Euan, 15, is a pupil at Alva Academy in Clackmannanshire and attended our Young People's Leadership Academy at our centre in Skye in September 2021. He is also an incredible entrepreneur who has been building his handcrafted designs business since the lockdown in 2020. Here he tells us why his experience with Columba 1400 made such [...]
We recently appointed two young person consultants, Jessica and Marysia, to our board. Both are graduates of our Young People’s Leadership Academy (YPLA). Jess completed her academy in 2016 and Marysia completed hers in 2017. In this blog they introduce themselves and their plans for working with us. Jess I am 20 years old and studying [...]
Recently, we appointed two young person consultants, Jess and Marysia, to sit on our board and represent their peers. On 13 March Marysia and Jess joined their first board meeting, alongside the trustees and senior leadership team. Below they write about the experience and discuss what it was like for them. Jess "This week was the [...]
We run values-based leadership academies for young people both from our centre in Skye and in the community. We work with young carers across Scotland, enabling them to take part in our academies by running them close to home. This Young Carers Action Day, Ryan Duffy from East Ayrshire Carers Centre, explains the difference our academies [...]
On Friday, 24 March we are launching our first Care Fest in East Lothian. It's an opportunity to bring the care-experienced community together. Care-experienced young people can explore their potential and the opportunities open to them. We're delighted to welcome guest partners Newbattle Abbey College, Who Cares Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh College, Heriot Watt University, [...]
This February we are launching our first Care Fest – a celebration of the care-experienced community in Edinburgh. It's an opportunity to bring the community together and for care-experienced young people to explore their potential and the opportunities open to them. We're delighted to welcome guest partners HUB for Success, Napier University, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh [...]
We are delighted the General Teaching Council for Scotland has awarded our Head Teachers’ Leadership Academy with the Professional Learning Award for Organisations 2022. The award was given in recognition of the high quality and effective professional learning provided to head teachers and depute heads in Scotland by Columba 1400. The Panel for the award commended [...]
Two 19-year-olds – Marysia Wojtylo from Edinburgh and Jessica Chappelle from East Dunbartonshire – have been appointed to our Board of Trustees. Their new roles as Young Person Consultants will champion the voice of young people, ensuring their views are at the heart of Columba 1400’s governance, helping to shape and drive the future of the [...]
Kodie Stewart, a graduate of our Young People's Leadership Academy, is a finalist in the Glasgow Community Champion Awards, run by the Glasgow Times, for her work in the community. Kodie took part in Girls At Cop26, a special conference at Glasgow Caledonian University during the United Nations' Climate Conference last November. She also volunteers for [...]
Last month our Patron, HRH The Princess Royal met with young people from across the Central Belt, to listen to their experiences of our values-based leadership academies. Gathering at the beautiful Blair Estate in Dalry, the graduates spoke about the impact taking part in our Young People's Leadership Academy had on them. Participants had taken part [...]
