At the heart of Winning Scotland

"We’re absolutely committed to building confidence and resilience in children and young people.

Because of Winning Scotland’s work, children are more engaged with learning, they’re forming better social skills, they have improved health and wellbeing, and, crucially, are positive about their future aspirations.

If I had written a checklist for what we wanted to achieve when I founded Winning Scotland in 2005, this is exactly what I’d have jotted down."

Sir Bill Gammell, Founder of Winning Scotland

Our mission

To build the confidence, resilience and wellbeing of Scotland's children and young people

How we work

In everything we do, we're always: 


  • Connected to each other and those we work with

  • Collaborative in our approach

  • Courageous and considered in our delivery

  • Consistent in our actions

How we effect change

Partnering

We work with partners who are committed to improving the confidence and resilienceThe ability to bounce back from challenges, adapt and keep going. of children and young people in Scotland. We learn from them, and support them to adopt more impactful approaches in their work. 

Influencing

We build relationships with and influence individuals and organisations who could help with our mission, and work to create a movement of wider cultural change in Scotland through sharing knowledge and inspirational impact.

Exploring

We actively seek out new ideas and build proven approaches to improve the confidence and resilienceThe ability to bounce back from challenges, adapt and keep going. of children and young people in Scotland and seek ways to influence learning and behaviour change at scale.

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What we do

Our work focuses on transforming adult practice, testing ideas and sharing insights, and supporting systemic change across communities, settings and systems.