The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) is The Wood Foundation’s powerful active citizenship programme, empowering young people to make a difference in their communities. YPI develops skills and confidence through a contextualised learning experience. The programme raises awareness of social issues and local charities, and is a vital means of enabling devolved, locally driven grant making.
Teams taking part in the initiative are required to prepare and present a talk on their selected charity. The winning group will receive £3,000 to award to their charity. This sum comprises £2,500 donated jointly by The Wood Foundation and the YPI Principal Funder in Aberdeen, abrdn. £500 will be raised by the III Senior girls.
All of IIIS took part in the YPI Final Presentations. There were 8 charities represented: Grampian Women’s Aid, Social Bite, CALICO, Rape Crisis Grampian, Charlie House, Home-Start, Mental Health Aberdeen and Touch of Love Outreach.
It was a fantastic evening of engaging presentations which included songs, poems, monologues and digital creations. The overall winners who will donate the £3000 grant was the group representing CALICO.
CALICO (Cancer and Leukaemia in Children Orientated) is a local charitable organisation in the Grampian Region set up in 1983. Their aim is to help and support all families who have children suffering from cancer, leukaemia or cancer related illness. The first priority of CALICO is to the family of any child with cancer of leukaemia to alleviate, where possible, financial stress caused by additional expenses. Each year CALICO helps with the provision of essential equipment for the Oncology Ward at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital as well as toys, games and craft supplies for the outpatients department.
Congratulations go to: Chloe, Sophie, Aishah, Martha and Annabel.