Participant Stories

Hear from some of our participants and our community partners about their experience of collaborating and taking part in our projects.

Below you can watch some videos and read some case studies about a number of our projects. With many thanks to all involved in filming.

Prescribe Culture

Hear from Joyce at East Lothian Headway and some of the Prescribe Culture participants about the impact of taking part in the programme:

The Arts Award in Craigmillar

Hannah, Lifelong Development Manager at Craigmillar Library, speaks about our first Arts Award programme in the library along with some of the young people:

Employment and Empowerment

Mark and Magda at Access to Industry speak about our partnership, alongside volunteer Ash. We also hear from Sylvain about his Recovery Through Music project and from some of his participants:

Volunteer Case Studies

Below you can also read articles about some of our previous volunteers. 

John - Placement Strikes a Chord (written by the University's Edinburgh Local team)

I grabbed the opportunity with both hands

John Williamson 

The following case studies were written and put together by Access to Industry:

Fiona

I also now volunteer with the University of Edinburgh helping with compiling and editing data on their collections, including adding information and images to Wikipedia.

Fiona

Anonymous

Not only does it provide a little more structure in my life, but it helps in getting used to a modern office environment.

Anonymous

Ashley