What matters to you

We are delighted to share the latest briefings on our Make It Happen Fund as we make strong progress with the continued roll-out in Dundee and in Clackmannanshire. This has been made possible because of our wonderful funders: BBC Children in Need, The Hunter Foundation, The Robertson Trust, William Grant Foundation, The Northwood Foundation, and the NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation

When I first started working with WM2U, I was struck by how different it felt to the usual way organisations are designed and governed. It wasn’t about meeting targets, ticking boxes, or filling out forms - instead, it was putting into practice the principles we often hear about - relational, person-centred, trauma-informed, strengths and rights-based. But the question is - what does that actually look and feel like in practice?

Following successful roll-outs in Dundee’s Lochee  & Strathmartine Wards that has seen over £47,000 of funding allocated to local community projects, a new round of the Make it Happen Fund from What Matters to You has launched, this time in the city’s North East and East End wards. 

The Make it Happen Fund is a community-led initiative to bring positive changes to communities in Dundee and is run by local communities for local people and enables families and community groups to set the fund’s priorities and design the funding proposal process for their area.