!🎉 Listening is key to Corra’s work, and we strive to ensure that applicants are heard, supported and well connected. Our Applicant and Grant Holder survey is central to this. 1/4

Today is Carbon Literacy Action Day. Coinciding with the COP30 conference in Brazil, today is all about putting our carbon literacy awareness into practice. I’m so proud that over 80% of staff members at Corra are trained in carbon literacy. carbonliteracy.com/carbon-liter...

"Joining the board at Corra nine years ago gave me a different perspective into the challenge and responsibility of being a funder in Scotland." We can think of no better way to celebrate Trustee Week than with this brilliant blog written by Corra's trustee Claire Gibson. 1/2

🚩Challenge Poverty Week: Some final reflections As we reflect on the themes of this year's Challenge Poverty Week, we see just how important collective action based on justice and compassion is in creating solutions to reduce the affects of poverty. 1/3

✨Thursday was day 4 of Challenge Poverty Week!✨ 👨🏽‍👩🏼‍👧🏻‍👦🏽Better Investment In Our Communities "Communities can hold and heal us, they can build and renew, they can weave bonds and bridges between us. And they can challenge poverty." 1/2

🌟It's Day 3 of Challenge Poverty Week! Today we are thinking about better Investment in Life's Essentials. We recently published The National Drugs Mission Funds Impact report 2024-25 that highlights the role of multiple disadvantages on an individuals quality of life. 1/3

📣Challenge Poverty Week 🚩Day 2 - Better Jobs, Pay, Hours, Conditions & Worker Voice "Adequate incomes are key to challenging poverty because they provide a foundational level for people and families to achieve a sense of stability and not have their dignity eroded..." 1/2

📣It's Challenge Poverty Week!📣 📌This upcoming week, we will be taking part in the Poverty Alliance's Challenge Poverty Week (6-12th October 2025). 1/2

📣Do you have an idea you want to turn into action? Boost Fund might be for you! ✨Offering small grants to community-led organisations across Scotland supporting people affected by poverty or disadvantage. 1/3

The National Drugs Funds Report 2024-2025 is now available to read! 📣📖 ➡️This year, £13 million was distributed in grant payments supporting over 51,000 people through 225 projects across the country. To find out more, read this year's report: www.corra.scot/national-dru...

Our Annual Report and Accounts 24-25 are now available on our website. Thank you to all the people, communities, and organisations who've worked alongside us this year. Without you, this work would not be possible. Grab a cuppa and have a read at www.corra.scot/corra...

1/2 🌟Want to know more about Corra's Racial Equity Fund? We are hosting information sessions to answer all questions on the fund, criteria and application process. 1/2

✨🎉Corra's Racial Equity Fund Opens today!✨🎉 📣The Corra Racial Equity Fund provides unrestricted funding to organisations that are led by, and working with, people from Black and racially minoritised backgrounds. 1/4

1/2 In August 2024, we made a statement on racist violence in the UK in response to the racist riots which were impacting many communities across the country. A year later, we are saddened to see a further escalation of racist, Islamophobic, and anti-migration rhetoric and violence.

Molly, Debbie and I are looking forward to chatting with lots of community groups at the Hawkhill community Centre in Alloa this morning. @corra.scot

🌟Last Tuesday, we had the pleasure of meeting with our 2024 Henry Duncan Grant Holders to hear all about the amazing work their organisations are doing to support women and young girls across Scotland! 1/2

We are so grateful to Scheme Livi for hosting the Ministerial Visit today. The Mjnister, Maree Todd, has been speaking to all the people who make their work possible. Such a dynamic project and I’ve been so impressed to see the impact they have in the lives of their service users. @corra.scot

Awesome catch up with @corra.scot Be Different Make A Difference advisors from @sfadroutesyp.bsky.social. supporting them to complete their @youthscotland.org.uk #Silver YAA, was brilliant hearing them talking about their experiences from being part of this awesome project 1/3

📢 Funding news - inquire by 7 November 2025 📅 This @corra.scot Fund is focused on improving the lives and outcomes for children, young people and families in Scotland who are affected by drugs and alcohol 👪 Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4fQXlnU

This is just some of their comments & thoughts, it's been a pleasure working with everyone. Really looking forward to the next part of their leadership journeys @corra.scot @youthscotland.org.uk @sfadroutesyp.bsky.social

📣🎉🌟You’re Only Young Once Fund - now open! For local community organisations with a track record of supporting children, young people and families affected by drugs and alcohol. For more information and the full criteria, head to our website: www.corra.scot/grant...

🔎We have been sharing annual updates from the communities we work alongside via our People in Place programme. 📍Take a read of the Methil Annual Update to find out more about the achievements made over the last year: www.corra.scot/methi...

Corra's Cath sharing reflections on the achievements of the community of Buckhaven this past year 🙌👏 ✍️"Community life rarely fits into neat plans, and some of the most meaningful progress has come from being willing to pause, listen, and change direction." www.corra.scot/buckh...

👋Through Getting Alongside Communities, we work with local people and partners in eight communities across Scotland - supporting and resourcing communities in ways that work for them. We've been catching up with them through our Place Annual Updates for 2024.

✨The Boost Fund reopens today with £750,000 now available for community-led organisations across Scotland supporting local people affected by poverty or disadvantage. www.corra.scot/boost...

📣🎉🌟Boost Fund - open today! For community-led organisations across Scotland supporting local people affected by poverty or disadvantage. ➡️£500-£3,000 to constituted groups & charities w/ an annual income of £50,000 or less ➡️£250-£1,500 for unconstituted groups www.corra.scot/grant...

✍️Cath's follow-up on Dunterlie reflects on the hard work & collaboration seen in the community➡️ www.corra.scot/dunte... "...planning and campaigning has helped people see the value in working together, learning from each other, supporting new leaders to step forward." @cathcorra.bsky.social

🗣️ “Somebody who just gets it… who’s been there, who understands that life can be difficult.” – Young Person Children First is recruiting Safeguarders who bring empathy, experience, and approachability to the Children’s Hearing System. Apply by 11 August 2025 🔗 childrenfirst.org.uk/careers

🌈Positive change happens when we listen to communities – the people who call Scotland’s neighbourhoods home. In Dunterlie in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, it’s been a big year, with the community stepping forward and using their voice to make change happen.

📢NEW PUBLICATION: Tackling Online Hate and Extremism Prejudice and hatred on social media poses increasing threats to public safety, personal wellbeing and community cohesion. Our new guide, funded by @corra.scot, aims to help you navigate these issues. www.crer.org.uk/s/CRER-2025-...

Working alongside communities through People in Place, we aim to build collective trust, deepen knowledge, and encourage connections with communities and partners. As a result, community leadership, voice, ambition, and action have grown.

1/2 Corra Foundation announces that Fiona Duncan will be stepping down from her role as Chief Executive. This comes after the extension of her appointment by the First Minister as Independent Strategic Advisor to #KeepThePromise.

Resharing this piece previously written for the Corra blog by Ubuntu Women Shelter this #RefugeeWeek. Ubuntu work to support women who have experienced gender-based violence, many of whom are refugees and asylum seekers with no recourse to public funds. Read more: www.corra.scot/ubunt...

🎉Ready to feel empowered by #RightsEmpowered?   Today, Together & @clanchildlaw.org are marking the beginning of a three-year project funded by The Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland delivered by @corra.scot on behalf of a partnership of eight funders!  Ready to say, hello to attendees 👋

It's #RefugeeWeek ! Community InfoSource offer befriending & outdoor activities to support refugees & asylum seekers in Glasgow. Read about their work to support a young man from Namibia, who was extremely socially isolated, find his community. www.corra.scot/commu...#RefugeeWeek #CommunityAsASuperpower

"Ultimately, the impact of Getting Alongside Communities in Castlehill is seen in more than just projects delivered. It’s in the increased wellbeing, the new skills gained, the friendships formed, and the sense of empowerment that’s growing across the community." ⬇️⬇️

Memories of a great evening at the Carbon Literate Organisations award ceremony. Next stop, @corra.scot planning for Carbon Literacy Action Day in November.

Place based working centres the knowledge of local people to drive positive changes in their communities. Castlehill’s Annual Update 2024 celebrates two local community leaders ⤵️ www.corra.scot/castl...

Last week we published the latest instalment from our 2024 Annual Place Updates, spotlighting the incredible work seen in Langlees. www.corra.scot/langl...

📣A new partnership between Corra and The Henry Smith Charity with investment of £948,000 towards The Promise Partnership and Henry Duncan Grants. Excited to work alongside Henry Smith Charity who are doing incredible work to support the UK’s third sector! More info at tinyurl.com/4anyprau

🌟Vibrant is the word for Langlees, a community just west of Falkirk and the next stop on our tour of the People and Place communities we work alongside. Happy to be sharing the Langlees Annual Update for 2024 this week. www.corra.scot/langl...

⭐Join us on the 12 June at 1pm for a workshop on the 2025 Racial Justice Audit⭐ Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📍🎉We’re spotlighting the historic town of Cumnock this week via our Place Programme Annual Updates 2024. Corra’s @cathcorra.bsky.social shares a thoughtful blog on themes from this active, community – the power of listening, building trust & facing challenges together. www.corra.scot/cumno...

🌍🍃Corra is one of the signatories to The Funder Commitment on Climate Change (FCCC), hosted by The Association of Charitable Foundations and launched in 2019, which supports funders to play their part in tackling the causes and impacts of climate change.

Second instalment from our 2024 Annual Place Updates spotlights Cumnock! There's lots to catch up on: 🛠️Update on the renovation of the new community space. Volunteers have continued work on the derelict building, making way for what’s to come – a valued space where people can come together.

👋Earlier this week, we shared the first 2024 Annual Update from the Place Programme communities we work alongside – the latest news from Blacklands. We will be sharing updates from each community over the coming weeks, so watch this space for some community inspiration! www.corra.scot/black...

🎉📣It’s time to catch up with the communities we work alongside as part of Corra’s Place Programme!

We are delighted that our Boost Fund will receive £500,000 to support organisations who need it now. Small grants, designed to work for local groups, make a big difference. With @foundationscotland.bsky.social contribution, Boost will be able to reach many more children and families across Scotland.

Fantastic to see Paws for Progress, & their dog-assisted learning programmes at HMP & YOI Polmont featuring on The One Show. This work offers young men the opportunity to learn valuable skills while preparing dogs from Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home for their forever homes🎥https://tinyurl.com/2u645eas