A ground-breaking project which vastly improves the chances of 900 disadvantaged young people in Scotland's largest city could be extended to other parts of the country.
The tenth anniversary of MCR Pathways was marked by a civic reception at Glasgow City Chambers, celebrating the charity’s achievements and setting out its aspirations to grow throughout Scotland.
Giant images of Christmases past to be projected onto Edinburgh landmark
It delivers a pioneering mentoring and talent development programme, providing young people with weekly one-to-one adult support.
Working in conjunction with Glasgow schools, the programme provides 50 minutes of listening a week, which can be transformational for both mentor and mentee.
The evening was also a celebration of Founder, Iain MacRitchie, receiving the St Mungo prize for his commitment to improving the lives of young Glaswegians.
The civic reception was hosted by the Lord Provost and honoured Glasgow’s patron saint, St Mungo.
A decade of MCR Pathways was celebrated with young people telling stories of their achievements through adversity.
Giant images of Christmases past to be projected onto Edinburgh landmark
The charity launched in 2007 in the East end of Glasgow and has significantly grown over the last 10 years.
The mentoring programme now operates in 26 secondary schools, helping over 900 young people across Glasgow, and has seen the number of care experienced young people progressing from school to university, college or a job increase from 48.8 per cent to 81 per cent.
The charity has also seen Glasgow City Council commit 10 per cent of its workforce to give time to being an MCR mentors as part of their working week.
Iain MacRitchie, founder of MCR Pathways, said: “There is a lot for us to be proud of as we mark the amazing difference MCR mentors and staff are making to the lives of our city’s most disadvantaged young people."
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