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The Make it Happen Fund, a community-led initiative to bring positive change to communities in Dundee has launched today (6th January). The fund is run by local communities for local people and will enable families and community groups to set the fund’s priorities and design the funding proposal process for their area. Read the article What Matters to You to bring positive change for Dundee communities with the launch of the Make it Happen Fund

Since WM2U started working in Kirkton with families in 2023 we have witnessed at first hand the capacity and the capability of local families to share experiences and together explore solutions to things that matter most to them in their community.

Working alongside the Dundee City Council Community Empowerment Team and the newly formed Kirkton Community Centre SCIO, WM2U has been priveledged to support Kirkton parents to develop additional activities for their community including an additional community cafe.

Read the article "Kirkton is a proper community"

What Matters to You and The Promise Scotland are pleased to invite you to our 2nd data event in follow-up to our April 2024 gathering, where we agreed the importance of sharing progress and learning on the way Scotland collects data and evidence to help improve outcomes for children and families and make a real difference to their lives.

Where: COSLA Conference Centre, 19 Haymarket Yards Edinburgh EH12 5BH

When: Thursday, November 28 · 10am - 2:30pm 

Read the article Using Data Better to Achieve Improved Outcomes for Children and Families

Working with the Clackmannanshire Council Family Wellbeing Partnership (FWP) we are delighted to be supporting a group of parents at the Bowmar Centre in a new group called 'Crochet Comforts'. Read the article Crochet Comforts

From rhetoric to collective action: What we can do now to challenge the status quo. Read the article From Rhetoric To Collective Action

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow and no truer than the refugee families who have found a second home at the Ben Cleuch Centre in Tillicoultry.

In three short months, the parents have refurbished a poly tunnel and growing space that is already not just producing fresh produce but helping to build new relationships and mutual support structures for the families.

Read the article Believe In Tomorrow

What Matters to You (WM2U) today announces that, after five years of delivering incredible work alongside many wonderful community members, our partnership with East Ayrshire will come to an end. Read the article East Ayrshire

What Matters to you has had a fantastic week in Ardler Community Centre meeting with families over three days. Enjoying lovely food prepared in the Ardler Complex by parents and young people from the Youth Work team. Read the article Ardler Matters

The "Guid Stuff in Kirkton" preventative video idea was born during a WM2U residential leadership programme delivered by Columba1400 attended by a variety of local people from Community Learning & Development, Teaching staff, NHS and others from the Strathmartine ward.

By working in partnership with HND Photography students from Dundee and Angus College our aims were to: 

Read the article The Guid Stuff in Kirkton