University of Glasgow Settlement

University of Glasgow Settlement For over one hundred years the University of Glasgow Settlement has pioneered innovative ways of res

Since 2008, the University of Glasgow Settlement has been assisting local charities and community based organisations in Glasgow and the West of Scotland through its annual Find a Solution projects. Find a Solution harnesses the knowledge base of the University by recruiting students to help find innovative solutions to problems faced by third sector organisations. Examples of recent Find a Soluti

on projects include:

St Margaret’s Hospice - a patient evaluation of palliative care standards
Alzheimer’s Scotland - innovative product designs for the Forget Me Not appeal
The National Theatre of Scotland – audience access analysis
Citizens Advice Direct - survey of specific groups of services users
The Robertson Trust – the creation of a communication network for scholars
In addition to offering invaluable professional and personal development for the students involved, Find a Solution has provided real and effective solutions and recommendations to specific problems faced by a broad spectrum of third sector organisations.

31/08/2018
28/06/2018
26/10/2017

In this new blog series, Eleanor Sier, Heritage Learning and Participation Manager at Toynbee Hall, will be giving us a whistle stop tour of the archive and an insight into her role.

23/04/2017

A great team of students are going to help 4 organisations in 2017 to Find a Solution! The organisations are:

Lambhill Stables
Indepen-Dance
St Paul’s Youth Forum
Kingsway Health and Wellbeing

We'll keep you updated!

21/03/2017

http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_516449_en.pdf

12/03/2017

Check out the Internship Hub for 2017 Find a Solution projects. Great opportunities to gain experience and assist Third Sector organisations to become more effective.

All this year's project reports can now be viewed on the gusettlement.org website. And here's some photos of GU Settleme...
19/09/2016

All this year's project reports can now be viewed on the gusettlement.org website. And here's some photos of GU Settlement's President - Sir Kenneth Calman - and Secretary - Alison Spurway - with the students at the presentation ceremony.

01/09/2016

Six excellent projects were presented to an invited audience on Wednesday 31 August. The organisations expressed warm appreciation of the work undertaken by the students which they had neither the staff, the time or in some cases the skills to carry out themselves. The Settlement will welcome proposals for Find a Solution 2017 - closing date end of December 2016.

Congratulations to all the students participating in the Find a Solution and ITI3 projects in 2016! The projects are now...
29/08/2016

Congratulations to all the students participating in the Find a Solution and ITI3 projects in 2016! The projects are now successfully completed and the students will receive their certificates at the presentations on Wednesday. The students information posters are now available online. http://gusettlement.org/

For over one hundred years the University of Glasgow Settlement has pioneered innovative responses to changing social needs. GU Settlement has helped many local charities through its annual Find a Solution (FAS) programme which harness the knowledge base of the University by recruiting students to h...

06/07/2016

Six Find a Solution projects are now underway and the students are working hard to resolve the problem faced by the following organisations: Children's Hospice Association Scotland, Immigration Bail Observation Scotland, Erskine, Art Village, Roshni and West of Scotland Regional Equality Council. They will present their recommendations on Wednesday 31 August in the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel at 12.00. If you wish an invitation please contact Alison Spurway.

07/04/2016

28.09.- 01.10.2016 International Conference of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 2016 in Berlin We are pleased to welcome you to our conference „On the Move – At Home in the World“ at Urania Convention Center, Berlin, Germany. We wish all participants an inspiring event with many good ideas for e…

Following very successful presentations from West of Scotland Regional Equality Council Ltd, Children's Hospice Associat...
06/04/2016

Following very successful presentations from West of Scotland Regional Equality Council Ltd, Children's Hospice Association Scotland and Roshni Charity the Settlement has received some excellent applications which we are currently shortlisting.

West of Scotland Regional Equality Council very happy to have met so many great students University of Glasgow Settlement we're looking forward to receiving your applications! Be sure to get in touch if you have any questions

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