A Positive Future
Apex Scotland is delighted to have been awarded the title ‘Centre of Excellence’ in recognition of our outstanding practice in running ASDAN courses. The nomination was made by Regional Managers at ASDAN and reflects commitment to celebrating success and rewarding achievement of both learners and those working with them. Apex’s nomination was made specifically in…
More than 2,000 recovery walkers are estimated to have taken Glasgow by storm on Saturday 19th September. Glasgow Recovery Walk Scotland 2015 has been declared ” thoroughly awesome” by the participants who started the day with a moving ceremony to honour those who died from addiction, and then went onto to publicly affirm their commitment…
The 25,000 John Muir Award was presented to Ms Grace Moir, Volunteer Peer Mentor (Apex Scotland – Highland) at Forest Lodge, Abernethy Forest, Headquarters of the RSPB. The certificate was presented to Grace by Aileen Macleod, Scottish Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform. The minister paid tribute to Grace’s voluntary work which currently…
It was our pleasure on Tuesday night to welcome the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson MSP, to deliver Apex Scotland’s Annual Lecture for 2015 entitled Fairer Justice: A Vision for Scotland. Speaking to a full house in the Signet Library, Edinburgh, Mr Matheson talked about the scope of his vision for a fairer and…
The latest Annual Report is now available to view here. It has been another challenging year but we are very proud of our staff and volunteers who have, once again, risen to the various demands that have been made of them and have gone on to achieve great things, such as a finalist nomination in…
This year’s lecture will be delivered by Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, on the subject of Fairer Justice: A Vision for Modern Scotland. The event will take place on Tuesday 1 September 2015 at 6.30pm in the Signet Library, Edinburgh.
The Scottish Government has chosen to feature Apex’s ASCEND project on its new ESF website which launched today. The article includes two case studies of clients who participated in the ASCEND programme. You can view the article at the following link: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Business-Industry/support/17404/casestudiesesif/casestudies2007-2013/casestudy2007-2013Apex
Apex Stranraer recently held our annual awards ceremony. We invited service users to come and celebrate their achievements throughout the year.
Following the success of a recent session in Dunfermline High School, the Inclusion team donned white shirts and took part in a judo taster session as part of their summer training. By taking part, the session helped staff to see the benefits and aims of the Judo Project and those who took part were impressed!…
THE FIGHTING CHANCE PROJECT This term started with a new, exciting opportunity for some of our young people. They were offered the chance to take part in a 12 week judo project to work towards their red belt. The pupils have worked extremely hard and it has truly paid off as all of them have…