Welcome to our new Public Affairs magazine – designed to give you the latest updates from includem in bitesize form. In the following pages you will find out more about our recent impact, focus on one of our services, our projects and of course our latest public affairs work.
This year we are celebrating our 25th birthday!
Twenty-five years of transforming the lives of children, young people and families across Scotland through practical and emotional support which is shaped by them and for them with the voices of children and young people at the core of our support. Responding not only to their individual needs but also to the needs of the whole family and the community they live in.
Includem support is not a prescribed process or generic programme. We provide a flexible, personalised approach which is informed and shaped by evidence and research. Our work covers everything from early intervention and prevention to intensive family support.
Our job as includem’s Communications & Public Affairs team is to amplify the voices of children, young people and families we work with to you. The people that make decisions that impact their lives on a daily basis.
We know that there are families out there who could benefit from our support, and we look forward to exploring new opportunities of expanding our support in your communities.
about our work, visit the team or one of our h us at publicaffairs@includem.co.uk.
Scan the QR code to read Our IMPACT 2023/24 report!
Latest News
Children’s Minister Visits includem
Natalie Don-Innes MSP, Minister for Children and Young People and The Promise recently visited our Glasgow National Office as part of our plans to celebrate our 25th Birthday. On her visit, the Minister met with members of our team as well as children and young people supported by includem to hear first-hand about their experiences and what includem’s support means to them and to gain a better understanding on our impact. Our thanks to the Minister for visiting us!
Boosting Life Skills
As part of our commitment to increase the independent skills of those we support we are delighted to have launched Life Skills. These short and engaging clips are not only shared across our social media channels but with those we support through our colleagues in our services and project teams.
With topics including CV writing, cooking skills, setting up a bank account and more you can find them on our YouTube channel, Instagram or our new TikTok profile. Scan the QR code to visit our YouTube channel.
We were proud to publish the first edition of URSPACE, our quarterly magazine for children and young people in May last year.
The magazine is a great way for us to communicate what work the wider organisation is doing directly to children and young people.
It has also provided us with a platform to seek views and shape our policy positions.
In April 2025, we will publish Issue 4 will feature information about our influencing and engagement work, upcoming opportunities to respond to calls for views and consultations, and contributions from Natalie DonInnes MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise and Douglas Ross MSP in his role as the Convener of the Education, Children and Young People Committees.
If you would like to feature in a future edition, contact our Public Affairs team.
publicaffairs@includem.co.uk
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Our Youth Inspire Group are a varied group of young people of different ages who bring different perspectives to the work that includem do.
They want to show how they’ve all come through includem’s support, how it has helped them, and how it can help others. The group want to give back to includem, and to young people, by sharing their voice and views to help change things for the better.
The Youth Inspire Group and includem are passionate about ensuring that our Participation work is accessible to a range of young people, to ensure a diverse range of views and experiences shape our work. Our person-centred approach to support at includem underpins the work of the Youth Inspire Group. Members of the group are gaining valuable skills and experiences through their involvement and are supporting us to continually improve our practice and processes.
Make a donation to our Young Person’s Fund! Every donation counts towards transforming the lives of children, young people and families across the country –fi d ut more about our fund on the next page!
Wish us a Happy Birthday!
Help us raise awareness of our milestone birthday by sending us a happy birthday video. You can do this through your own socials – tagging @includem2000 – or send us a happy birthday message which we will post on our socials.
Visit an includem office
You can wish us a happy birthday in person by visiting an includem office and saying hello to one of our teams.
Contact us at publicaffairs@includem.co.uk
We believe that no child or young person should miss out because of circumstances beyond their control. That is why we set up the Young Person’s Fund. Since then it has provided extra support to the children, young people, and families we work with. Many of the families we support are affected by poverty and don’t always have access to things that many of us can take for granted.
We sat down with Nicola Galloway, one of our Team Managers, to discuss the impact of the Young Person’s Fund on the families we support - watch the video by scanning the QR code above or visiting includem.org
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We spoke with Nicola Galloway, our Team Manager for our new NHS Wellbeing Service, delivered in partnership with the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
