Starbucks recently teamed up with UK Youth Action to give generous funding to projects run by young people that contribute to their local community. I was asked by the DysSoc President to help with a bid to the board. The board included people from Starbucks, UK Youth, a local MP, a member of parliament for the department of education, journalist from The Herald and what seemed like just lots of quite scary people in suits. Being the nervous blabber mouth I am I think I did actually mention that maybe they should of turned up in trackies to make life easier. Smooth Becca.
Anyway, long story short, we got the grant! Plus another one soon after from O2 Think Big! So it's all coming together, I'm currently recruiting a team to run the project so it's not just me on my lonesome any more, and my phone never stops buzzing with emails. But it's exciting and I'm loving having a real purpose! I definitely will end up mentioning this project several times so I thought I'd introduce it properly with our mission statement (which I wrote - proud face)
Express LD (Express Learning Difficulties) is a volunteer-run project based in Edinburgh; it is devoted to helping young people with learning difficulties achieve their full potential at school, in further education and in work.
Through running informative and interactive workshops in local colleges and schools, our mission is to raise awareness of and eliminate the existing stigma surrounding learning difficulties, including but not limited to, dyslexia. We aim to provide knowledge, support and practical study tools that help young people reach their full potential.
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