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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

We are delighted to be working with the Community in Ardler to support and collectively provide a summer of activities and opportunities for families to eat and relax together. Read the article Ardler Summer Sessions

What Matters to You programme delighted to support our second change project in Clackmannanshire in partnership with the Clackmannanshire Council Family Wellbeing Partnership. Read the article “Families Together -Tullibody Parents”

Kinship carers who are engaged with WM2U through the 'Kirkton Family Sessions' and 'Charleston Wee Night In' shared their experiences to benefit others at the Kinship Care Information session arranged by Dundee City Council Kinship Team. Read the article Kinship Care in Dundee

What Matters to You programme delighted to support our first change project in Clackmannanshire in partnership with the Clackmannanshire Council Family Wellbeing Partnership. Read the article Growing Matters in Clackmannanshire

This community group has given mums the chance to make friends while also teaching their kids new skills. Read the article Charleston Matters on STV News

Established in 2019 with the ambitious goal of reimagining public services by using voice as the guiding principle to inform transformation. What Matters to You (WM2U) - a partnership between The Hunter Foundation and BBC Children in Need, is on a learning journey to identify what it takes to enable children and families to flourish in their own communities Read the article What Matters to You with Lynn Hendry

With a central focus on amplifying the voices of families and shifting power, our deepening understanding of the key components that make positive change possible is explored in our latest paper, Voice-led Community-based Systems Change: Codifying our Learning to Support Scale Read the article Lessons in Systematic Change

One of the core building blocks for What Matters to You’s (WM2U) mission for systems change is the implementation of Values-Based Leadership Experiences (VBLE) for both the families and practitioners we interact with.  Read the article Building Blocks for Change: Values-Based Leadership Experiences