We would like to say a huge thank you to Luke Gibney who gifted us one of his own original artworks to us in appreciation of the help he has received from Apex. Even with plenty of experience, Luke said he kept hitting brick walls when trying to achieve his CSCS card to allow him…
ACU is a Social Enterprise Awards Finalist
We are delighted that our social enterprise, All Cleaned Up, has been announced as a finalist in the Social Enterprise Awards Scotland 2023, which recognises Scotland’s most pioneering social enterprises. It has been shortlisted in the Building Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Justice Category. The Awards, organised by Social Enterprise Scotland, recognise excellence and outstanding achievements…
Apex Awarded Partners in Change Funding
Apex Scotland is thrilled to become a ‘Partner in Change’ having been awarded Partners in Change funding from the Robertson Trust which will help us to develop, in partnership with the Resilience Learning Partnership and others, a model for trauma informed working. We will trial this with the aim of demonstrating the benefits of a…
Our New Blog
We are often asked for our opinion on current justice topics, or to contribute our expertise on various consultations, conferences and matters of special interest. With our new blog we hope to give the voice of our sector and our service users a new platform to make comment and encourage debate on any number of…
Annual Report 2020 Launched
We are delighted today to launch our Annual Report 2020, “Being Part of the Story”. Taking account of how our stories intertwine, the report considers firstly “Our Story” which focuses on what Apex contributes to our clients, our communities and the wider Justice agenda. This moves onto a second chapter, “Their Story”, where our service…
Supporting our Service Users Through Covid-19 Uncertainty
Our staff have created a short film to describe just a few of the things they have been doing to assist our service users over the past few weeks (click on this article to view). Since the advent of the coronavirus outbreak, many organisations have had to readjust not only where they are operating from,…
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Response
In line with Government advice, and in common with other sector providers, Apex Scotland has put into place a range of measures designed to safeguard staff, our service users and the public as much as is possible while the risks of transmitting the coronavirus are significant. Given the strong advice to reduce personal contact situations,…
New Chair for Apex Scotland
At our AGM in December 2019, Brian Fearon (below right) stepped down as Chair of Apex Scotland. In 2009 Brian was employed by Apex for three months as interim Chief Executive, going on to join the Board the following year, stepping into the Chair’s shoes in 2013. In Apex’s Annual Report this year, Brian said…