It’s been great to be back working with Perth College on another Path Skillz course. Today saw our 2nd morning session take place. Thomas writes “We learned about personal equipment and survey equipment. We chose the questions for out community consultation. We got to grips with the survey equipment. We discussed the pros and cons … More Path Skillz is back in Perth
It was great to get over to Inverclyde today to meet up with a Path Skillz group that did their course and practical work 6 months ago. The guys at Parklea Branching Out were very happy to finish off their Dynamic Youth Award portfolios and still remembered a lot of what had been covered in … More Evaluation session at Parklea
A North Lanarkshire group have won a prestigious award for transforming disused land into central walking and cycling routes. Kyrstie Connor, a youth and early years developer at Getting Better Together, and a team of young volunteers from Calderhead High School have significantly upgraded an overgrown path in Shotts so that it can be put … More Youth Group Awarded for Bringing Path Back to Life
An Inverclyde youth has won Path for All’s Path Skillz Volunteer of the Year 2019 award for his enthusiasm in designing and building a path at Parklea Branching Out in Port Glasgow. Colin Mckenzie helped to create a new accessible path at the 3-acre site on the banks of the River Clyde. Colin was recognised … More Path Skillz Volunteer of the Year 2019
The students at Forth Valley College have just finished their practical work and have made a huge difference to the path at Hawkhill in Alloa. Here is what they had to say…… Blogs from Sandra and Josh: I weeded the path. We used a hoe and brush. I liked using the … More Forth Valley College gets practical
We are delighted to have started working with 7 students attending the Life Start programme at Forth Valley College in Alloa. The day started with some path related activities and in the afternoon we got to spend some time in the sun, learning about surveying tools. The students have produced two amazing vlogs summing up … More Fun in the sun with Forth Valley College
We recently had the privilege of travelling up to Aberdeenshire and running a Path Skillz training course to 7 enthusiastic students from North East College. The aim of the project was to make the path safer for members of the community and the work involved filling in a large section of a path and creating … More Forvie National Nature Reserve made safer by students from North East Scotland College
On Tuesday the eager students from the Moving On group at Perth College returned to St. Magdalene’s Hill to continue upgrading the paths in their local area for the benefit of the community. The students were very eager to do more work at the site as they found working on the path last week ‘very … More Perfect finish at Perth (and more puppies)
On Friday the super college students from the City of Glasgow College returned to Carmunnock conservation village to complete their path project. The students were very keen to return this week to finish off the job they had started two weeks ago. Along with the usual suspects (Chloe, Callum, Sam and Ryan), the super college … More Out with the old and in with the new
Yesterday at St. Magdalene’s Hill in Perth, the keen students from Perth College started upgrading the path at this local beauty spot which is very popular with dog walkers. The group had been looking forward to restoring the path they had surveyed last month and returning it to its former glory. However on inspection at … More Perth path perfection (and puppies)
