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Scotland’s Sacred Islands
Meet some of our young graduates as they talk to Ben Fogle in Scotland's Sacred Islands on the BBC.
A graduate’s story – Euan
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 [...]
The Columban Youth Team
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 [...]
What it’s like to attend a board meeting
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 [...]
Young carers action day
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 [...]
Celebrating the care-experienced in East Lothian
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, [...]
Care Fest – a celebration of the care-experienced in Edinburgh
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 [...]