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17 Jul 2024
6k young people supported, 244k more to ensure our most disadvantaged defined by talent & not circumstances. Of course it's possible.The motivation, commitment & resilience of our communities is immense. Become a @mcrpathways mentor to make & experience a life changing difference
17 Jul 2024
MCR Pathways Founder, Iain MacRitchie, was on @BBCRadioScot last week speaking to Connie McLaughlin. Listen to their discussion about the MCR Pathways programme and the importance of human connection
youtube.com/watch?v=JAfbzJEc…
@idmacritchie #mentoring #volunteering
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3 Sep 2024
Do you have a passion for young people realising their potential against the odds? Does injustice motivate you? Can your skills help a charity set a world class example to influence system change? If this excites you please apply to make & experience a life changing difference.
3 Sep 2024
We are seeking to appoint 3 new Trustees and Chair who believe in the MCR Pathways vision. Find out more: mcrpathways.org/join-our-boa… #ChangeALife @McIntyreSmcin @Melodie_Crumlin @idmacritchie @maureen0207 @whocaresscot @ThePromiseScot @CYCJScotland @skillsdevscot @DYWScot @scvotweet
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13 Jun 2024
Absolutely fantastic!! So much emotion, so much elation. It is amazing to see a young person realise their potential, their dreams. Our care experienced community is bursting with talent! Time to let it loose. Become an @mcrpathways mentor. An hour a week, a lifetime of impact.
10 Jun 2024
Congratulations to @BradKella17 who won @Channel4's competition, @ThePianoUK with his original piece, Ev & Frank, an ode to his foster parents. Brad came 1st out of 6 exceptional finalists, a credit to the Care Experienced community! You can watch the series on C4 catch-up.🎹❤️
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27 May 2024
Visited No 10 but an hour after the election called. Whoever is the next tenant needs economic & social development as 2 sides of the same coin. Vote for 'Socionomics'. @MCRPathways mentor a young person to understand & to give voice to those with none. Their talent is immense.
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15 May 2024
Young people in care & those disadvantaged in any way deserve the best of us and the best we have to offer. Budget cuts should never determine lifetimes. They need MCR 1:1 relationships in which they can trust, role models to help navigate education, job choices & life chances.
15 May 2024
Glasgow City Council has been warned that cuts to a city-wide mentoring scheme for young people will make the teaching workload crisis even worse.
heraldscotland.com/news/2431…
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6 May 2024
Budget cuts should never determine lifetimes for our most vulnerable. Mentoring matters to young people to find, grow & use their amazing talents. Your voice matters to make sure anyone who cuts support for those without voice has to think again. Our young people deserve better
6 May 2024
The Honourable Lady Rae shares powerful letter to @GlasgowCC "The assistance I seek is to right a wrong which risks writing off this generation and future generations of Glasgow’s most disadvantaged young people" @WilsonC75HT @heraldscotland @CHScotland mcrpathways.org/honourable-l…
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6 May 2024
Thanks Lady Rae for highlighting the devastating cost of failing our young people. They need 1:1 trusting relationships to help navigate education, career choices & life chances. Budget cuts should never determine lifetimes for our most vulnerable. @MCRPathways mentoring matters.
6 May 2024
One of Scotland's top judges has pleaded with Glasgow City Council to reverse cuts to MCR Pathways, a programme that she says keeps young people away from her courtroom.
heraldscotland.com/news/2429…
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4 May 2024
Had successes, failed, made loads of mistakes. Mentoring is by far the best thing I have ever done. Watch the @MCRPathways film. One relationship that captures a little of how mentors can make but also experience a life changing impact.
3 May 2024
“It was the best decision because I’ve found one of my best friends through it” 💜 Mentoring transforms lives. Discover the power of mentoring a young person through Susan and Clara’s journey: youtube.com/watch?v=zzNoxsXI…
Sign up today at mcrpathways.org/become-a-men… @DundeeCouncil
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Iain MacRitchie retweeted
9 Mar 2024
The threat to MCR Pathways and the 'unimaginable' extinguishing of possibilities I @eve_rebecca
➡heraldscotland.com/opinion/2…
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4 Mar 2024
Cuts in a crisis - A UK debate we need. If no way through Council funding crisis we need an honest and open debate. Read The Times article & question what is happening in & to your community. There are good people in local authorities but a system in which the maths don’t work.
4 Mar 2024
'MCR mentoring relationships are making a life-changing difference. I know first hand. A young person I mentored went from living in a homeless unit while in school to now being a qualified doctor.' @idmacritchie @timesscotland @magnusllewellin
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Iain MacRitchie retweeted
2 Mar 2024
Thank you to Glasgow mentor @zanyzaz for speaking out and raising awareness against @GlasgowCC planned cuts @heraldscotland
2 Mar 2024
Comedian @zanyzaz speaks out against cuts to "powerful" Glasgow mentoring scheme
heraldscotland.com/politics/…
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19 Feb 2024
The maths don't work with reducing budgets and increasing needs. It’s time for our politicians to be honest and transparent. Our limited resources must be used to support those that need it most by those that know them best. Trust and relationships are the prerequisite.
19 Feb 2024
"What we're seeing at the moment on the frontline is a devastation... there's a huge increase in need, particularly for the young people." @idmacritchie of @mcrpathways
📚 Read our new report, Drowning Not Waving👇
csjfoundation.org.uk/drownin…
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9 Jan 2024
Trusting relationships power individuals to develop & achieve. Great to hear @bphillipsonMP talk about them with young people, parents & families. Learning is human, not just a right but determines job choices & life chances. Time to have education & the love of it centre stage
9 Jan 2024
Hugely important speech at @csjthinktank today with @bphillipsonMP. She begins a new battle for ideas on education, as the Governments scale of response has so far be woefully short of matching the scale of need. Game on. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/p…
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Iain MacRitchie retweeted
22 Dec 2023
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join MCR Pathways as our CEO. You’ll need strategic planning skills, solid business acumen, financial management experience and be a confident promoter of MCR’s values and purpose.
Please visit lnkd.in/e7rDEni6 for more information.
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Iain MacRitchie retweeted
2 Dec 2023
Are you able to support MCR Pathways this festive season 🌟 By donating instead of sending greeting cards, you can make a real difference to the lives of young people. Learn more and donate here: mcrpathways.org/holidays/
#MCRPathways #MentoringMatters #GiveBackThisChristmas
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Iain MacRitchie retweeted
26 Nov 2023
Gavin’s school journey has its challenges - missing classes and leaving early. Yet, with mentor Scott, everything changes and Gavin takes part for a full hour! Sometimes, all it takes is that one person who’s fully dedicated 🚀 #MentoringMatters
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Iain MacRitchie retweeted
13 Nov 2023
Today marks the start of Scottish Careers Week! During this week, we celebrate the transformational difference of mentoring.
Where only 59.8% of our young people previously went on to a Job, College or University, now 81.6% do.
#ScotCareersWeek23
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Iain MacRitchie retweeted
17 Sep 2023
Could you help mentor a young person?
@mcrpathways are looking for your help to provide more young people with a mentor who’s there just for them.
Find out more at mcrpathways.org.
#lomondradio #localradio #communityradio #mentor #mentoring #youngpeople
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13 Sep 2023
An article to start a discussion. Inevitable budgets cuts means we need to prioritise our resources to those that need our help the most. Talent is evenly distributed, opportunity is not. Those on the front line know where policy and practice don’t meet. They know what is needed.
13 Sep 2023
In this month's TFN magazine: following @AnnaFowlie of @SCVOTweet and @ctur282388 of @Common_Weal, Ross Ahlfeld @BremenBod and Iain MacRitchie @idmacritchie join the debate on the relationship between statutory and voluntary services
Read it here: okt.to/8Hn2rC
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5 Sep 2023
Privilege to address a conference rammed with motivated, committed & resilient people dedicated to finding ways to support those that need our help the most. Fundraisers are the absolute engine room of our precious third sector. All power to you and to purpose
5 Sep 2023
Fantastic opening plenary at @CIOFScotland #scotconf by @idmacritchie & @AClaytonChange talking about the role of the fundraiser the creating a purpose for causes. #inspirational start to the day in Glasgow.
📸 @garyker
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